Privacy Policy
Welcome to BikePics (“BikePics,” “we,” “us” or “our”). BikePics provides a
fast, beautiful and fun way for you to share media through our
content-sharing platform.
Our Privacy Policy explains how we and some of the companies we work
with collect, use, share and protect information in relation to our mobile
services, web site, and any software provided on or in connection with
BikePics services (collectively, the “Service”), and your choices about
the collection and use of your information.By using our Service you understand and agree that we are providing a
platform for you to post content, including photos, comments and other
materials (“User Content”), to the Service and to share User Content
publicly. This means that other Users may search for, see, use, or share
any of your User Content that you make publicly available through the
Service, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy
and our Terms of.Our Policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who access the
Service (“Users”).
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect the following types of information.
Information you provide us directly:
Your username, password and e-mail address when you register for
a BikePics account.Profile information that you provide for your user profile
(e.g., first and last name, picture, phone number). This
information allows us to help you or others be “found” on BikePics.User Content (e.g., photos, comments, and other materials) that
you post to the Service.Communications between you and BikePics. For example, we may
send you Service and Marketing-related emails. Note that you may not opt out of
Service-related e-mails (e.g., account verification,
changes/updates to features of the Service, technical and
security notices).
Finding your friends on BikePics:
If you choose, you can use our “Find friends” feature to locate
other people with BikePics accounts either through (i) your
contacts list, (ii) third-party social media sites or (iii)
through a search of names and usernames on BikePics.If you choose to find your friends through (i) your device’s
contacts list, then BikePics will access your contacts list to
determine whether or not someone associated with your contact is
using BikePics.If you choose to find your friends through a (ii) third-party
social media site, then you will be prompted to set up a link to
the third-party service and you understand that any information
that such service may provide to us will be governed by this
Privacy Policy.If you choose to find your friends (iii) through a search of names
or usernames on BikePics then simply type a name to search and we
will perform a search on our Service.Note about “Invite Friends” feature: If you choose to invite someone to the Service through our
“Invite friends” feature, you may select a person directly from
the contacts list on your device and send a text or email from
your personal account. You understand and agree that you are
responsible for any charges that apply to communications sent from
your device, and because this invitation is coming directly from
your personal account, BikePics does not have access to or
control this communication.
Analytics information:
We use third-party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and
usage trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent
by your device or our Service, including the web pages you visit,
add-ons, and other information that assists us in improving the
Service. We collect and use this analytics information with
analytics information from other Users so that it cannot reasonably
be used to identify any particular individual User.
Cookies and similar technologies:
When you visit the Service, we may use cookies and similar
technologies like pixels, web beacons, and local storage to
collect information about how you use BikePics and provide features to you.We may ask advertisers or other partners to serve ads or services
to your devices, which may use cookies or similar technologies
placed by us or the third party.
Log file information:
Log file information is automatically reported by your browser
each time you make a request to access (i.e., visit) a web page or
app. It can also be provided when the content of the webpage or app
is downloaded to your browser or device.When you use our Service, our servers automatically record certain
log file information, including your web request, Internet Protocol
(“IP”) address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs,
number of clicks and how you interact with links on the Service,
domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.
We may also collect similar information from emails sent to our Users
which then help us track which emails are opened and which links are
clicked by recipients. The information allows for more accurate
reporting and improvement of the Service.
Device identifiers:
When you use a mobile device like a tablet or phone to access our
Service, we may access, collect, monitor, store on your device,
and/or remotely store one or more “device identifiers.” Device
identifiers are small data files or similar data structures
stored on or associated with your mobile device, which uniquely
identify your mobile device. A device identifier may be data stored
in connection with the device hardware, data stored in connection
with the device’s operating system or other software, or data sent
to the device by BikePics.A device identifier may deliver information to us or to a third
party partner about how you browse and use the Service and may help
us or others provide reports or personalized content and ads.
Some features of the Service may not function properly if use or
availability of device identifiers is impaired or disabled.
Metadata:
Metadata is usually technical data that is associated with User
Content. For example, Metadata can describe how, when and by whom a
piece of User Content was collected and how that content is formatted.Users can add or may have Metadata added to their User Content
including a hashtag (e.g., to mark keywords when you post a photo),
geotag (e.g., to mark your location to a photo), comments or other
data. This makes your User Content more searchable by others and more
interactive. If you geotag your photo or tag your photo using other’s
APIs then, your latitude and longitude will be stored with the photo
and searchable (e.g., through a location or map feature) if your
photo is made public by you in accordance with your privacy settings.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
In addition to some of the specific uses of information we describe
in this Privacy Policy, we may use information that we receive to:help you efficiently access your information after you sign in
remember information so you will not have to re-enter it during
your visit or the next time you visit the Service;provide personalized content and information to you and others,
which could include online ads or other forms of marketingprovide, improve, test, and monitor the effectiveness of our Service
develop and test new products and features
monitor metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and
demographic patternsdiagnose or fix technology problems
automatically update the BikePics application on your device
BikePics or other Users may run contests, special offers or other
events or activities (“Events”) on the Service. If you do not want
to participate in an Event, do not use the particular Metadata
(i.e. hashtag or geotag) associated with that Event.
SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION
We will not rent or sell your information to third parties outside
BikePics (or the group of companies of which BikePics is a part)
without your consent, except as noted in this Policy.Parties with whom we may share your information:
We may share User Content and your information (including but
not limited to, information from cookies, log files, device
identifiers, location data, and usage data) with businesses that
are legally part of the same group of companies that BikePics
is part of, or that become part of that group (“Affiliates”).
