vling Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 2023/10/20

THE EASY-TO-READ VERSION

Please read the full terms below. To simplify things, here are a couple of bullet points to help you understand our privacy policy and how we handle data:

• We automate things, but at the end of the day, pretty much all data you see on Buzz & Beyond Inc. is akin to going to your public profile on a social media site and writing down your follower count, etc. We don't store, show, or share private information unless explicitly stated and requested and permission is granted. Furthermore, we feel our job is a bit like that of a journalist. We want to be a trusted source of information and that means not accepting requests to remove or change the information we have listed unless there is something inaccurate with it. The world comes to us to see transparent follower/etc numbers to see if there is any "fishy business" going on. If we remove this data when requested, it ruins our credibility. As the data we are displaying is public data anyone could have gotten from visiting your profile, anyway, we don't feel like this should raise any privacy concerns.
• Just like the rest of the Internet we use cookies. Cookies aren't evil; they're the way you can log into a website once and stay logged in until you log out instead of typing your login/password on every page.
• We provide our services for the most part free of charge. Servers cost money though as well as the team to program them. For this reason, we monetize the site via ads. If you don't like them, we do offer a paid subscription to remove them.
• Buzz & Beyond Inc. is a respected site that brands and companies use on a daily basis so we do have services for them to help them find users who they may be interested in working with. We may in the future develop a way on-site to allow them to communicate with you directly if you are interested (i.e. opt-in to brand deal/etc communication), but for now, we simply provide them a list of names and statistics. Even if we have your email address or personal information, we never share this, only public information.
• You come to Buzz & Beyond Inc. for analytics. Analytics also helps us know how many people are using the site, which parts of the site you use the most, etc. It helps us build out things you're interested in and not focus on things you're not. Google Analytics and other analytics tools we may use from time to time also aren't evil. Without things like this, we wouldn't know how to help you!
• Lastly, just a word about passwords. If you create an account on Buzz & Beyond Inc. you need to create a password. This password is encrypted in our database in a way that no one can see what it is, not even us. That said, we recommend you don't use the same password you use on other sites. Also, if you authenticate your account from a third party with us, we never store nor even have access to your password on third-party services.
• We hope this more informal, yet also more informative privacy policy helped. Again, see below the more "legal" version but there shouldn't be anything surprising there if you read this section.

THE PRIVACY POLICY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU

Buzz & Beyond Inc.’s Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, and share information from visitors to our website vling.net (the “Site”) and the services (“Services”) available through our Site.

Buzz & Beyond Inc. may change any of the terms and conditions in this Policy at any time for any reason. A notice of material change will be posted on Buzz & Beyond Inc.’s website, and email and you are responsible for reviewing the changes. If you do not agree with them, do not continue to use Buzz & Beyond Inc.’s website, refrain from using the website.

By visiting our Site and/or using any of our Services, you agree to have your personal information handled as per this Policy. Buzz & Beyond Inc. collects information about you directly from you, from third parties, and automatically through your use of our Site and/or Services.

You may use our site without registering for our Services, which would not provide us with any direct information. When registering for our Services, you must provide a valid email address. You may also provide additional information such as YouTube channel, Twitch channel, Afreeca TV, Naver Blog, and Instagram account.

The vling website may use cookies to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by the web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

Information gathered from third parties includes data from various social media. This data is PUBLIC INFORMATION. If you do not want to have this information shared on Buzz & Beyond Inc., you will have to adjust your privacy settings on YouTube. Buzz & Beyond Inc. WILL NOT REMOVE PUBLIC INFORMATION FROM ITS WEBSITE WITHOUT A LEGALLY BINDING ORDER TO DO SO.

Buzz & Beyond Inc. uses technology to collect information about your use of our Site and Services through cookies and third-party tracking technologies. These include your domain name, your device ID, your operating system, your browser type, web pages you view on our website, links you click, your IP address, the length of time you use our Site and/or use our Services, and the referring URL that led you to our Site.

Buzz & Beyond Inc. USES YOUR INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

To provide Services to you; to communicate with you; to respond to your questions/support tickets. To understand how users use our Site and Services.

Buzz & Beyond Inc. MAY SHARE YOUR INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

We may disclose the information we collect from you to third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform functions on our behalf. We may disclose the information we collect from you to comply with the law, a court order, or other legal processes.

We may disclose the information we collect from you where we believe it is necessary to investigate, or prevent illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Use or this Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

We may share aggregate information about users with third parties for marketing, advertising, research, or similar purposes.

COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGY

Buzz & Beyond Inc. uses session cookies for users who have logged into our Services. These cookies only serve to maintain your logged-in status, are not tracked beyond the use of our website, and expire after 24 hours of logging out.

Buzz & Beyond Inc. uses third-party analytic tools to evaluate the use of our Site and to help us improve our Site, Services, and user experiences. These providers may use cookies, clear GIFs, tracking pixels, or other technologies to compile statistics about Site usage.

ADVERTISING

For users without a paid subscription, Buzz & Beyond Inc. utilizes various ad technology providers through their relationship with Longitude. You may find Longitude's privacy policy through this link.

USER-GENERATED CONTENT

You are welcome to post content or other Services. If you post content, all the information posted and the username you identify yourself with will be available to the Public. Buzz & Beyond Inc. cannot prevent your posting from being used in a manner that would violate this Policy, the law, or your privacy.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

Buzz & Beyond Inc.’s Site includes links to third-party websites. Access to and use of linked websites is governed by those third-party websites’ privacy policies. Buzz & Beyond Inc. is not responsible for its information practices.

DATA SOURCES

In order to keep statistical data updated, Buzz & Beyond Inc. utilizes API services of third parties including but not limited to YouTube. Unless specific access is asked for at the time of use (i.e. to validate your identity), we are only gathering publicly available data from each of the API services, not anything private about your account. When private data is granted, collected data via the private token isn't being stored; it is just being used to verify various things such as how many views you received in the last month to see if you qualify for services and to show that you are the verified owner of the account. If you wish to revoke access, you can do so via each platform's connected services page, or open a support ticket and we will delete the token from our system.

CONTACT US

If you have questions about either our Agreement or Policy or would like to make a complaint, please file a support ticket.

Additional Clause

1. Enforcement Date: September 22, 2020