Privacy Policy

Last updated December 2009

By using appify.com (the “Website”), you are agreeing to the collection and use of your personal information as described below. We will notify all active accounts of any significant changes to this policy.

Appify Inc. (“Appify”) is an app discovery, promotion and development platform, founded with the mission of supporting the development of web and mobile applications that improve city life and making it easier for participants to bring their innovative ideas and work to a productive marketplace. We know that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy very seriously. This Privacy Policy covers Appify’s treatment of personal information that we gather when you are on the Website. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that Appify does not own or control, or to individuals that Appify does not employ or manage, including but not limited to the third-party sites that may be accessed through Appify.

What information does Appify collect?

In connection with your use of the Website, we ask for and may collect a variety of information from you in different ways.

We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, and information volunteered by the consumer (such as survey information and/or site registrations). In addition to the individually-oriented information above, we also collect and store statistics and other information about the online activities or users, such as tracking the number of people who view certain pages or use certain features of the Website.

The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web pages and the quality of our service, such as the following general purposes: products and services provision, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, and research. This information is not shared with or sold to other organizations for commercial purposes, except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or if it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.

Cookies

We sometimes collect non-identifiable information from visits to our Websites to help us provide better customer service. We collect this information through the use of various technologies, including one called “cookies”. Cookies are small pieces of data, or data files, which are sent by a website to your web browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

When you sign into Appify, a cookie is sent to your computer that contains an identification number that is unique to the computer you are using. This cookie enables us to keep you signed into Appify on this computer until you explicitly press the “sign out” button located on the Appify site. This way you will be able to interact with Appify easily as you browse the internet.

Sharing of your Appify account information

Because Appify enables people to interact within the Appify community, information about the people who use Appify is an integral part of the Appify experience. We will neither rent nor sell your personal information (e.g., your name, address, email address, etc.) to anyone. We will never look at your personal information unless you are having technical difficulties, it is required by law, or it is necessary to maintain our system. We may disclose aggregated data and statistics in order to describe our Website and services to prospective partners, advertisers and other third parties for other lawful purposes, however, we will only share your personal information as described below:

Social Interactions

Your interactions on Appify are public by default. At this time, there is no way to hide your contributions on Appify since they become part of the community. This includes product ideas, reviews and comments.

Appify email communications

We will not provide your email address, should you provide it to us, to a third party except as required by applicable law or court order. You may receive notification emails from Appify which inform you of actions (e.g. if your suggestion is accepted) that have been performed on the Appify site. In addition, you may receive system emails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords), and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us as long as you have a Appify account.

Children under 18 years of age

You must be 13 years and older to register to use the Appify website. As a result, Appify does not specifically collect information about children under the age of 13. If we learn that Appify has collected information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 13 and 18 ask and receive their parents' permission before using Appify or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the Internet.

Additional Privacy Information

Please remember that any information you voluntarily disclose on-line, in any news or message postings or chat rooms, may be collected and used by others without your permission. Furthermore, if you provide any information to parties who provide websites that are linked to or from our Website, different rules may apply to their collection, use or disclosure of your personal information. We encourage you to review these sites’ policies before revealing any sensitive or personal information.

Changes

Appify may periodically update this policy. We will post any changes to this policy on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a ore prominent notice. Each version of this policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date.

Questions

Any questions about this Privacy Policy, such as account deletion requests, may be emailed to support@appify.com.