Affiliates may use this information to help provide, understand,
and improve the Service (including by providing analytics) and
Affiliates’ own services (including by providing you with better
and more relevant experiences). But these Affiliates will honor
the choices you make about who can see your photos.We also may share your information as well as information from
tools like cookies, log files, and device identifiers and location
data, with third-party organizations that help us provide the
Service to you (“Service Providers”). Our Service Providers will
be given access to your information as is reasonably necessary
to provide the Service under reasonable confidentiality terms.We may also share certain information such as cookie data with
third-party advertising partners. This information would allow
third-party ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted
advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you.We may remove parts of data that can identify you and share
anonymized data with other parties. We may also combine your
information with other information in a way that it is no longer
associated with you and share that aggregated information.
Parties with whom you may choose to share your User Content:
Any information or content that you voluntarily disclose for posting
to the Service, such as User Content, becomes available to the public,
as controlled by any applicable privacy settings that you set. To
change your privacy settings on the Service, please change your
profile setting. Once you have shared User Content or made it public,
that User Content may be re-shared by others.Subject to your profile and privacy settings, any User Content that
you make public is searchable by other Users and subject to use under
our BikePics API.If you remove information that you posted to the Service, copies
may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the Service,
or if other Users or third parties using the BikePics API have
copied or saved that information.
What happens in the event of a change of control:
If we sell or otherwise transfer part or the whole of BikePics or
our assets to another organization (e.g., in the course of a
transaction like a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation), your information such as name and email address,
User Content and any other information collected through the
Service may be among the items sold or transferred. You will
continue to own your User Content. The buyer or transferee will
have to honor the commitments we have made in this Privacy Policy.
Responding to legal requests and preventing harm:
We may access, preserve and share your information in response to
a legal request (like a search warrant, court order or subpoena)
if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so.
This may include responding to legal requests from jurisdictions
outside of the United States where we have a good faith belief
that the response is required by law in that jurisdiction, affects
users in that jurisdiction, and is consistent with internationally
recognized standards. We may also access, preserve and share
information when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to:
detect, prevent and address fraud and other illegal activity;
to protect ourselves, you and others, including as part of
investigations; and to prevent death or imminent bodily harm.
Information we receive about you may be accessed, processed and
retained for an extended period of time when it is the subject of
a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or
investigations concerning possible violations of our terms or
policies, or otherwise to prevent harm.
HOW WE STORE YOUR INFORMATION
Storage and Processing:
Your information collected through the Service may be stored and
processed in the United States or any other country in which
BikePics, its Affiliates or Service Providers maintain facilities.BikePics, its Affiliates, or Service Providers may transfer
information that we collect about you, including personal
information across borders and from your country or jurisdiction
to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are
located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing
data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note
that we may transfer information, including personal information,
to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data
protection laws as your jurisdiction.By registering for and using the Service you consent to the
transfer of information to the U.S. or to any other country
in which BikePics, its Affiliates or Service Providers maintain
facilities and the use and disclosure of information about you as
described in this Privacy Policy.We use commercially reasonable safeguards to help keep the
information collected through the Service secure and take
reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify
your identity before granting you access to your account. However,
BikePics cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit
to BikePics or guarantee that information on the Service may not be
accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.Please do your part to help us. You are responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of your unique password and account information, and
for controlling access to emails between you and BikePics, at all
times. Your privacy settings may also be affected by changes the
social media services you connect to BikePics make to their services.
We are not responsible for the functionality, privacy, or security
measures of any other organization.
YOUR CHOICES ABOUT YOUR INFORMATION
Your account information and profile/privacy settings:
Update your account at any time by logging in and changing your
profile settings.Unsubscribe from email communications from us by clicking on the
“unsubscribe link” provided in such communications. As noted above,
you may not opt out of Service-related communications (e.g., account
verification, purchase and billing confirmations and reminders,
changes/updates to features of the Service, technical and
security notices).
How long we keep your User Content:
Following termination or deactivation of your account, BikePics,
its Affiliates, or its Service Providers may retain information
(including your profile information) and User Content for a
commercially reasonable time for backup, archival, and/or audit purposes.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
BikePics does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from
anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register
for the Service. The Service and its content are not directed at
children under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have
collected personal information from a child under age 13 without
parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as
possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or
about a child under 13, please contact us.OTHER WEB SITES AND SERVICES
We are not responsible for the practices employed by any websites or
services linked to or from our Service, including the information or
content contained within them. Please remember that when you use a link
to go from our Service to another website or service, our Privacy Policy
does not apply to those third-party websites or services. Your
browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service,
including those that have a link on our website, are subject to that
third party’s own rules and policies. In addition, you agree that we
are not responsible and do not have control over any third-parties that
you authorize to access your User Content. If you are using a third-party
website or service and you allow them to access your User Content you
do so at your own risk.HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT A DECEASED USER
In the event of the death of an BikePics User, please contact us. We
will usually conduct our communication via email; should we require
any other information, we will contact you at the email address you
have provided in your request.HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Service,
please find the appropriate support channel in the BikePics Footer
at which to contact us.CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
BikePics may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time,
so please review it periodically. We may provide you additional forms
of notice of modifications or updates as appropriate under the
circumstances. Your continued use of BikePics or the Service after
any modification to this Privacy Policy will constitute your
acceptance of such modification.