CCPA Privacy Policy

privacy policy

Our privacy policy was last updated on February 7, 2024.

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use the Service, and informs you of your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We use your personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. This privacy policy was created using the CCPA privacy policy template from TermsFeed.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation
Words beginning with a capital letter have specific meanings under the following conditions. The following definitions carry the same meaning whether they appear in the singular or plural form.

Definitions
For the purposes of this privacy policy:

“Account” means a unique account created for you to access our service or parts thereof.

For the purposes of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), “business” means a company as the legal entity that collects consumers’ personal information and determines the purposes and means of processing that information, or on whose behalf information is collected, and which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing and conducts its business in the State of California.

“The Company” (referred to in this Agreement as “the Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) refers to OTTOCAST .

"Country" refers to Hong Kong.

For the purposes of the CCPA, "Consumer" means a natural person who is a resident of California. "Resident" as defined by the law includes: (1) any individual who is in the United States for a purpose other than temporary or transient, and (2) any individual who is a resident of the United States and is outside the country for a purpose that is temporary or transient.

Cookies are small files that a website places on your computer, mobile phone, or other device, and they contain—among other uses—details of your browsing history on that website.

For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), “Data Controller” refers to the company as the legal entity that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

“Device” means any device that can access the service, such as a computer, mobile phone, or tablet.

“Do Not Track (DNT)” is a concept promoted by US regulators, particularly the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to develop a mechanism that enables internet users to control the tracking of their activities across websites.

"Personal Data" is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person.

For the purposes of the CCPA Act, "personal data" means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, can reasonably be associated with, or can be linked to you, directly or indirectly.

For the purposes of the CCPA, “sale” means the sale, rental, release, disclosure, publication, making available, transfer, or communication, orally, in writing, electronically, or otherwise, of a consumer’s personal information to another business or third party in exchange for monetary consideration or other value.

"Service" refers to the website.

"Service Provider" means any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the company. This includes third-party companies or individuals employed by the company to facilitate the provision of the service, provide it on its behalf, perform related services, or assist the company in analyzing how the service is used.

"Usage Data" refers to data that is collected automatically, whether it is generated by the use of the service or by its infrastructure itself (such as the duration of a page visit).

The "website" refers to OTTOCAST , accessible via https://www.ottocast.sa

“You” means the individual who accesses or uses the service, or the company or other legal entity on whose behalf the individual accesses or uses the service, as applicable.

Collection and use of your personal data

Types of data that are collected

Personal data
While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address

  • First name and last name

  • phone number

  • Address, State/Province, Zip/Postal Code, City

  • Usage data

Access account information
Email format: example@mailserver.domain
Edit account information
Email format: example@mailserver.domain
Show all requests
Email format: example@mailserver.domain
Delete account information
Email format: example@mailserver.domain

Usage data

Usage data is collected automatically when using the service.

Usage data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type and version, pages you visit from our service, time and date of visit, length of time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you access the service via or through a mobile device, we may automatically collect certain information, including but not limited to: the type of mobile device you are using, your mobile device's unique identifier, your mobile device's IP address, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser you are using, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our service or when you access the service via or through a mobile device.

Tracking technologies and cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our service and store certain information. The tracking technologies we use include web beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information, as well as to improve and analyze our service. The technologies we use may include the following:

  • Cookies, or web browser files, are small files placed on your device. You can configure your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when one is sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have changed your browser settings to refuse cookies, our service may still use cookies.
  • Web beacons. Some sections of our service and emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that enable the company—for example—to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email, and for other site-related statistics purposes (such as recording the popularity of a particular section and checking the integrity of the system and server).

Cookies can be either persistent or session . Persistent cookies remain on your computer or mobile device when you are offline, while session cookies are deleted once you close your web browser.

We use both types of cookies—temporary and persistent—for the purposes described below:

  • Essential cookies
    Type: Session Cookies
    Managing entity: We
    Purpose: These files are essential for providing you with the services available through the website and enabling you to use some of its features. They help verify users and prevent fraudulent use of their accounts. Without these files, the services you requested cannot be provided, and we only use them to deliver those services to you.
  • Cookie Policy / Accept Notice
    Type: Persistent Cookies
    Managing entity: We
    Purpose: To determine whether users have accepted the use of cookies on the site.
  • Functional cookies
    Type: Persistent Cookies
    Managing entity: We
    Purpose: This allows us to remember the choices you make when using the site, such as your login details or language preference. The goal is to provide you with a more personalized experience and avoid having to enter your preferences every time you use the site.
  • Tracking and performance cookies
    Type: Persistent Cookies
    Managing entity: Third parties
    Purpose: These files are used to track information about website traffic and how users interact with the site. The information collected through these files may directly or indirectly identify you, as they are typically associated with a pseudonym linked to the device you use to access the site. We may also use these files to test new pages, features, or functionalities on the site to see how users interact with them.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding them, please visit our Cookie Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of your personal data

The company may use personal data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our service: including monitoring the use of our service.

