PRIVACY POLICY

This is a special document, which was created by the application owner and its aim is to regulate the relationships between him and the users of Storm. Its main task is to inform everybody about the actual terms of data collecting, keeping and processing. Also, some user’s rights and possible requirements for correct work of Storm are gathered in this document. This text may be replaced by another one at any time by the owner. Please, pay attention, that he doesn’t have to warn the user directly about any changes prior, except updating the current page. All the following statements are accepted automatically by downloading and installing Storm.

1. Data gathering: possible ways of information collecting

The application owner doesn’t gather any type of personal or non-personal data wittingly by asking the user to fill in any forms (or other kind of direct information collecting). But he isn’t responsible for gathering that data, which was given by the user. This means, that the owner can get the information if the user fills some registration forms, creates an account on platforms for application distribution or gives his personal information in any other way. The collected data may include: the user’s real name, nickname, photo, email, phone number, network service. Because of in-app purchases the owner will also get an information about user’s credit cards and bank accounts.

Shortly:Storm doesn’t gather the information directly from the user, but it can receive some from any other available sources.
2. What is this data needed for?

There are several reasons, why the owner needs to collect and process some of user’s personal information. The received data helps us to improve the service to correspond all the main needs of a common user. We also need to adaptate our product to individual desires of everyone. This also helps the owner to make the application’s interface and functions more appropriate for the particular user’s needs. He also can collect the information about user’s preferences. In addition, such data helps to discover some new online threats faced by the user, so Storm will be able to protect the device from extra dangerous cases.

Shortly:To provide the user with the best service and prevent risks.
3. Cookies

By running Storm, the user accepts Cookies politics automatically. This means that the cookie file, installed on the device, gathers and shares with the owner of this application the information about user’s individual preferences. Such facts can be gathered via monitoring the online activity - websites, which the user visits more often than others, products, which were purchased recently and other things. This information is necessary, because it lets the owner know exactly, what does the user need and how to improve the service. Cookies politics may be declined in the device Settings menu manually at any possible moment.

Shortly:cookies help to find out user’s preferences and needs.
4. Third-party advertising

The owner of Storm has a right to cooperate with third party companies to provide better advertising service. They procure ad stream and place banners on the device screen, while the application is launched. They are able to collect the user’s personal information from cookies or any possible analytical services. The user should be aware, that third party advertising companies have their own Privacy Policy documents, which are different from ours. They also can gather some information about the user’s geolocation to improve the effectiveness of ads. The user will see only those, which are connected with his region.

5. Safety and data protection

The owner of this application is fully responsible for the safety of user’s personal data. All the information given by the user should be kept and protected in any possible technical, digital or administrating way.

Nevertheless, the user himself is fully responsible for all kinds of his virtual actions. In addition, in case the user (wittingly or accidentally) enters any kind of personal information on the web pages he visit, the app owner isn’t responsible for data safety.

Storm has a free browser for anonymous searching included. The app owner isn’t responsible for the actions, which the user performs through it. Only the user is fully responsible for the information he supplies to the websites he visits.

Shortly:Storm will take any possible actions to keep the collected user’s data protected.R
6. The list of user’s rights includes:
  • The user is able to find out from the owner, which personal data is gathered exactly, why and in which way it is going to be processed.
  • A right to cancel any of his permissions connected with data usage, which were given before.
  • The user can ask the owner for a copy of any kind of gathered information at any moment.
  • The user is free to forbid further data usage. In this case the owner doesn’t have to process or share the information, but he is allowed to gather and store it.
  • A right to ask the app owner for correcting, updating or removing a non-relevant personal data.
  • Provide a competent authority with a complaint about a fact of not appropriate or illegal data usage to protect user’s rights (in written or spoken form).
7. Subscription and trial terms

There are several types of an auto-renewing subscription provided. The user can purchase it for different time periods - a week/month/year. The prices may be changed or updated by the owner without warning. He also has a right to change them during a promotional period, which is limited, or for any other discount-sessions.

We added a three-days trial to each type of the subscription. The user has a right to reject the previously purchased subscription during these free days. Nevertheless, this can’t be performed for an already active paid period. The trial length is originally 3 days, but it can be shorter in case the user pays for a subscription before the end of free time. Left days will be forfeited.

Please, notice, that Storm has some in-app purchases provided. There are options, which are available for a free version (e. g. anonymous browser), but also there are other options, which are available only for a Premium version of Storm (e. g. statistics).

Shortly:there are 3 types of auto-renewable subscription provided. Each one goes with a three-days free trial.
8. Platforms policy

To provide a desirable level of app distribution and advertising, the owner reserves a right to use official platforms designed for such needs. They include their own analytical and statistical services, which can be used by the application owner due to his own needs.

The main platform for Storm distribution is App Store. It’s an official platform, created by Apple Inc., to distribute different programs for iOS devices. It has its own Privacy Policy and Terms of Use documents, which aren’t similar to this one. So, the user should read them either. App Store may collect some personal information as well. For example, to perform analysis and provide the application owner with a detailed statistics about his product. The gathered personal data may be reported to the owner too.

Shortly:The owner may use special platforms for successful distribution. Please, notice, that they have another Privacy Policy document.
9. Privacy Policy document updates

The official owner of this application can update this Privacy Policy text at any time without warning. The owner has a right to change or replace each part of current document. All the information about novations can be found on this page. The owner doesn’t have to warn the user in any other direct way than updating this document.

10. Do you need some more information?

If the user has any extra questions, then he is absolutely free to ask the owner via all the available contacts in the most appropriate way to answer them. You are always welcome to get some more details.