We are the Applie AG with headquarters in Liechtenstein, Floraweg 18, 9490 Vaduz. We provide a real prevention platform, which was developed to enable you to minimize the infection with the novel COVID-19 virus. For this purpose, a live map is transmitted into the real world where you interact. For this we need information about you. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. We will only use your data if you accept our privacy policy after login. This privacy policy helps you to understand what data we collect, how we use it and what options you have when you use our V-Protect App, use our websites, or purchase products from us.
Please note that in addition to the general information below, specific information about how certain services use your information is provided in the "Protect Mode Information" section at the end of this Privacy Policy.
You should also read our terms of use, which constitute the contract between you and Applie AG.
1. Who decides how your data is used?
Applie AG is responsible for decisions on how we use your personal data if you are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA). If you are resident in the EEA, your responsible party is also Applie Limited, resident in Liechtenstein.
If you have any questions or comments about this policy, you can:
2. The data we collect about you and how we use them
This Privacy Policy applies to our use of information that can or might be used to identify you or your household ("Personal Information"). It does not apply to data that cannot be used to identify you ("Anonymous Data").
We need to collect and use certain Personal Information to provide you with the services and to fulfil commitments we make to you in our Terms of Use:
- When you register for our services, you voluntarily give us Personal Information by providing it to us, for example, when you register an account. We collect and use this information to authenticate you when you register an account and use the Services, to ensure that you are entitled and able to receive the Services and to ensure that you receive the correct version of the Services. This information includes the username within the app that you choose to use within our services and the internal account identifiers that we associate with your account.
- We collect and use your device location information when you use our services (and if you enable background tracking while you are not actively using the services), including how you move around and events that occur while using our app. Our services include location-based information, the central feature of which is to provide protection that is linked to your location in the real world, so we need to know where you are in order to provide that protection for you, and the location of others within the app (to protect people who need to be protected, or people who are showing symptoms. We determine your location using a variety of technologies, including GPS, the wireless network through which you access the Services, and cellular/radio cell triangulation.
- We also collect and use your actions within the App and your health updates and certain information about your mobile device (including device ID, device operating system, model, configuration, settings and information about third-party applications or software installed on your device) to provide the Services to you.
- We also use the above information to show vulnerable locations and people close to you as part of your protection within the app.
- We also use the above information to provide you with technical support and customer service.
- You also give us personal data when you make a purchase through us, subscribe to our publications, take part in a raffle or survey or communicate with us. Depending on which of these services you use, this may include your name, address, telephone number, country of residence, date of birth (if necessary, to check suitability), and e-mail address. We use this information to provide these services to you and to provide you with the customer service associated with them.
In addition, we have, and we base the use of your personal data as follows on legitimate interests:
- Using your IP address, browser type, operating system, the web page you visited before accessing our services, the pages of our services you visited or the features you used and the time spent visiting those pages or features, the links in our services you click, device and advertising identifiers and actions you take while playing, your App settings and preferences and your purchases within the App to understand who is using our services and how our services are used.
- Use of your contact information, namely your e-mail address, to communicate with you and to provide you with technical support and customer service.
- Use of your internal account identifier to associate user content to your account (such as local charities) where you choose to make such content available to Applie AG through the Services
- Use your email address and device information to provide you with updates and news about the Services either within the App or via email.
- to provide social features within our app that allow you to interact with other people.
- to offer new or additional features for our services.
- to make legal or regulatory announcements and to justify, assert or defend against legal disputes.
We use your personal data for the following only with your consent:
- If you choose to enable background activity tracking in our services (for example, when you set the "Protection Mode"), we will collect your Personal Information while you use the services and in the background when you do not have the services open on your device. This collection includes your device location and activity data (such as pedometer and distance travelled). We use background activity tracking to provide you with certain functionalities of our services, to indicate vulnerable people within the app and to protect you from people who have acute symptoms. You can change your mind and disable the background activity tracking at any time in your device or app settings.
- Sending marketing materials via e-mail or app messages. You can unsubscribe from these emails and app messages at any time in your device or app settings.
We also rely on your consent when we use cookies or similar technologies. For more information on how we use them, please refer to our cookie policy. As far as cookies collect personal data, we process these only with your explicit consent, in anonymous form or under a pseudonym.
3. With whom we share data
We do not share any personal data that we have collected from or about you with others, except in the cases described below:
Data shared with our service providers. We contract with external service providers who work with us to manage and provide the services. They process your personal data on our behalf. These third parties will only have access to your Personal Information for the purpose of providing the services we request, in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and we will ensure that each third party is contractually bound not to disclose or use your Personal Information for any other purpose. The third-party providers we use assist us in the following:
- Execution, operation and maintenance of our mobile app through third-party platforms and software tools.
- Performing moderation and crash analysis.
- Execution of e-mail and mobile marketing campaigns.
- Performing app and marketing analysis.
- providing technical support and customer care; and
- Processing of payments or purchases.
Some external providers may also collect data directly from you (e.g. a payment service provider may request your billing and financial information) in accordance with their own privacy policy. This third party does not share your financial information, such as credit card number, with Applie AG, but it may share limited information related to your purchase, such as your zip code.
Data shared with other V-Protect App users. If you use the services, and especially if you have set our "Protection Mode" to "ON", no data will be shared with third parties (except for the external database where your data will be temporarily stored). No detailed information will be exchanged about what pre-existing conditions burden you or what current disease symptoms you currently have. The only information that is transferred is the following:
Protection mode "BLUE":
They are marked blue: This means that by answering our questions you have been classified as particularly vulnerable. No information is exchanged that was needed to assign you to this category. (Anonymous questions that contribute to this protection measure are as follows:
- Do you suffer from a cardiovascular disease?
- Are you diabetic?
- Do you suffer from any respiratory diseases?
- Do you suffer from high blood pressure?
- Do you have cancer?
- Do you have a weakened immune system? (e.g. by taking drugs that weaken the immune system, like cortisone)
- Do you have problems with your heart or lungs? (like asthma or chronic bronchitis)
- Are you having problems with your liver or kidney? (chronic liver disease or kidney disease)
- Are you over 60 years old?
- Are you HIV-positive?
- Are there any autoimmune diseases? (multiple sclerosis, rheumatism, or chronic inflammatory bowel disease)
If you have answered "YES" to any of these questions, you will automatically use the status "to protect" and will be transmitted in "BLUE" on the live map. No information will be shared with other users of the V-Protect App which of these specific questions you have answered with "YES".
Distance mode "ORANGE":
They are highlighted in orange: This means that by answering our questions you have been classified as "suspect". No information is exchanged that was needed to assign you to this category. (Anonymous questions that contribute to this protection measure are as follows:
- Do you suddenly feel hot and feverish, even though you were feeling well just before?
- Did your powers leave you out of the blue? You are completely exhausted and tired, and are you generally quite unwell?
- Your limbs and muscles begin to hurt, possibly also your head?
- Do you have a high fever of more than 38 °C, sometimes combined with chills?
- Do you have a blocked nose (swollen nasal mucous membranes), runny nose?
- Does tiredness spread, do the muscles feel weak and exhausted?
- Do you feel lightheaded and dizzy?
- Do you have vomiting and/or diarrhoea?
- Do you have aching limbs?
- Do you have a slimy cough?
- Are you having trouble breathing?
If you answered "YES" to any of these questions, you will automatically use the status "Symptoms" and will be transmitted in "orange" on the Live Map. No information will be shared with other users of V-Protect about which of these specific questions you have answered with "YES".
Quarantine mode "RED":
You will be highlighted in red: This means that by answering our questions you have been classified in "Quarantine". No information is exchanged that was needed to assign you to this category. (Anonymous questions that contribute to this protective measure are as follows:
- Do you live in large crowds or do you live in a city?
- Have you been in direct contact with people who have shown symptoms of Covid-19?
- Have you travelled internationally in the last few days?
- Have you been in contact with people who have been in places where Covid-19 is more common?
- Have you visited events such as concerts, meetings, but also clubs/bars in the last few days?
- Is there already a quarantine in your immediate environment?
- Have you travelled by public transport in the last 14 days?
- Have you been in large crowds or do you live in a city?
- Have you been in direct contact with people who have shown symptoms of Covid-19?
- Have you travelled internationally in the last few days?
- Have you been in contact with people who have been in places where Covid-19 is more common?
If you answered "YES" to any of these questions and additionally answered "YES" to other questions in the category orange, you will automatically use the status "quarantine" and will be transmitted in "red" on the live map. No information will be shared with other users of the V-Protect App which of these specific questions you have answered with "YES". With the quarantine status we do not claim in any case that you are infected with Covid-19, but that there is a possibility of infection. In this case you should consult a doctor for a definitive test.
Data shared with third parties. We share anonymous data with third parties for the purpose of analysing dark figures. We do not share Personal Information with other third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
For our protection and for the protection of other data passed on. We work with government and law enforcement agencies or private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We share your information with government or law enforcement agencies or private parties only when we believe it is reasonably necessary to: (a) respond to claims, legal proceedings (including subpoenas and warrants); (b) protect our property, rights and safety and the property, rights and safety of others or the public; and (c) investigate and stop any activity that we believe is unlawful, improper or legally actionable.