  • To manage your account: To manage your registration as a user of the service. The personal data you provide allows you to access various features available to you as a registered user.

  • To perform a contract: to develop, comply with, and execute a contract to purchase the products or services you have purchased, or any other contract with the company through the service.

  • To contact you: To contact you via email, telephone calls, SMS text messages, or any other equivalent means of electronic communication, such as mobile application push notifications, regarding updates or informational communications relating to contracted functions, products, or services, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable to carry them out.

  • To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about goods, services, and events we offer that are similar to those you have purchased or inquired about, unless you have opted out of receiving such information.

  • To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.

  • For business transitions: We may use your information to evaluate or carry out a merger, liquidation, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, sale, or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as an existing entity or as part of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, where personal data we hold about users of the service is among the assets being transferred.

  • For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, evaluating the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and assessing and improving our service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share your personal information in the following cases:

  • With service providers: We may share your personal information with service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service, to process payments, and to communicate with you.

  • In business transitions: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or part of our business to another company.

  • With affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those companies to comply with this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or any companies we control or are jointly controlled with us.

  • With business partners: We may share your information with our business partners to show you certain products, services, or promotions.

  • With other users: When you share personal information or interact in public areas with other users, this information may be visible to all users and may be distributed publicly outside the platform.

  • With your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose after obtaining your consent.

Keeping your personal data

The company will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), to resolve disputes, and to enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The company will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Generally, usage data is retained for a shorter period unless it is used to enhance security or improve the functionality of our service, or if we are legally required to retain it for longer periods.

Transfer your personal data

Your information, including your personal data, is processed at the company's operating offices and at any other locations where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to—and stored on—computers located outside your state, province, country, or any other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those applicable in your state.

Your acceptance of this privacy policy, followed by your submission of that information, represents your consent to this transfer.

The company will take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure that your data is processed securely and in accordance with this privacy policy, and your personal data will not be transferred to any organization or country unless adequate controls are in place, including ensuring the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosing your personal data

Business transactions
If the company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Law enforcement
In certain circumstances, the company may be required to disclose your personal data if required by law or in response to valid requests from public authorities (such as a court or government agency).

Other legal requirements
The company may disclose your personal data based on a good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to:

  • Compliance with a legal obligation

  • Protecting and defending the company's rights or property

  • Preventing or investigating potential service-related violations

  • Protecting the personal safety of service users or the public

  • Protection from legal liability

Secure your personal data

The security of your personal data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmitting data over the internet or storing it electronically is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed information about the processing of your personal data

The service providers we use may have access to your personal data. These third-party providers collect, store, use, process, and transfer information about your activity on our service in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Analysis

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service.

Email marketing

We may use your personal data to contact you via newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of receiving any or all of these communications by following the unsubscribe link or instructions in any email we send you, or by contacting us.

CCPA Privacy

This privacy notice for California residents is an addition to the information contained in our privacy policy, and it applies only to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

Categories of aggregated personal information

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, refers to, can be linked to, or can reasonably be linked to, directly or indirectly, a particular consumer or device. Below is a list of categories of personal information that we may collect or have collected from California residents during the past twelve (12) months.

Please note that the categories and examples listed below are those defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) . This does not mean that we have collected all examples of this category of personal information, but rather reflects our good faith belief, to the best of our knowledge, that some of that information in the category in question may and may have been collected. For example, some categories of personal information are collected only if you have provided that personal information directly to us.

Category A: Identifiers
Examples: Real name, nickname, mailing address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address, email address, account name, driver's license number, passport number, or any similar identifiers.
Collected: Yes.

Category B: Categories of personal information listed in the California Customer Records Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
Examples: Name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, phone number, passport number, driver's license or government-issued ID number, insurance policy number, education, employment, work history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.
Collected: Yes.

Class C: Classified properties protected under federal or California law
Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, genetic information (including family genetic information).
Collected: No.

Category D: Business Information
Examples: Records and history of products or services that have been purchased or considered.
Collected: Yes.

Category E: Biometric Information
Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as fingerprints, facial prints, voiceprints, iris or retinal scans, keystroke patterns, gait patterns, or other physiological patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.
Collected: No.

