# Sample App Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to the Sample App ("the app") provided by Sample Inc. ("we", "us", "our"). The app is a mobile application that allows users to access various features and services, such as news, weather, games, and social media.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you use the app. Please read this privacy policy carefully before using the app.

## What personal information do we collect and why?

Personal information is any information that can identify you or be linked to you. We collect the following types of personal information from you when you use the app:

- **Account information**: When you create an account on the app, we collect your name, email address, password, and profile picture. We use this information to identify you, provide you with the app features and services, communicate with you, and personalize your app experience.
- **Device and usage information**: When you use the app, we automatically collect information about your device and how you use the app, such as device type, operating system, IP address, app version, unique device identifiers, browser type, language preferences, time zone, and app activity. We use this information to maintain and improve the app performance, functionality, security, and quality, as well as to provide you with relevant content and advertisements.
- **Location information**: When you use the app, we may collect your precise or approximate location information based on your device settings and permissions. We use this information to provide you with location-based features and services, such as weather forecasts, local news, and nearby events.
- **Social media information**: When you connect your social media accounts to the app, we may collect information from those accounts, such as your username, profile picture, posts, comments, likes, followers, and friends. We use this information to enable you to access and share content on social media platforms through the app.
- **Payment information**: When you make purchases or subscriptions on the app, we may collect your payment information, such as credit card number, expiration date, security code, and billing address. We use this information to process your transactions and prevent fraud.

## How do we collect your personal information?

We collect your personal information in different ways depending on how you use the app:

- **Directly from you**: We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you create an account, make purchases or subscriptions, contact us for support or feedback, participate in surveys or contests, or otherwise interact with us through the app.
- **Automatically from your device**: We collect personal information that is automatically generated by your device or browser when you use the app. This may include device and usage information and location information.
- **From third parties**: We may collect personal information from third parties that we work with to provide you with the app features and services. This may include social media platforms, payment processors, advertising networks, analytics providers, and other service providers.

## How do we obtain your consent?

We obtain your consent to collect and use your personal information in different ways depending on the context and applicable laws:

- **Explicit consent**: We may ask for your explicit consent to collect and use certain types of personal information for specific purposes. For example,
- When you create an account on the app
- When you connect your social media accounts to the app
- When you enable location services on your device
- When you agree to receive marketing communications from us
- When you participate in surveys or contests
- You can withdraw your consent at any time by changing your settings on the app or contacting us at privacy@sample.com.
- **Implied consent**: We may rely on your implied consent to collect and use certain types of personal information for purposes that are obvious or necessary for providing you with the app features and services. For example,
- When you use the app
- When you make purchases or subscriptions on the app
- When you contact us for support or feedback
- You can opt out of certain types of data collection or use by changing your settings on the app or contacting us at privacy@sample.com.
- **Legitimate interests**: We may collect and use certain types of personal information based on our legitimate interests or those of third parties. For example,
- To maintain and improve the app performance,
functionality,
security,
and quality
- To provide you with relevant content and advertisements
- To prevent fraud and protect our rights and property
- To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms of service
- You can object to certain types of data collection or use based on legitimate interests by changing your settings on the app or contacting us at privacy@sample.com.

## How do we share your personal information?

We may share your personal information with third parties in certain circumstances:

- **With your consent**: We may share your personal information with third parties when we have your consent to do so. For example,
- When you connect your social media accounts to the app
- When you share content on social media platforms through the app
- When you participate in surveys or contests sponsored by third parties
- You can withdraw your consent at any time by changing your settings on the app or contacting us at privacy@sample.com.
- **With our service providers**: We may share your personal information with third parties that provide services to us or on our behalf. For example,
- Payment processors that process your transactions on the app
- Advertising networks that deliver ads to you on the app
- Analytics providers that help us understand how you use the app
- Hosting providers that store our data
- These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your personal information and only use it for the purposes for which we share it with them.
- **With our affiliates**: We may share your personal information with our affiliates (companies that are under common ownership or control) for business purposes. For example,
- To provide you with integrated products and services across our platforms
- To improve our products and services
- To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms of service
- These affiliates are subject to this privacy policy or similar privacy policies that protect your personal information.
- **With other users**: We may share some of your personal information with other users of the app when you interact with them through the app. For example,
- Your username,
profile picture,
posts,
comments,
likes,
followers,
and friends are visible to other users on social media platforms through the app
- Your location is visible to other users when you join nearby events through the app
- You can control what personal information is visible to other users by changing your settings on the app or contacting us at privacy@sample.com.
- **With law enforcement or regulators**: We may share your personal information with law enforcement or regulators when we believe it is necessary to comply with legal obligations or requests,
protect our rights or property,
prevent fraud or illegal activities,
or enforce our terms of service.

## How do we protect your personal information?

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access,
use,
disclosure,
modification,
or destruction. These measures include:

- Using encryption technologies to secure data in transit and at rest
- Implementing access controls and authentication mechanisms to limit who can access data