We care for the privacy & protection of our users and their data and we would like to share with you our policy and practices regarding your information and its privacy. Our Privacy Policy outlines what data is collected from our users and how it is used and processed. It also highlights how our users can control their data.

Definitions

A suggestion box is the page where others can give suggestions (also defined as feedback). It is also the page where the user reads the suggestions.
A suggestion is the message that a user gives to other users on the OwlEars platforms. It is also the message that a user receives from other users on the OwlEars platforms.

Information that users share with us

General Information About You

There are parts of our platforms can be accessed without registration, while other parts of our services can only be accessed by registered users. To be able to provide our services to you, we require that you provide us with some basic information about you. This includes your LinkedIn profile information, including your name and e-mail address. E-mail address is necessary for account verification and recovery.

Information shared with the public

Most of your information is kept in privacy and not shared with the public. This includes the suggestions that are sent or received to and from other users. However, some information will appear to the public by default.

Information that we collect from our users

Internet Protocol

When you use our services, even if you are just visiting our website and not registered, we receive information about you and your access. Our servers and some third-party technology providers log your internet protocol (IP) address with timestamps to maintain the security and quality of the service and may log the IP for other purposes such as analytics. To maintain the safety and security of our users, we record your IP address and port when you register and when you give a suggestion on any of our platforms. We may also record the IP address and port on other occasions for the same purpose.

Cookies

The use of cookies has many benefits to internet users and service providers and OwlEars uses cookies for many reasons. The most important one is to provide a seamless experience for our users. Here are more details about cookies: “When you visit a website, the website sends a cookie to your computer. Your computer stores it in a file located inside your web browser.” * “The purpose of the computer cookie is to help the website keep track of your visits and activity.” * (derived from: https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-privacy-what-are-cookies.html).
We use cookies to operate our services properly and seamlessly, to collect website usage data and to show ads. You have the option on your own device to disable the use of cookies, but some parts of our services may not function properly if you disable cookies. Here are more details on the use of cookies on OwlEars:

Login & Authentication

We use cookies to make it easier for you to stay logged in.

Timestamps

As mentioned above, to make sure that you are protected and that the security and stability of the system is intact, we record the date and time of actions like:
- When you create an account on our platforms
- When you give a suggestion

Insights

To provide insights for our users, we may analyze suggestions and user activity. Data privacy and confidentiality are maintained.

3rd Party Services

Email

We may share your data with e-mail providers who facilitate e-mail delivery, this may be used for email confirmation, notifications and password reset.

Filtration

In addition to using our own internal systems, we may use third-party services, such as Google Perspective API and to filter suggestions and content generated by our users to ensure all content is free from prohibited content.

Analytics Services

OwlEars may utilize services that analyze users’ behavior such as Mixpanel and Google Analytics. We use these analytics to improve our services and enhance the user experience. These services may use cookies and may collect certain information about you such as your device, websites you visit, how you use our services, your activities on our platforms or your demographics.

Re-Captcha

To protect our users and the maintain stability of our systems, we may use third-party captcha services, such as the Google Re-CAPTCHA, which may use IP address and cookies to perform the required check.

Notification Tokens

We may use third-party services, such as Google Firebase, to assigns a token to your device. This allows us to send you general or directed notifications.

Links to External Sites

Our website may contain links to other sites on the internet and we are not responsible for the data practices and privacy policies of these websites.

Your Cookie Choices

As we outlined above, we use cookies to operate our services and provide other features on our platforms. Your browser may give you the ability to adjust your settings to delete or disable cookies. If you choose to disable cookies, you may not be able to use certain part of our services.

Disclosure of Information

We highly value the confidentiality of your data. We also have to protect our users and communities from misusers. To make sure our users are protected, we may disclose personal information when requested by legal or law-enforcement entities through official channels.

Modification of Data Confidentiality and Privacy Policy

We have the right to modify the items and conditions of data confidentiality and privacy policy if needed and when we see adequate

Contacting Us

You can contact us using the "Support" link in the footer.