Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 2025

Contents:

1. Introduction

Welcome to Show Your Spot. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected to Show Your Spot.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

  • Register for an account
  • Share a location or post content
  • Sign up for our newsletter
  • Participate in contests or promotions
  • Send us feedback or contact us

The personal information we collect may include:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Username
  • Profile picture
  • Date of birth
  • Social media profiles (if you choose to link them)
  • Any other information you choose to provide

2.2 Location Information

When you share locations on our platform:

  • We collect the specific location data you choose to share
  • We may collect geolocation data from your device if you grant permission
  • This information helps us provide location-based features

2.3 Content and Interactions

We collect information related to:

  • Photos, descriptions, and other content you upload
  • Comments you make
  • Locations you save
  • Users you follow
  • Content you like or share

2.4 Automatically Collected Information

When you access our site, we automatically collect:

  • Device information (type, operating system, browser)
  • IP address
  • Browsing actions and patterns
  • Referring websites
  • Time spent on pages
  • Pages visited

This information is collected using cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. For more details, please see our Cookies Policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Create and manage your account
  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website and services
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website and services
  • Understand how you use our website
  • Develop new products, services, and features
  • Communicate with you, including for customer service and updates
  • Send you marketing and promotional communications (with your consent)
  • Process your transactions
  • Find and prevent fraud
  • Display shared locations and connect users with similar interests
  • Personalize content and experiences
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

4.1 Public Content

The locations, photos, comments, and other content you share publicly on Show Your Spot will be visible to other users. Your profile information (username, profile picture) will also be visible to other users.

4.2 Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us, including:

  • Data analytics providers
  • Email delivery services
  • Hosting services
  • Customer service providers
  • Payment processors

These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

4.3 Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.

4.4 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information when we believe release is appropriate to:

  • Comply with the law
  • Enforce our site policies
  • Protect our or others' rights, property, or safety
  • Respond to a government request

4.5 With Your Consent

We may share your information with third parties when we have your consent to do so.

4.6 Advertising Partners

We work with third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to our website and other websites to provide relevant advertisements. For more information, please see our Advertising Policy.

5. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. You should only access the website within a secure environment.

6. Data Retention

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period in which your account is active plus 2 years.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

7.1 Access and Update

You can review and change your personal information by logging into your account and visiting your account profile page.

7.2 Deletion

You can request deletion of your personal information by contacting us. Note that we may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if we believe it would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

7.3 Opt-out

You can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the emails. You can also contact us directly to opt out.

7.4 Data Portability

You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

7.5 Additional Rights for EU Residents

If you are a resident of the European Union, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:

  • Right to rectification
  • Right to restriction of processing
  • Right to object to processing
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

7.6 Additional Rights for California Residents

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including:

  • Right to know what personal information we collect
  • Right to know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed
  • Right to say no to the sale of your personal information
  • Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at admin@showyourspot.com.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we discover that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our servers.

9. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

11. Updates to This Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: admin@showyourspot.com