Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
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Your privacy is critically important to us. At Financial Planner Buddy, we have a few fundamental principles:
We are thoughtful about the personal information we ask you to provide and the personal information that we collect about you through the operation of our services.
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We store personal information for only as long as we have a reason to keep it.
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We aim to make it as simple as possible for you to control what information on your website is shared publicly (or kept private), indexed by search engines, and permanently deleted.
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We help protect you from overreaching government demands for your personal information.
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We strive to be transparent about how we collect and use your information, to keep your information secure and to provide you with meaningful choices.
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This Privacy Policy applies to information that we collect about you when you use:
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Our websites;
Our mobile applications (if any);
Other users' websites that use our Services, while you are logged into your account with us.
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Throughout this Privacy Policy, we'll refer to our website and other products and services collectively as "Services."
2. Information We Collect
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We only collect information about you if we have a reason to do so — for example, to provide our Services, to communicate with you, or to make our Services better.
3. How We Use Information
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We use information about you as mentioned above and for the purposes listed below:
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To provide our Services — for example, to set up and maintain your account, host your website, backup and restore your website, or charge you for any of our paid Services;
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To further develop and improve our Services — for example by adding new features that we think our users will enjoy or will help them to create and manage their websites more efficiently;
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To monitor and analyze trends and better understand how users interact with our Services, which helps us improve our Services and make them easier to use;
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To measure, gauge, and improve the effectiveness of our advertising, and better understand user retention and attrition — for example, we may analyze how many individuals purchased a plan after receiving a marketing message or the features used by those who continue to use our Services after a certain length of time;
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To monitor and prevent any problems with our Services, protect the security of our Services, detect and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities, fight spam, and protect the rights and property of Financial Planner Buddy and others, which may result in us declining a transaction or the use of our Services;
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To communicate with you, for example through an email, about offers and promotions offered by Financial Planner Buddy and others we think will be of interest to you, solicit your feedback, or keep you up to date on Financial Planner Buddy and our products; and
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To personalize your experience using our Services, provide content recommendations, target our marketing messages to groups of our users (for example, those who have a particular plan with us or have been our user for a certain length of time), and serve relevant advertisements.
4. Sharing Information
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How we share the information we collect depends in part on the Services you use, the settings you choose, and the law. Here are some examples:
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If you choose to make information public, such as comments on a blog post, that information is public and anyone can see it.
If you choose to make your website private, then only people you invite as viewers or editors can see your content.
We may share information with third parties for legal reasons, including:
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If we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request;
To enforce applicable terms of service, including investigation of potential violations;
To detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues;
To protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Financial Planner Buddy, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law.
5. Security
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While no online service is 100% secure, we work very hard to protect information about you against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction, and take reasonable measures to do so.
6. Choices
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You have several choices available when it comes to information about you:
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Limit the information that you provide: If you have an account with us, you can choose not to provide the optional account information, profile information, and transaction and billing information.
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Limit access to information on your mobile device: Your mobile device operating system should provide you with the option to discontinue our ability to collect stored information or location information via our mobile apps.
Opt-out of marketing communications: You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us. Just follow the instructions in those communications or let us know. If you opt out of promotional communications, we may still send you other communications, such as those about your account and legal notices.
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Set your browser to reject cookies: At this time, Financial Planner Buddy does not respond to "do not track" signals across all of our Services. However, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies before using Financial Planner Buddy's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Financial Planner Buddy's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
7. Other Things You Should Know (Keep in Mind)
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Transferring Information
Because Financial Planner Buddy's Services are offered worldwide, the information about you that we process when you use the Services in the EU may be used, stored, and/or accessed by individuals operating outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who work for us, other members of our group of companies, or third party data processors. This is required for the purposes listed in the section above titled "How We Use Information."
8. Privacy Policy Changes
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Although most changes are likely to be minor, Financial Planner Buddy may change its Privacy Policy from time to time. Financial Planner Buddy encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Services after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
9. Contact Us
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If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email or contact us form.
Please note that this is a generic template and should be tailored to fit your specific needs and comply with local regulations. It is also advisable to consult with a legal professional to ensure compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and other relevant legislation.
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