Tacoty Studio Privacy Policy

Tacoty Studio (“Tacoty”, “we”, “our side”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy applies to the Tacoty application (“application”), the Tacoty website, and all other services provided by Tacoty (collectively referred to as “services”). When collecting, using, and processing “personally identifiable information” (as defined below), we follow the following principles:

Users in different regions may be subject to different data protection standards. This privacy policy has a section specifically for EU residents and their privacy rights.

“Personally identifiable information” is information about an identifiable individual. In some jurisdictions, it is called “personal information”. In the section of this privacy policy specifically for EU residents (Appendix A), the term “personal data” is used.

We collect

The information we collect We may collect your personally identifiable information, including but not limited to contact information and information about your use of the services, including your responses and information about the device or platform you use to access the application (collectively referred to as “your information”).

Information we obtain from your use of the services.

When you use the services, including installing the application, contacting us (for example, by using our contact form, subscribing to a mailing list or our tester group, through a user survey on our website, and/or being prompted in other ways in our services), or otherwise requesting communication or using the application, we may collect the following categories and specific information about you: your contact information (i.e., your email address, your name), your IP address, your questions, suggestions, concerns, or other types of feedback about the services, your country of residence, the duration of using the application, your self-reported skill level, and the type of work or occupation you are engaged in.

Information we obtain from cookies and other similar technologies.

In order to improve and enhance your experience and the overall quality of the services, we (or a third-party provider on our behalf) may use “cookies”, “web beacons”, or other similar technologies (collectively referred to as “cookies”). This part only covers our use of cookies and does not cover any third-party use of cookies.

Some cookies are absolutely necessary because they are required for the normal operation of our services and to be provided to you. Among other things, these cookies allow us to record your preferences or login information and respond to your requests. They allow us to authenticate you and keep you logged in, allow you to use basic functions, allow us to determine your language or country, or provide the information you request, such as through customer support. Therefore, these cookies cannot be disabled.
Some other cookies are used to improve your experience of our services and enable us to provide enhanced functions or personalized settings. This may include providing a more relevant experience on our website, understanding your interests so that we can provide you with more relevant content, improving them and your experience of our services. We provide you with options regarding our use of these cookies, and you can manage your cookie preferences here. If you do not allow these cookies, some services may not be available to you. You can also choose to opt out of receiving personalized advertisements from third-party advertisers and advertising networks that are members of the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Online Behavioral Advertising Self-Regulatory Principles by visiting http://optout.aboutads.info/.
Except for the above absolutely necessary cookies, you can refuse to use cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note that doing so may result in you not being able to use all the functions of the above services.
The marketing emails we send you may contain a web beacon or similar technology that can tell us whether you received or opened the email and whether you clicked on any links in the email. You can unsubscribe from such marketing emails containing web beacons by telling us your preferences or clicking on the unsubscribe link contained in the email.

Do Not Track signals.

Currently, when we see a Do Not Track (DNT) signal from a browser, the website does not change its data collection and use practices.

Mobile device access.

We may request information about certain features of your mobile device, access these features, or obtain permissions for these features, including the camera, microphone, sensors, and other features of your mobile device.

Push notifications.

We may request to send push notifications about certain features of your account or the services to you.

How we use your information

We may track, measure, and/or analyze the information we collect about you.

For providing services.

Your information may be used or disclosed to facilitate the provision of the application or other services, such as saving ongoing sketches, used functions, and your application preferences, and to respond to questions or concerns. We may send updates about product releases, tips, and editorial content in the digital art world.

For improving services and other business purposes.

We may use your information to improve and optimize our application and other services, through data analysis, determining usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional activities, and evaluating and improving our services, products, marketing, and your experience, such as calculating the number of ad impressions, verifying the targeting and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards. We use and store this information in a de-personalized, aggregated, and thus anonymous form so that it is not related to a single end-user and does not include information. We will not use information without sufficient legal basis, including but not limited to your consent or any other legitimate interest. We may, at our discretion, allow our tester group to access the pre-release version of our application for testing and feedback.

For monitoring and protecting services.

We may use your information to help us screen potential risks and fraud (especially your IP address), monitor traffic patterns, service usage, and related information, such as debugging to identify and fix errors that damage existing expected functions; conduct activities to verify or maintain the quality or security of the services; detect security events, prevent malicious, deceptive, fraud, or illegal activities, and prosecute those responsible for such activities.

For marketing and promotion.

We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the information we collect according to our marketing purposes if it conforms to your marketing preferences. For example, when you indicate an interest in learning about us or our services, subscribing to receive marketing communications, or otherwise contacting us, we will collect information from you. You can choose to opt out of our marketing communications at any time.

Other business purposes.

We may use your information for other operational purposes compatible with the context in which the information was collected.

Sharing your information

In the course of our business, we may share your information with trusted third parties, service providers, or partners. Any disclosure of your information will comply with the terms of this privacy policy.

Disclosure for providing services.

We may disclose your information to trusted third parties, service providers, or partners who perform services or functions on our behalf for business purposes. For example, our service providers include companies that assist us with marketing, consulting, communication, software maintenance and support, analysis, social media, market research, effective use verification, license compliance, security, user verification, and localization.

Disclosure for business development, promotion, and marketing.

As part of the services, your information may be disclosed in an aggregated or anonymous form to third parties (including potential partners and sponsors) to provide statistical data and other analyses about the use of the application or our other services. We may also use services provided by third parties to provide you with targeted content and interest-based advertisements and communications, and optimize our marketing efforts.

Disclosure according to law.

If required by law, requested by a third party, or if we believe the disclosure is reasonable, to (1) comply with the law, a law enforcement request or order, or any legal procedure; (2) protect or defend the rights or property of Tacoty or a third party; or (3) protect someone's health or safety, for example, when someone (including you) is injured or threatened with violence, we may disclose your information.