Category F: Online activity or similar network activity
Examples: Interacting with our service or advertisements.
Collected: Yes.

Category G: Geographic Location Data
Examples: Approximate geographical location.
Collected: No.

Category H: Sensory Data
Examples: sound, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory or similar information.
Collected: No.

Category I: Professional or work-related information
Examples: Current or past work history or performance reviews.
Collected: No.

Category J: Non-public educational information (Pursuant to the Family Educational Privacy Rights Act (20 USC Section 1232g, 34 CFR Part 99))
Examples: Educational records directly relating to a student that are maintained by an educational institution or a party acting on its behalf, such as grades, records, class lists, student schedules, student ID codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.
Collected: No.

Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information
Examples: A profile that reflects a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological tendencies, inclinations, behavior, mentalities, abilities, and skills.
Collected: No.

Under the CCPA, personal information does not include:

  • Publicly available information from government records

  • Collected or disposed of information

  • Information excluded from the scope of CCPA, such as:

    • Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Liability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Medical Confidentiality Act (CMIA), or clinical trial data.

    • Personal information covered by certain industry-specific privacy laws such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gram-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994.

Sources of personal information

We obtain the above categories of personal information from the following categories of sources:

  • Directly from you: for example, from the forms you fill out on our service, or the preferences you express or submit through our service, or from your purchases through our service.

  • Indirectly from you: for example, by monitoring your activity on our service.

  • Automatically from you: for example, through cookies that we or our service providers place on your device as you move through our service.

  • From service providers: For example, external suppliers to monitor and analyze the use of our service, external suppliers to process payments, or other external suppliers that we use to provide the service to you.

Using personal information for business or commercial purposes

We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for "business" or "commercial purposes" (as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act - CCPA), and examples may include the following:

  • To operate and provide our service to you.

  • To provide you with support and answer your inquiries, including investigating and addressing your concerns, and monitoring and improving our service.

  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provided the information. For example, if you shared your contact information to ask a question about our service, we will use that personal information to respond to your inquiry. If you provided your personal information to purchase a product or service, we will use that information to process your payment and facilitate delivery.

  • To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or government regulations.

  • As explained to you when your personal information was collected or as provided in the CCPA Act.

  • For internal administrative and auditing purposes.

  • To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activities, including, where necessary, prosecuting those responsible for such activities.

Please note that the examples provided above are for illustrative purposes only and are not exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the "Use of your personal data" section.

If we decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we have collected for different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes, we will update this Privacy Policy.

Disclosing personal information for business or commercial purposes

We may use or disclose, and may have used or disclosed, the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes during the past twelve (12) months:

Category A: Identifiers
Category B: Categories of personal information listed in the California Customer Records Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
Category D: Business Information
Category F: Online activity or similar network activity

Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) . This does not mean that all examples of personal information within that category have actually been disclosed, but rather reflects our good faith belief, to the best of our knowledge, that some information within that category may or may not have been disclosed.

When we disclose personal information for business or commercial purposes, we enter into a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose other than the performance of the contract.

Selling personal information

As defined in the CCPA , "sale" and "disclosure" mean the sale, rental, release, disclosure, publication, making available, transfer, or communication, whether orally, in writing, electronically, or by any other means, of a consumer's personal information by a business to a third party in exchange for consideration of value. This means that we have received some kind of benefit in return for sharing the personal information, but not necessarily a financial benefit.

Please note that the categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA . This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information have actually been sold, but it reflects our good faith belief, to the best of our knowledge, that some of that information in the relevant category may be shared for value.

We may sell and may have sold in the past twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information:

Category A: Identifiers
Category B: Categories of personal information listed in the California Customer Records Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
Category D: Business Information
Category F: Online activity or similar network activity

Sharing personal information

We may share your personal information as defined in the categories above with the following categories of third parties:

  • Service providers

  • Payment processors

  • Our subsidiaries

  • Our business partners

  • External suppliers whom you or your agents authorize us to disclose your personal information to in connection with the products or services we provide to you

Selling personal information of minors under the age of 16

We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through our service, although some third-party websites we link to may do so. These third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies, and we encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's internet use and teach them not to submit information on other websites without their permission.

We do not sell the personal information of consumers we know to be under the age of 16 unless we have received explicit consent (the right to opt-out) from the consumer aged 13 to 16, or from the parent or guardian of a consumer under the age of 13. Consumers who consent to the sale of their personal information can opt out of any future sales at any time. To exercise the right to opt out, you (or your authorized representative) can submit a request to us by contacting us.

