Mapway Privacy Policy (from Feb 2020)
Here at Mapway, we believe that you should always know what data we collect from you and how we use it, and that you should have meaningful control over both. We want to empower you to make the best decisions, for you, about the information you share with us…. that is the purpose of this Privacy Policy.
You should read this Policy in full, but here are a few key points that we’d like you to take away:
- Unlike other services, we do not require that you register with us or provide personal information such as your name, email address or phone number to use our services, they are offered to you free of charge and we will never collect this data unless you choose to provide them either by contacting us or creating an account with us.
- Mapway is a private company which offers users free apps. To pay for the maintenance and enhancement of these free apps we need to be able to monetise use of our apps, primarily we do this through advertising. To do this and to make adverts more relevant for you we receive some personal information such as your device ID (IDFA or AAID) and location.
- As an alternative you can make In-App Purchases (IAPs) in our Free apps, or where available, pay for our Pro versions. This removes advertising and significantly reduce the amount of data we collect from your use of our apps (see the full Policy below).
- In addition to IAPs your device also gives you control to limit the data we collect from you and how we use it. Ultimately you can also choose to delete and stop using the app at which point any data collection will cease.
- As necessary to deliver our Services to you;
- As necessary to comply with our legal obligations;
- As necessary for our (and others’) legitimate interests, including our interests in providing an innovative, personalised and profitable service to our users and partners.
- You have the right to be informed about our processing of your personal data;
- You have the right to have your personal data corrected if it is inaccurate and to have incomplete personal data completed;
- You have the right to object to us processing your personal data;
- You have the right to have your personal data erased, otherwise known as the ‘right to be forgotten’;
- You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, and information on how we process it, commonly known as a ‘data subject access request’;
- You have the right to move, copy or transfer your personal data (‘data portability’); and
- You have rights in relation to automated decision making, including profiling.
- Remove Ads: Making a “remove ads” (or equivalent) IAP will stop your device making requests for adverts and the sharing of your data with third parties for commercial purposes.
- Limit Ad Tracking: You can do this from within your device settings. In doing so you will still receive adverts, but they will be less relevant to you (and so probably more of an annoyance) as less information is made available to the advertisers.
- Analytics data: We use this data anonymously to help us improve and fix bugs within our apps. You can remove this from the settings in your device.
- Location data: We need this data to provide our full services. You can limit this within the settings on your device.