Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Welcome to Wallie. We believe your memories are precious, and protecting your privacy is fundamental to the Wallie experience. We are committed to transparency and safeguarding your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your information when you use our Wallie device, mobile application, and website (collectively, the "Services"). Our goal is to provide a great product without compromising your privacy. Please read this policy carefully.

Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the Services includes:

• Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Services or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Services, such as online chat and message boards.
• Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Services, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Services. If you are using our mobile application, this information may also include your device name and type, your operating system, your phone number, your country, your likes and replies to a post, and other interactions with the application and other users via server log files, as well as any other information you choose to provide.
• Photo Data: When you connect your Wallie device and use our mobile application to sync photos, we access the photos and albums you select from your device's photo library. We only access the photos you explicitly grant permission for. These photos are processed to be displayed on your Wallie device. We may temporarily store optimized versions of these photos on our secure servers to facilitate syncing and display on your device. We do not claim ownership of your photos.
• Device Information: Information about your Wallie device, such as device ID, firmware version, and connectivity status (e.g., Wi-Fi network information only as needed for connection).

Use of Your Information

Having accurate information permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Services to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Process your orders and deliver the Wallie device to you.
• Enable device functionality, including syncing your selected photos.
• Improve the Services and troubleshoot issues.
• Communicate with you about your account or orders.
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Services.
• [Add other uses as applicable, e.g., marketing, personalization]

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• [Add other disclosures as applicable]

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

International Data Transfers

To provide our Services, your personal information may be processed and stored on servers located outside of your home country, including in the United States. Data protection laws vary by country, but we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information regardless of where it is processed. By using our Services, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries outside your residence.

Your Data Protection Rights (Including GDPR & CCPA)

We extend data protection rights consistent with regulations like the GDPR and CCPA to all our users, regardless of location. You have rights concerning your personal information, including:

• The Right to Access: You can request copies of your personal information we hold.
• The Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The Right to Erasure: You can request that we erase your personal information, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Object to Processing: You can object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Data Portability: You can request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.

Our lawful bases for processing personal information under GDPR include:

• Contract Performance: Processing necessary to fulfill our service obligations to you (e.g., setting up your account, syncing photos).
• Legitimate Interests: Processing for purposes like improving service security, analyzing usage trends (using aggregated or anonymized data where possible), and preventing abuse.
• Consent: Where we rely on consent (e.g., for specific optional features or marketing communications), you have the right to withdraw consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: hello@wallieframe.com