If you believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided us with personal information, please contact us with sufficient details to enable us to delete that information.

Your rights under the CCPA

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides specific rights for California residents regarding their personal information. If you are a California resident, you have the following rights:

The right to be notified:
You have the right to be informed about the categories of people from whom your personal data is collected and the purposes for which it is used.

The right to request:
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) , you have the right to request that we disclose information about our collection, use, sale, and disclosure of personal information for business purposes. Once we receive and confirm your request, we will disclose the following:

  • Categories of personal information we have collected about you

  • Categories of sources from which we collected personal information about you

  • Our commercial or business purpose in collecting or selling that personal information

  • Categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information

  • The specific elements of personal information we have collected about you
    If we sell or disclose your personal information for business purposes, we will disclose to you:

  • Categories of personal information that were sold

  • Categories of personal information that were disclosed

The right to refuse the sale of personal data (opt-out):
You have the right to instruct us not to sell your personal information. To submit an opt-out request, please contact us.

The right to delete personal data:
You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data, with some exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your request, we will delete (and instruct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may refuse a deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service providers to:

  • To complete the transaction for which we collected personal information, to provide the goods or services you requested, to take actions that we reasonably expect in the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or to perform our contract with you.

  • Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activities, or prosecuting those responsible for such activities.

  • Product debugging to identify and fix errors that impede intended functions.

  • The exercise of freedom of expression, and ensuring the right of other consumers to exercise their rights to freedom of expression, or to exercise any other right provided for in the law.

  • Compliance with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).

  • Engaging in peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that complies with all applicable ethical and other privacy laws, where the deletion of information would cause the research to be impossible or substantially harmed, if you have given prior consent.

  • Enable only internal uses that align with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.

  • Compliance with a legal obligation.

  • Make other lawful internal uses of that information that are consistent with the context in which it was provided.

The right to non-discrimination:
You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your consumer rights, including:

  • Refusal to provide you with goods and services

  • Imposing different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.

  • Providing you with a different level or quality of goods or services

  • Indicating that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services, or a different level or quality of goods or services.

Exercising your data protection rights under the CCPA

To enable you to exercise any of your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) , and if you are a California resident, you can contact us:

Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State whom you authorize to act on your behalf, can submit a verifiable request relating to your personal information.

Your request to us must include:

  • Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify that you are the person from whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative.

  • Describe your request in sufficient detail to allow us to understand, evaluate, and respond to it correctly.

We cannot respond to your request or provide the requested information if we are unable to:

  • Verify your identity or authority to submit the application

  • Make sure the personal information relates to you

We will disclose and provide the requested information free of charge within 45 days of receiving your verifiable request. This period may be extended once for an additional 45 days if reasonably necessary and with prior notice.

Any disclosure we provide will only cover the 12-month period prior to the date of receipt of the verifiable request.

For data portability requests , we will choose a format for presenting your personal information that is usable and allows you to transfer information from one entity to another without hindrance.

Do not sell my personal information

You have the right to opt out of having your personal information sold. Once we receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from you, we will stop selling your personal information. To exercise your opt-out right, please contact us.

Service providers we work with (for example, our analytics or advertising partners) may use technologies on the service that sell personal information as defined in the CCPA . If you wish to opt out of the use of your personal information for interest-based advertising and these potential sales as defined in the CCPA , you can do so by following the instructions below.

Please note that any withdrawal process is specific to the browser you are using. You may need to withdraw on each browser you use.

Website

You can opt out of receiving personalized ads served through our service providers by following the instructions displayed on the service:

withdrawal

The opt-out option will place a cookie on your computer that is unique to the browser you used to make the selection. If you change browsers or delete saved cookies from your browser, you will need to opt out again.

mobile devices

Your mobile device may allow you to opt out of using information about the apps you use to display targeted ads to your interests:

  • "Opt out of interest-based ads" or "Opt out of ad personalization" on Android devices

  • "Ad tracking detection" on iOS devices

You can also stop location information from being collected from your mobile device by changing the preferences on your mobile device.

Children's privacy

Our service is not targeted at anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 13 without verifying parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires parental consent, we may ask your parents for their consent before collecting and using that information.

Links to other websites

Our service may contain links to other websites that we do not operate. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to their site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of each website you visit.

We have no control over, nor do we assume any responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page.

We will notify you via email and/or through a prominent notice on our service before changes take effect, and we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

It is recommended that you review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy become effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact us

If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, you can contact us via: