LODESTAR COMMUNICATIONS LTD. (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”) handles, uses, and shares your personal information with the utmost care and attention on our website and applications (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”). This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms”) describes the Service’s policy for handling personal information. By using the Service, you are deemed to have agreed to these Terms.
1. Information Collection
Consent reservation
The collection, use, or transfer of any information that personally identifies you or allows us to contact you (“Personal Information”) requires your prior consent.
Management of Information
Information is stored and retained securely. We will strive to prevent and correct unauthorized access, loss, falsification, leakage, etc. of personal information, and will report and disclose information appropriately as required by law in the event of an incident or accident such as leakage.
Necessity of Collection
The collection of your information is usually necessary when you use our services or provide us with personal details in order for us to contact you.
For these purposes, we may ask for information such as your name, email address, zip code, and license keys for products purchased.Anonymous Usage
Even if you do not wish to provide us with personal information, you can still use most of the content and features of our service. However, you may be required to register and/or provide a personal license before you can use certain services or features.
Information required for technical purposes
The above does not include information that your Web browser sends for technical reasons. This is necessary so that when you access our website, the content of that page will be displayed automatically.
Such information includes the URL of the referring Website, your IP address and the date and time you access our website, the type of Web browser you are using, the language of your Web browser, and Web browser variables.
We may use the IP addresses of users accessing our website to diagnose problems with our servers or to administer our website.
Your IP address allows us to determine which pages of our website have been viewed and for how long. Your IP address is also used to collect general demographic data.
However, IP addresses collected in this manner are not linked to any personal information and IP addresses cannot be identified from individuals. User sessions are recorded, but the users themselves remain anonymous.
This information is not used for any other purpose.Application Data Collection
“Application Data” means data about how you use the applications included in the Service. Applications may collect from you the user’s IP address, location information, OS version, OS localization, application version, application localization, device, bug reports, etc.
The Service does not collect any other personal information from your computer without your prior authorization. The application data we collect is primarily used to report application usage and statistics, improve the application, and track the performance of various marketing efforts. We may also use Application Data to respond to your questions regarding your use of the Application and related Services.
2. Use of Personal Information
Specific Purposes
We use the information collected to justify, implement, and process contractual relationships and to process related payments.
Data may also be used to modify and improve our services and, in some cases, promotional activities.Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
We reserve the right to provide customer information to our affiliates, partners, and other third parties.
However, these partners or third parties with whom we have a contractual relationship may use customer data only to conduct or consummate transactions or roles necessary for our contractual relationship or products.
Any transaction or execution of such roles by third parties shall be subject to the rules outlined in these Terms and Conditions.Litigation
In individual cases, we may provide the data collected to the relevant law enforcement authorities for the purpose of avoiding danger, fulfilling the legal obligations of constitutional protection agencies, and for litigation to assert its intellectual property rights.
Subject to approval, Non-Sale of Data
We will not provide personal information to anyone other than the third parties mentioned above without your prior consent.
In particular, we do not sell data from customers or users of its websites.
3. Your Rights
You are completely free to choose whether or not to provide us with personal information, but if you choose not to provide us with information necessary to use certain features of the Service, you may not be able to use those features. You can also ask us to access, update, correct, or delete your data.
4. Use of “Cookies”
Use of Cookies
When you visit our website, something called cookies are stored on your computer. These cookies record information about your surfing activities (such as language selected, country, pages loaded, date and time, access times, etc.). On your next visit, we can access this information to tailor the website to your personal preferences and minimize loading times. In addition, we can use this information to automatically insert your data into forms so you don’t have to fill them out yourself. Most major websites use cookies, which contain information about how and when visitors use the website, which can help identify popular and less popular sections of the website. Many improvements and updates are made based on information collected from cookies. A “session cookie,” which is automatically deleted when you close your Web browser, is especially necessary to make online purchases.
Confidential Data
Cookies do not store passwords or other sensitive data. When you first visit a website, your computer sends personal information as a cookie, but no further personal information is collected using cookies.
Blocking Cookies
If you do not wish to receive cookies, you can set your Web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer. If you do not wish to block cookies, you can set your Web browser to warn you when cookies are placed on your computer.
5. Links to other websites
The Service may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the data protection practices or the content of these websites or how they collect data.
Please read the privacy policy of each website you visit carefully. They may differ from our privacy policy.
6. Account Authentication
Customers may add accounts for online services such as Google Workspace and Gmail to our applications.
Accounts are added to applications using OAuth authentication, a secure mechanism that allows applications to access your Google Account data without revealing your password. This token is valid while the application is in use. If you delete your account or reinstall the application, you will need to re-authenticate the application for each Google Account using OAuth.
We use this authentication to support certain features, such as retrieving email for each account, and to support push notifications when requested. This information is local and is not stored on or transmitted to our servers.
7. International data transfers
Your information, including personal information we collect from you, may be transferred to, stored and processed by us, our affiliates and other third parties outside of your country of residence. Protection and privacy regulations may differ from those in other parts of the world. By using our services, you consent to this transfer, storage, or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this policy.
8. Security
We endeavor to take reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect the application data and personal information we collect. Unfortunately, no transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, nor is the transmission of information over the Internet completely secure. In the unlikely event of a data breach in which your personal information is compromised, we will promptly notify you, the appropriate authorities, supervisory authorities, or data protection authorities.
9. Retention period of personal information
We will retain personal information for as long as necessary to continue to provide this service to you or until you revoke your consent to share this information. We will destroy personal information when we no longer need it.
10. Revisions to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change, update, or modify this policy at any time without prior notice. Any such changes, updates, or modifications will be effective upon publication on the Service.
11. Contact us
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions or would like more information, please contact us using the inquiry form below.