Privacy Policy

Last Updated: [Date of Last Update]

Welcome to PortugalGayMap ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application (the "App") and our website (the "Site"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the App or Site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the App and Site depends on the content and materials you use, and includes:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your display name (username/pseudonym), email address, and profile picture, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the App (via Email, Apple Sign-In, or Anonymous login) or Site. If you choose to contribute content (e.g., adding places, events, photos, reviews), this content may be linked to your profile.

User Contributions

Information you provide when you add or edit places, events, upload photos, or submit reviews or comments. This content is intended to be public within the App community.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the App or Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site. In the App, this may include device type, unique device ID, and interactions with App features (e.g., searches, views, saved items).

Financial Data & Subscriptions

PortugalGayMap may offer paid features through auto-renewable subscriptions ("Subscriptions"). When you purchase a Subscription, the transaction is processed through Apple's App Store and is subject to their terms and conditions, and privacy policy. We do not collect, store, or have access to your credit card information or other sensitive financial data. Apple handles all billing and financial transactions.

For detailed information about our subscriptions, please refer to our Terms of Use.

Data From Social Networks (Apple Sign-In)

If you choose to register or log in using your Apple account (Apple Sign-In), we may access basic information from your Apple profile, such as your name (if you choose to share it) and email address (or a private relay email address provided by Apple). We only use this information for account creation and authentication purposes.

Geo-Location Information

We may request access or permission to and track location-based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using the App, to provide location-based services such as displaying nearby places/events and map functionalities. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.

Mobile Device Access

We may request access or permission to certain features from your mobile device, including your mobile device’s camera and photo library/storage (for uploading photos of places/events), and location services. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.

2. Use of Your Information

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

  • Create and manage your account.
  • Display your user contributions (places, events, photos, reviews) within the App.
  • Enable user-to-user interactions (e.g., if future features like direct messaging are added).
  • Improve the accuracy and richness of the map and listings.
  • Personalize your app experience (e.g., showing relevant content based on location or preferences).
  • Increase the efficiency and operation of the App and Site.
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the App and Site.
  • Notify you of updates to the App and Site, or important community news.
  • Perform other business activities as needed.
  • Prevent fraudulent activity and ensure the integrity of community contributions.
  • Request feedback and contact you about your use of the App and Site.
  • Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
  • Respond to product and customer service requests.
  • Solicit support for the App and Site.

3. 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. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

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.

Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

Online Postings

When you post comments, contributions or other content to the App or Site, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the App and Site in perpetuity.

Third-Party Advertisers

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the App or Site. These companies may use information about your visits to the App and Site and other websites that are contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Affiliates

We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

Business Partners

We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.

Other Third Parties

We may share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

Sale or Bankruptcy

If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.

4. Tracking Technologies

Cookies and Web Beacons

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the App and Site to help customize the App and Site and improve your experience. When you access the App or Site, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the App or Site. You may not decline web beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or by modifying your web browser’s settings to notify you each time a cookie is tendered, permitting you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.

5. 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. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

6. 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.

7. Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and our mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.

8. Options Regarding Your Information

Account Information

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:

  • Logging into your account settings and updating your account
  • Contacting us using the contact information provided below

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.

9. 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.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

PortugalGayMap
c/o Inventa Melhor Unipessoal Lda
R Prof Dr Bento De Jesus Caraça 18, 1 Direito
2840-111 Paio Pires, Portugal
Email: [email protected]