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Vanlife.bike Mobile App: Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 17, 2023

At Vanlife.bike, we respect your privacy and will take reasonable steps to assure the protection of your privacy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. You can report network abuse and any risk of security violations to us by emailing via our CONTACT US page. This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not and cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites and that this Privacy Policy applies solely to the information which we collect through this website. We encourage you to ensure that you read the privacy statements of all the destination sites which you visit.

INFORMATION COLLECTED

Vanlife.bike will collect information voluntarily from you through the normal course of using the web site. In addition to information that you enter into forms on the web site, other information is gathered under normal web practices in order to optimize your browsing experience. The information collected will include anonymous and user-identifiable data. User-identifiable data includes data, which the user enters into forms on the web site, or entered into affiliate web sites, which link to our web site. This may also include cookies or other web technologies, which allow the user's computer to communicate with our web servers to assure continuity of web page flow and customization of content to the user. Anonymous data may include web site logs, referral information, data from cookies, or other means. Your browser software utilizes a feature known as "cookies" Cookies tell us nothing about you personally unless you specifically give us additional information. If enabled through your browser, cookies may store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to any of the Vanlife.bike Websites. Any personal information that you volunteer will be maintained within Vanlife.bike’ control and will not be sold to or shared with other parties not affiliated with Vanlife.bike. Vanlife.bike reserves the right to use the personal information that you provide to enable us to respond to your communications and/or requests, to provide our web site designers with useful information for developing new features and services, to tailor your web browsing experience to match your preferences. Your personal information will not be sold to or shared with third parties not associated with Vanlife.bike without your express permission. When you provide your personal information, you will be given the option to "opt-in", which requires action on your part to provide permission. Your information may be provided to third parties if you "opt-in", allowing us to share the information. From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

We do not collect any personally-identifying information from our visitors unless you request a subscription to any of our on-line publications. At that time, we may collect your first and last names, company affiliation and title, street address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, and web page URL. We do not share, rent or sell any of this information about you to third-parties and use it only for the purpose for which it was submitted. If you would like to unsubscribe to a subscription, review any of the personal information we have retained, or have any other questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at service@vanpowers.bike. We do not send our users "cookies" which are programs designed to track web site visitors and monitor web surfing habits. We do, however, log IP addresses for systems administration purposes to track a visitor's session, which gives us an idea of which parts of our site you are visiting. We do not link IP addresses to any personally-identifying information.

EMAIL AND TEXT COMMUNICATIONS

Vanlife.bike may utilize email to communicate with you from time to time. By providing your email address to Vanlife.bike, you are consenting to email as a communication medium between Vanlife.bike and you. Occasionally, you may be asked to verify your email address to assure the accuracy of our database. Text Marketing and notifications: By subscribing to text notifications you agree to receive recurring automated marketing messages at the email number provided. Consent is not a condition of purchase. Reply STOP to unsubscribe. HELP for help. Msg & Data rates may apply. More info view Privacy Policy and ToS.

OPT-OUT OPTION

You have the right to "opt-out" and request removal of your email address from our send list. If you choose to opt-out, you must opt out for every email address you have provided to Vanlife.bike, or you may inadvertently be sent an email to one of your email addresses that have not yet opted out. You may opt out by selecting the opt-out option when providing personal information to Vanlife.bike, by selecting the opt out option in reply to emails sent to you, or by emailing us via our CONTACT US page.

SUBMISSIONS TO US

If you send us an e-mail or submit and article, idea or proposal, please be advised that e-mail communications are not secure. If you communicate with us in connection with a matter for which we do not already represent you, you should not send us confidential or sensitive information via e-mail because your communication will not be treated as privileged or confidential. Any articles, feedback, information or materials submitted to Vanlife.bike ("Submissions") shall be considered non-confidential by Vanlife.bike. By providing such Submissions to Vanlife.bike, you agree that Vanlife.bike shall have, at no charge, a non-exclusive, transferable, royalty free, worldwide right and license to copy, edit, use, display, modify and distribute such Submissions and other intellectual property rights in and to the Submissions. Vanlife.bike shall be free to use and disseminate such Submissions, and the ideas contained in such Submissions, on an unrestricted basis for any purpose. You acknowledge that you are responsible for the Submissions that you provide, and that you, not Vanlife.bike have full responsibility for the Submissions, including their legality and copyright.

CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these terms of use at any time. In the event that we do so, we will notify you of any such change, modification, addition, or deletion by prominently posting notice of the any such change, modification, addition, or deletion on the Vanlife.bike website. These terms of use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California and the laws of the United States, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these terms shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. If any provision of these terms of use shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms of use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

THIRD PARTY SERVICES, TOOLS AND SDKS WE USED

Google Play Service: A library used to connect and utilize Google Play services. It provides various functionalities for integrating with Google services, including Google account login, location services, map display, push notifications, and more.

Firebase SDK: A set of development tools provided by Google for building mobile and web applications. It includes multiple modules, some of which are relevant to the functionalities you mentioned. Firebase Crashlytics is used for collecting crash logs, Firebase Auth is used for implementing one-tap login with Google accounts, and Firebase Messaging is used for integrating system push notifications.

Facebook Login SDK: A set of tools provided by Facebook for implementing one-tap login with Facebook accounts. By integrating the Facebook Login SDK, you can allow users to quickly log in to your application using their Facebook accounts.

Mapbox SDK: A tool for displaying maps, performing location search, route planning, and navigation in your application. It provides rich map functionalities and APIs to help you build map-related applications.

Gson: A Java library used for serializing and deserializing JSON data. It can convert Java objects to JSON strings for storage or transmission of data and can also convert JSON strings back to Java objects.

Glide: An image loading library for asynchronously loading and displaying images in Android applications. It offers a simple and easy-to-use API for loading images from various sources, including the network and local storage, and provides features such as caching and image transformations.

Mlkit barcode-scanning SDK: A software development toolkit provided by Google for implementing barcode scanning and decoding. It helps developers integrate barcode scanning functionality into their applications to recognize and decode barcodes and QR codes from images.

QsBle: A library for rapid development of low-power Bluetooth (BLE) applications. It provides simplified APIs and functionalities that make it easier for developers to implement communication and interaction with BLE devices.

MMKV: A library for persistent data storage. It offers high-performance key-value storage for Android and iOS platforms. MMKV can be used as an alternative to traditional SharedPreferences, providing a faster and more reliable data storage solution.