ShooshTime Privacy Policy: Protecting Your Personal Information

Welcome to ShooshTime. Your privacy is critically important to us. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by ShooshTime and how it is used. It applies to our website, located at shoosh-time.com, and all related services (collectively, the "Service").

By accessing or using our Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Service. This policy is incorporated into and subject to our Terms of Service.

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you. This includes:

• Account Information: When you register, we collect your chosen username, email address, age verification data, password (hashed), and any profile details you provide (e.g., bio, interests related to Gacha life, FNAF, or other communities).
• Profile and Interaction Data: Content you create (posts, messages, comments, uploaded images within community guidelines), your connections, likes, and interaction history.
• Technical & Usage Data: Information about how you access the Service, including your IP address, browser type, device identifiers, operating system, pages visited, time spent, and referring URLs. We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies.
• Communication Data: If you contact our support team, we collect the content of your messages and our responses.
• Voluntary Information: Any additional information you voluntarily provide through surveys, feedback forms, or community events.

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data (e.g., racial origin, political opinions, religious beliefs) unless voluntarily and explicitly shared by you in your public profile, and we advise against sharing such information.

We use the collected data for the following legitimate business purposes:

• To create, maintain, and secure your user account.
• To operate, provide, and personalize the core functionalities of the ShooshTime platform, including matchmaking, community features, and chat services.
• To communicate with you regarding your account, service updates, security alerts, and customer support requests.
• To improve, test, and monitor the effectiveness of our Service, develop new features, and conduct analytics.
• To prevent, detect, and address fraud, abuse, security risks, and technical issues that could harm our users or the Service.
• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
• To send you promotional communications (only if you have opted-in), such as newsletters about new community features or events. You can opt-out at any time.

Our legal basis for processing your data typically includes the performance of our contract with you (providing the Service), your consent (for marketing), and our legitimate interests in operating and improving a safe platform.

We do not sell your personal data. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: With trusted third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf (e.g., hosting, payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, customer support). These providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and use it only for the purposes we specify.
• Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
• Safety and Rights: To protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of ShooshTime, our users, or the public, including enforcing our Terms of Service or investigating potential violations.
• Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company. You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.
• With Your Consent: We may share information for any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect the information, pursuant to your consent.

We implement a variety of administrative, technical, and physical security measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

• Encryption of data in transit using SSL/TLS protocols.
• Hashing of sensitive data like passwords.
• Regular security assessments and vulnerability testing.
• Access controls limiting employee access to personal data on a need-to-know basis.
• Secure data center facilities for our servers.

However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data. ShooshTime aims to respect the following rights for all users where applicable:

• Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction: You can update or correct inaccurate or incomplete data in your account settings or by contacting us.
• Deletion: You can request the deletion of your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions (e.g., we may need to retain some data for legal compliance).
• Restriction & Objection: You can request that we restrict the processing of your data or object to certain types of processing.
• Data Portability: You may request a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable copy of your data for transfer to another service.
• Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
• Opt-out of Marketing: You can unsubscribe from promotional emails by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any such email.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information in the "Contact" section below. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information to enhance your experience.

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function (e.g., login session, security). You cannot refuse these through our system, but you can set your browser to block them, which may affect site functionality.
• Analytics/Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the website (e.g., Google Analytics). This information is aggregated and anonymous.
• Functionality Cookies: Allow the website to remember choices you make (e.g., language preferences) to provide a more personalized experience.
• Advertising/Targeting Cookies: May be used by third-party advertisers (if any) to build a profile of your interests and show relevant ads on other sites.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. For more information about cookies and how to manage them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

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 and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top.

We may also provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification via email) if changes are material. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of the revised Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the terms.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact our Data Protection team:

Email: [email protected]

Mailing Address:
ShooshTime Privacy Inquiry
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We will endeavor to respond to your inquiry within a reasonable timeframe.