Nimbuzz is committed to respecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information, traffic data and communications content and this Privacy Statement sets what data Nimbuzz collects and how we use and protect it. “Nimbuzz” is Nimbuzz BV, a Netherlands company, with its registered office at 301, Rivium Boulevard, LK 2909 Capelle aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, and is responsible for the data processing.
This Statement also forms a part of the Agreement between you and us for the use of the Nimbuzz Services and Nimbuzz Website, as explained in the Terms of Use (http://www.nimbuzz.com/en/legal/end_user_license_agreement). Capitalised terms used in this Privacy Statement are defined in the Terms of Use. By using the Nimbuzz Services or the Website you consent to our using your data as explained in this Statement.
We may amend this Privacy Statement by posting a new version on the Website and/or notifying you in some other way as set out below.
In connection with the provision of the Nimbuzz Services (including the Nimbuzz paid Services), Nimbuzz may gather and process information about you, including the following types of information:
Our main reasons for collecting information relating to you or your Device are to enable Nimbuzz (or sometimes other data processors selected by Nimbuzz) to provide the Nimbuzz Services to you in an effective and satisfactory way, including the following:
Nimbuzz stores the personal information in different data files kept on Nimbuzz’s servers based in the Netherlands.
If we provide a method for you to invite friends to join Nimbuzz, then their contact information will only be used for the purposes of automatically generating a message to these potential Nimbuzz users.
Except as set out in this Statement, Nimbuzz does not sell, rent, trade or otherwise transfer any personal information, traffic data or communications content to any third party without your express permission (unless it is obliged to do so under applicable laws or by order of the competent authorities).
If any such authority lawfully requests Nimbuzz or one of Nimbuzz’s partners to retain and provide personal information, communications content and/or traffic data, Nimbuzz and/or its partner will comply with that request.
Nimbuzz operates internationally and you acknowledge that if Nimbuzz enters into a joint venture, licence agreement or sells all or part of its business, the personal information of Nimbuzz users may be transferred to or shared with the business partner or purchaser.
In order to use most of the Nimbuzz Services, you will need to install the relevant software on your Device. This software enables you to make and receive communications using the Nimbuzz Services and sends the necessary traffic data, and other data that you define (e.g., community log-in data) between your Device and the network.
In addition, for web-based Nimbuzz Services, “cookies” may be used. Cookies are pieces of information stored on your Device in order to enable web-based applications to recognize who you are or your preferences (e.g., what language version of the Website you usually use). Cookies enable Nimbuzz to obtain information about the use of its Websites and may contain identifying information.
Most internet browsers allow you to prevent your Device from accepting or using cookies or require your permission each time a cookie is received. Please note that some personalized Nimbuzz Services may not be available if you choose to disable cookies.
Advertisements appearing on Nimbuzz Services or Websites may be provided by Nimbuzz’s advertising partners who may use cookies. The information obtained in this way (e.g., how many times the Website is visited, how many times you see a particular advert) is used to deliver adverts to you.
Your user profile is the information you decide to make public to other Nimbuzz users (e.g., your Nimbuzz username, full name, address, telephone numbers, gender, date of birth, language, status, and any other information that you decide to make available). Nimbuzz stores your user profile centrally on a secure server. You control your user profile and decide what (if anything) to make public. You can access your user profile within the Nimbuzz Services in order to access, change, correct, complete or remove information.
Nimbuzz Websites and Nimbuzz Services may contain links that will let you leave the Nimbuzz Website and access another website. Such websites are outside Nimbuzz’s control and not covered by this Privacy Statement. Nimbuzz accepts no responsibility or liability for these other websites. You should take care before providing any personal information to anyone and in these cases especially to review the applicable privacy statements or policies.
Nimbuzz and its group of companies take appropriate organizational and technical measures to protect the personal information and traffic data provided to them or collected by them. For example, your personal and traffic data can only be accessed by authorized Nimbuzz staff that need to have access to this data in order to be able to carry out their work.
Nimbuzz takes technical measures to protect the confidentiality of the content of communications sent over the Nimbuzz Services, subject to all applicable obligations and exceptions under applicable law.
Nimbuzz may contact you to notify you of issues and faults with the Nimbuzz Services, and if you are considered to have breached any of the terms of your Agreement with Nimbuzz or if another person makes a complaint about your use of the Nimbuzz Services (e.g., a claim that you have infringed their rights in some way).
Nimbuzz may also use email or the Nimbuzz Services to keep you up to date with news about the Nimbuzz Services that you use and/or other Nimbuzz Services unless you have opted out of receiving this information. If you do not want to be kept informed in this way, please contact Nimbuzz at privacy@Nimbuzz.com.
Nimbuzz may occasionally ask you to provide information on your experiences with the Nimbuzz Services. Any such feedback will always be voluntary and will be used only for the purposes of measuring and improving the quality of the Nimbuzz Services and Website and not stored as personal information or combined with any of your other personal information.
Nimbuzz reserves the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time by notifying you by any reasonable means or by publishing the modified Privacy Statement at http://www.nimbuzz.com/en/legal/privacy_statement. The modified Privacy Statement will become effective thirty days from such publication or notification, unless you expressly accept the modified Privacy Statement earlier. Such express acceptance by you, or your continued use of any Nimbuzz Service after expiry of the notice period of thirty days, shall constitute your consent to the modified Privacy Statement.
You have the right to access and, if necessary, to rectify your personal information. To exercise your right to view, correct, complete or remove your personal information, please contact Nimbuzz at privacy@Nimbuzz.com. After verifying your identity and provided your request is legal, within a reasonable period of time Nimbuzz will fulfil your request.
You may also ask Nimbuzz and its group of companies to stop processing your personal information. However, please note that this will most likely prevent you from using some or all of the Nimbuzz Services. You can exercise your right to prevent further processing of your personal information by contacting Nimbuzz at privacy@Nimbuzz.com.
Nimbuzz and, where relevant, the Nimbuzz group companies will retain your information for as long as is necessary to carry out any of the purposes set out in this Privacy Statement) and comply with applicable legislation, and any applicable orders of regulatory bodies or courts.
© Nimbuzz – Last revised: October 2009