Disclosure by Tacoty to a trusted third party.

If we believe that business needs reasonably require it, we may provide your information to our affiliated companies or other trusted enterprises or individuals. For example, we may disclose your information for external processing or to utilize the services of a technical assistant or a customer service provider. However, all third parties with access to your information will comply with the terms of this privacy policy as well as other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

Disclosure to third-party products or advertisers.

The services (including the application) may enable you to interact with third-party websites, mobile software applications, advertisements sent directly from third-party advertisers to you, and services that we do not own or control (each called “third-party services”). We are not responsible for the practices or content of these third-party services. Please note that third-party services may collect personally identifiable information from you, use your IP address for rewards or promotions, and may download cookies to your device (computer or mobile phone). They may also use other technologies to personalize and measure the effectiveness of their advertisements, promotions, or other services. The cookies of third-party advertisers are not covered by this privacy policy, and we cannot control the practices of third parties. Therefore, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of each third-party service you choose to interact with or use.

California Privacy Rights

The 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act allows California consumer residents to submit requests, such as for certain information about our collection of information or disclosure to third parties. They can in particular request:

From a business that collects personal information about a consumer, to disclose to the consumer the following:
- The categories of personal information it collects about the consumer;
- The categories of sources of personal information collection;
- The commercial or business purposes of collecting or selling personal information;
- The categories of third parties with whom the business shares personal information;
- The specific personal information it collects about the consumer.
From a business that sells consumer personal information or discloses consumer personal information for commercial purposes, to disclose to the consumer:
- The categories of personal information the business collects about the consumer;
- The categories of personal information the business sold about the consumer in the past 12 months and the categories of third parties that sold personal information, by category of personal information or by category of each third party that sold personal information;
- The categories of personal information the business disclosed about the consumer in the past 12 months for commercial purposes.

A business that provides any financial incentives should notify the consumer of the financial incentives, and only if the consumer has chosen to consent in advance and clearly describes the important terms of the financial incentive plan and the consumer can revoke the consent at any time, can the business include the consumer in the financial incentive plan.

Please note that we currently do not maintain such a financial incentive plan but we reserve the right to change this plan on our own. Please note that we currently do not sell any of such consumer's personal information. To make a verifiable request, please send an email to aiwoapp@gmail.com (include “My California Privacy Rights” in the subject line).

Appendix A. Scope of EU (European Union) Users.

This section applies to you if you are a user in the European Union (for the purposes of this section, references to the EU also include the EEA (European Economic Area) countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, as well as Switzerland and the United Kingdom where applicable, provided that the latter is considered a third country from the perspective of the EU and vice versa).

Data Controller.

Tacoty Studio is the data controller for the processing of personal data (as defined below) provided to us through the Service.

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.

Contact Details.

You can find the contact details in the "Contact Us" section of the main body of this Privacy Policy.

Purpose of the Processing.

You can find detailed information about the purpose in the "How We Use Your Information" section of the main body of this Privacy Policy. This includes (if any) details about the processing of personal data for purposes other than for which the personal data were collected, including information about that other purpose and any relevant further information.

Recipients or Categories of Recipients of the Personal Data.

You can find detailed information about recipients in the "Sharing Your Information" section of the main body of this Privacy Policy.

Period for Which the Personal Data Will Be Stored, or Criteria Used to Determine That Period.

You can find detailed information about the period in the "Protection and Retention of Information" section of the main body of this Privacy Policy. Please note that we do not currently maintain any automated decision-making, including profiling, but we reserve the right to change this at our discretion.

Your Rights.

Subject to the applicable EU law, you have the following rights over your personal data that we hold:

Right of Access: Upon request, we will confirm whether we are processing your personal data, and if so, provide you with a copy of all the personal data you are legally entitled to receive, along with certain other details. If you need additional copies, we may charge a reasonable fee.
Right to Rectification: If your personal data is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to ask us to correct or complete it. Where we have shared your personal data with others, we will, where possible, inform them of the correction. If you ask, and where possible and lawful, we will also tell you with whom we have shared your personal data so that you can contact them directly.
Right to Erasure: You can ask us to delete or remove your personal data, for example, where you withdraw your consent (where applicable). Where we have shared your data with others, we will, where possible, inform them of the erasure. If you ask, and where possible and lawful, we will also tell you with whom we have shared your personal data so that you can contact them directly.
Right to Restriction of Processing: In some cases, you can ask us to restrict or 'block' the processing of your personal data, for example, while you contest the accuracy of the data or object to us processing it (please read the following about your right to object). We will notify you before we lift any processing restrictions. Where we have shared your personal data with others, we will, where possible, inform them of the restriction. If you ask, and where possible and lawful, we will also tell you with whom we have shared your personal data so that you can contact them directly.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to obtain from us your personal data that you have provided to us with your consent or as necessary for a contract with us, and which we process by automated means. We will provide your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You can reuse it elsewhere.
Right to Object: You can ask us to stop processing your personal data at any time, and we will do so:
1. If we are relying on a legitimate interest to process your personal data – unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing; or
2. If we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawing consent will not affect any processing of your data before we received notice of your wish to withdraw consent.
Rights Related to Automated Decision-Making: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, except where it is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between you and us, or you have given your explicit consent to such use.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority: If you have concerns about our privacy practices, including how we process your personal data, you may report these concerns to the supervisory authority that is competent to hear such concerns.

Legitimate Interests.

"Legitimate interests" refers to the interests we have in conducting and managing our business and providing services to you. This privacy policy describes when we process your personal data for our legitimate interests, what those interests are, and your rights. We will not use your personal data for activities that have an impact on you that outweighs our interests.