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Privacy Policy

Meengu’s Privacy Policy
Last Updated: February 01, 2022

Meengu

Privacy Policy

Meengu Privacy Policy
Last Updated: January 03, 2022

Meengu is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the integrity of any personal information that we collect about you while you use our online social networking services.

This Privacy Policy describes our practices regarding the type of personal information that we collect, use, share, or store. Personal information can include information about you, your activities, and information about the device you are using to access Meengu.

Meengu website, mobile app and our services are not intended for anyone under the age of 18. No one under the age of 18 may provide any personal information to us through the Meengu Website, mobile app or our services. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any personal information through the Meengu website or mobile app. If we learn that we have collected personal information from someone under the age of 18, we will delete it. If you believe we might have any personal information from or about someone under the age of 18, please contact us at support@meengu.com with the title “FYI! Underage User Spotted”.

We do not sell any of the personal information that we collect. If you are a Nigerian resident, Nigerian law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. We do not disclose personal information to third parties for third parties’ direct marketing purposes.

(1.) What Personal Information Do We Collect?
(a.) Information You Voluntarily Provide
We collect personal information from you when you voluntarily provide it to us through registration, or when you use any of the features available on Meengu. This may include your name, date of birth, gender, sexual orientation, email address, dating intention, partner preferences, photos, location, bio, relationship status, height, ethnicity, hair colour, eye colour, body type, school, occupation, income, if you have or want children, religion, zodiac sign, if you smoke, if you drink, if you use drugs, interests, social media account names, email notification settings, push notification settings, online status, blocked users, chat messages (text, audio, video, or photo), public posts (text, audio, video, or photo), date requests, the reason for deactivation, or phone number.

If you contact our support team using the email address support@meengu.com, we collect your email address and the content of the email that you send to us.

You may choose to submit a Success Story to us to display on our website and in the mobile app. If you submit a Success Story you will be asked to provide a photo, a brief story, and the names of you and your significant other. We will maintain a record of your Success Story until you request us to delete it. You may request us to delete your Success Story at any time by sending an email to support@meengu.com with the title “My Success Story Deletion Request”.

We recommend and encourage you to think carefully about the personal information you disclose about yourself to other users. We do not recommend that you put email addresses, URLs, instant messaging details, phone numbers, full names or addresses, credit card or other financial details, national identity numbers, drivers’ licence details or other sensitive information on your profile or in a chat message since such information may be open to abuse and misuse.

While you may voluntarily provide us with sensitive information about yourself such as your ethnicity, personal interests, religion or other sensitive information there is no requirement to do so. Photos and videos that you post may also reveal more detailed information about yourself or your location. You should be cautious and review any photos or videos you choose to post. Where you choose to post sensitive personal information about yourself the information you share is at your own risk.

(b.) Information We Automatically Collect
When you use Meengu, we automatically collect and store certain information about your mobile device, location, and your activities within the app. This information includes type of device (model and manufacturer), operating system and version number, app version number, device ID, advertising ID (e.g., Android Advertising Identifier or Advertising Identifier for iOS), IP address, browser type, network type (WiFi or cellular), mobile service provider, internet service provider (ISP), time zone, language, and the date and time you accessed our services. We may also include your GPS location (if you allowed location services), and/or location data derived from your IP address, such as postal code, city, state, and country. Your Facebook access token and/or Facebook user ID (if you registered or connected to your Facebook account), as well as, your Google external ID (if you registered with Gmail) may also be included.

If you clicked on a Meengu ad, which ad you clicked on, the date and time you clicked on the ad, and what ad network that ad was displayed on will be included. If you make a purchase on Meengu, we record what product you purchased, the quantity purchased, the price of the product, the date and time the purchase was made, and the expiry time of the purchase (if applicable). Apple will provide us with a unique transaction ID, the subscription status, the payment status, and reason for subscription cancellation (if applicable). Google will provide us with a unique order ID, the subscription status, the payment status, and reason for subscription cancellation (if applicable). Neither Apple nor Google provides us with any personal information from your Apple iTunes or Google Play account.

As you use Meengu, we also collect data with regard to your actions within the app. This data may include the date, time, and location you opened the app, content you have liked or disliked, content you have shared and which third-party networks you have shared the content to (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, etc.), dates you have requested, confirmed, or cancelled, groups you have created, joined, or left, if you have read, or deleted any messages, any changes made to your profile or account settings, and the date and time you deactivated your account.

