App Service: Blog Share Friends

Who we are: https://www.rizbit.uk

Updated 28/03/2024

Personal Data and Location:

When you create a profile on Blog Share Friends (sign up) on any device we require some personal information to make sure you are a genuine person and to prevent abuse of the service. The following information will be collected from your device and store in a database on our server:

  • Username – Used for account creation and app features.
  • Email Address – Used for sending verification email (see below)
  • Device Type – For example Android, iOS or Windows
  • IP Address – We collect the IP address of the request
  • Password – Stored in encrypted form

All the information you provide is stored securely on our server to the best of our means and encrypted during transit. Your actual password is never stored on our server only you will have the actual password. If you forget your password you will have to ask for a password reset.

You can ask us to show you what information we hold about your account via email and you can ask for your account to be deleted fully at any time (see below). Your username will be available to see by all other users when you submit or share content, please make sure your username is not offensive in anyway. The location stored and shown in the app is only your country. We do not ask for, store or publicly display post code or street name. If you submit any further personal information in the song info or song url section it is at your sole discretion and this also will be visible by all app users.

When you create your account and every time you log in we will store your IP address on our server this will only be used by us to determine any account abuse and to prevent misuse of your account.

If appropriate you can delete your account which you can do at any time without notifying us; in this case all your personal data will be deleted from our servers and database.

Emails and Newsletter:

The following is applicable only after you sign up to Blog Share Friends with a valid email address or if you sign up to our newsletter by supplying your email:

When you supply your email address you agree to allow us to send you emails which are needed to facilitate use of our service for example to send you verification email or notifications. You will be given the option in app or in email to opt in to receive marketing emails from us. When we do add your email address to our mailing list(s), emails you will receive will only come from us. You may receive additional emails from the developer of the specific app/software related to the app or technical support/updates.

We will never sell, disclose or pass on your email address to any other third party.

Opt Out:
We provide a method of opting out from our mailings in every email, this may be in the form of an unsubscribe link, or asking you to reply with “unsubscribe” or “stop” and the name of the app “Blog Share Friends”. When you do opt out we will remove your email and add it to our opted out list. This will take effect usually within 24 hours however we ask that you allow atleast 7 days for it to be fully removed due to emails in the process of being sent, emails that may not have reached you yet, or automated system emails being sent to you from our server.

In App Purchases:

Currently Blog Share Friends does not offer any in app purchases, however when we add them in the future the following will be applicable:

On Android all in app purchases are processed by Google Wallet.

On iOS all payments are processed by Apple IAP.

On Windows UWP and Desktop purchases are processed via Windows or Paypal online payments respectively.

All payments on third party providers are secure and encrypted. We do not process or store any payment related information like credit card details please refer to the Privacy Policy of the payment provider for example Paypal’s privacy policy on their respective official websites. We only store what you have purchased for example the number of pages or tracks you have unlocked. The value and total sum of purchases you have made are not stored, so to find this information you can check with the relevant payment service provider. Please make sure you are the bill payer before any purchases.

Subject Access Requests:

We are committed to complying with the applicable data privacy and security requirements in the countries in which we operate. GDPR allows you to make a request to DBS for copies of all personal information held about you. This is known as a Subject Access Request. We aim to provide you with a copy of the information we hold about you within one calendar month of receiving a valid request. To begin this request, please use our contact details below.

Delete Data Request:

If you no longer want us to make use of your information, you may send an e-mail to [email protected] . Place ‘Delete My Account‘ in the subject line and include your the app name “Blog Share Friends”, name, sign up e-mail address and your username (if applicable) in the body of the e-mail.

We will respond to your request within thirty days. Please note that certain records, for example those relating to payments or customer service matters, will be held for legal and accounting purposes. If you have sent content through or posted content on the Service, we may not be able to delete it. You are advised to contact us if this is the case.

Sharing Blogs

When you submit a blog to be shared via the app we will upload, store the following data:

  • Your Username
  • The name of your blog
  • The URL for your blog
  • The settings for this submission such as ‘Allow Navigation”

The above details will also be shared in the app with other users who are ‘browsing blogs’.

It is your responsibility to make sure that the details submitted are correct. You can ammend any mistakes by emailing us.

We also store your project, its data and imported samples on our server. You can make a request by email to remove any submitted blogs by emailing [email protected] with the words “Blog Share Friends Remove Blog” in the subject line.

When submitting any blogs via our app you accept that you have read and agree to our terms and conditions.

Ads:

Blog Share Friends displays our own in house and third party ads. You can disable ads by purchasing the disable ads in app purchase. When you click on an ad we collect anonymous data such as your location, IP address and device type (such as Android or iPhone). The location is not personal and will be in the form of “City, Country”. This information will be used but not stored on our server, nor will it be shared to third parties.

Some third party ad network providers may upload data from your phone to deliver more personalized ads and improve user experience such as device identifiers, location data or other demographic or interest data. This information will be transferred in secure encrypted form to them but not stored.

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Device Information:

When using Blog Share Friends the app will have to identify what device type you are using, the OS version/name and what permissions you have allowed it to have. We have to do this to enable or disable certain device specific features. We store your device type such as Android or iOS on our server for statistical purposes and debugging.

We do not require any tracking data.

Compliance with Laws:

In order to comply with our legal obligations, to enforce our terms of use, to protect the rights of other users of our services/site, to help with criminal investigations we may disclose information that we hold we hold about you to law enforcement agencies and government authorities.

Disclaimer:

We will not be held responsible for any loss, damage or harm caused to any end user, their equipment or software as a result of using any of our software of products. All products will work as described, in the event that they do not and you have contacted our support email (below), we will help to refund or reimburse you. When you purchase apps on Play Store you are eligible for money back guarantee in the event that the app does not work on your phone. We are not responsible in any way or associated with ads shown by any third party on our software or website.