Data transmitted in connection with business transactions. Data that we collect from our users, including personal data, is part of our business assets. If our business is acquired by a third party as a result of a transaction such as a merger, acquisition or asset deal with a third party, or if our assets are acquired by a third party in the event of our business being terminated or our insolvency, all or part of our assets, including your Personal Information, will be transferred to or shared with a third party acquirer in connection with the transaction.
4. How your personal data is transmitted
Applie AG operates its services worldwide. Your personal data will most likely be transferred to a country outside of your home country, including Europe, for the purposes stated in this data protection guideline and stored there. The data protection laws in these countries may not be the same as in your home country.
When we transfer your Personal Data from the EEA to other countries, including the USA, we will ensure that your Personal Data is afforded a level of protection similar to that within the EEA by ensuring that at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
- The country to which your Personal Data is transferred is a country which the European Commission considers providing an adequate level of protection for Personal Data, such as the EEA.
- We use special contracts approved by the European Commission that provide the same level of protection for Personal Data as in Europe when we work with service providers.
- Where we work with service providers in the USA, they are part of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which requires them to provide the same level of protection for your Personal Information as within the EEA.
5. How your personal data is transmitted
We have taken reasonable security measures to protect your Personal Information from accidental loss, unlawful use or access, unauthorized alteration or disclosure. We also restrict access to your Personal Information to employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who need to know that information for business purposes. You process your Personal Data only according to our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We have established procedures to deal with any suspected breach of personal data protection and we will notify you and the relevant regulatory authority of any breach if we are legally obliged to do so.
6. How long will we store your personal data
We will store your Personal Information for as long as we need to provide the services to you and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. This also applies to anyone with whom we share your information and who provides services on our behalf.
When we no longer need your Personal Information and when we no longer need to store it to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, we will delete your information from our systems or make it anonymous so that it can no longer be associated with you. When deleting Personal Data, we will take economically reasonable and technically feasible measures to delete such Personal Data irretrievably or irretrievably.
7. Your rights and opportunities
You have certain rights in relation to your personal data. To exercise these rights, please contact us as follows:
- For all services at privacy@applie.li
- You can:
- Request information about the personal data we have about you by sending an e-mail to privacy@applie.li
- Delete or correct your personal data.
- I object to the processing of your personal data. Some of the personal data we store is necessary for the provision of services and to fulfil the promises made to you in the terms of use.
- From us stopping the use of your Personal Information, including for health analysis of the current acute situation of the Covid-19 virus (remember that we need to use your Personal Information in order for you to use the Services)
- Have your personal data transferred to another company (as far as this is technically possible)
- Complain to a regulatory authority. We would be pleased if you would give us the opportunity to deal with your concerns directly, so we would prefer that you contact us first.
Under certain circumstances, the law provides for exceptions to these rights. If you are unable to exercise any of these rights because of such an exception, we will explain why.
We offer you choices regarding the collection, use and sharing of Personal Information and will respect the choices you make. Please note that you may not have access to all features of the Services if you choose not to provide the Personal Information we request.
Our goal is to provide the data within 30 days or to completely answer your request within this time.
8. Children
Unless otherwise specified for a particular service, children are not permitted to use the services and we do not collect any personal data from them. We define "children" as follows:
- Residents within the EEA: Any person under the age of 16 or who is not of the age to consent to the processing of personal data in their country of residence.
- Residents of the Republic of Korea, any person under the age of 14.
- Residents of other regions: Any person under the age of 13.
Applie Resources contains information about the age requirements for each of our apps.
For services that allow the participation of children, parents or guardians ("parents") must give their verified consent. Parents may provide and confirm their consent through the Applie Kids Parent Portal or through any other authorized third-party provider made available through the Services. Where parental consent is required, Applie recommends that parents monitor their child's use of the online activities and Services.
The verifiable consent of parents is required for the collection, use or disclosure of personal data of children. Applie AG will not collect, use or pass on personal data of a child if no parent or legal guardian has given such consent. We may ask a child to provide the e-mail address of a parent to obtain this consent. The parent's e-mail address will be deleted if consent is not given within a reasonable time.
If we learn that we have collected personal information about a child and we do not have parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information from our database as soon as possible.
9. Changes to this privacy policy
Personal information collected by us is covered by the privacy policy in force at the time the information was collected. We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes as appropriate.
10. Third parties
By using our Services, you have access to links to websites and services owned or operated by third parties (each a "Third Party Provider"). Information that you provide in or on a third-party service will be provided directly to the owner or operator of that service and is subject to the Privacy Policy of the owner or operator. We are not responsible for the content, privacy, security measures and policies of third-party services. To protect your privacy, we encourage you to carefully review the privacy policies of any third-party service providers you access.