(c.) Data Collected by Google Analytics We use Google Analytics which is an analytics tool offered by Google LLC. Google Analytics collects information from website visitors and app users and reports trends without identifying individual visitors or users. We can view a variety of reports about how visitors and users interact with Meengu so we can improve our services and how people find them. Google’s privacy policy applies to their collection, use and disclosure of your information with regards to the data Google Analytics collects.

While we do not use cookies on the Meengu website, Google Analytics uses its own cookies to track website visitor interactions. Cookies are small bits of information that are transferred to and stored in separate files within your computer’s browser. You can instruct your computer’s browser to stop accepting cookies through your browser’s settings. You may also have a “do not track” setting in your web browser. At this time, we do not respond to “do not track” signals sent from web browsers. If you wish to stop Google Analytics tracking on your web browser you will need to adjust your browser’s cookie settings.

(d.) Data Collected by Third Parties through Third-Party Links On our website, we include links to other websites and other content from third-party businesses. These third-party businesses may use cookies, web beacons or other similar technology to collect information about you. We do not have access to or control over these third parties or the cookies, web beacons or other technology that these third parties may use. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties or the content on any third party websites. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of the different websites you visit.

(2.) How Do We Use Your Personal Information?
We use the personal information that we collect about you, or that you provide to us, for the following purposes:
– To fulfil or meet the reason for which the information is provided. For example, to provide our services
– Create, maintain, customize, and secure your Meengu account
– Display your profile to other Meengu users so that you can interact with each other
– Enable, or add, any in-app purchases to your Meengu account
– Provide customer support, respond to your inquiries, troubleshoot issues, manage our services, and respond to requests, questions, and/or comments
– Communicate with you about our services, including notifications based on your account settings, service announcements and/or administrative messages
– Help us better understand how our services are being used so that we can improve our services and give you a better-tailored experience on Meengu
– Identify and fix technical errors
– Maintain the safety, security, and integrity of Meengu app, website, databases and services, and prevent, detect, identify, investigate, or respond to, potential or actual, claims, liabilities, criminal activity, fraud or malicious activity
– For testing, research, analytics, and product development, including to develop and improve Meengu online social networking services
– To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations
– For any other purpose with your consent

(3.) How Do We Share Your Personal Information?
We may disclose your personal information to a third party such as an affiliate, or a service provider, for a business purpose. When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

(4.) How Do We Protect Your Personal Information? Although we use administrative, physical, and technical measures, which are consistent with industry-recognized standards, to help protect the personal information you submit via our services from an accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration and from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. No Internet, email or mobile application transmission or method of electronic storage is ever fully secure or error-free. You should use caution whenever submitting personal information through our services and take special care in deciding which personal information you provide us with.

(5.) How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Information?
We will keep your personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. If you deactivate your Meengu account we will delete, anonymize or aggregate your information after 60 days from the deactivation date. While your Meengu account is deactivated it will be inaccessible to other Meengu users. You may stop the deletion, anonymization or aggregation of your Meengu account and information by sending an email to support@meengu.com before the 60-day account expiration. Anonymized and aggregated information is retained for statistical and product research purposes but this information is not attributable back to an individual. Please be aware that we may also be required to retain information for legal and accounting purposes.

(6.) How Do You Request That We Delete Your Information?
You can request that we delete your personal information by sending an email with subject line “Data Deletion Request” to support@meengu.com. Send the email from the email address associated with your Meengu account.

(7.)How Do We Respond To Legal Requests or Prevent Harm?
We access, preserve and share your personal information with regulators, law enforcement or others in response to a legal request, such as a search warrant, court order or subpoena if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so.

We will also access, preserve or share your personal information with regulators, law enforcement or others if we have a good-faith belief it is necessary in order to: detect, prevent and address fraud, unauthorized use of our services, violations of our terms or policies, or other harmful or illegal activity; to protect ourselves (including our rights, property or products), you or others, including as part of investigations or regulatory inquiries; or to prevent death or imminent bodily harm.

(8.) Changes To This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on our website and update the Privacy Policy’s “last updated” date.

(9.) How To Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy please do not hesitate to contact us by email at support@meengu.com or by mail at:

Meengu LTD
167, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 2,
Abuja, Nigeria