Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective October 1, 2023.
Welcome to Lopa! We are so glad to have you here. We hope that this community can be a place where you can find resources, inspiration, support, friendship, and much more.
Please read this Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) where our privacy practices and personal information handling are explained. This Privacy Policy also explains how we collect, use, and share such information and choices you have about your personal information. We use “Lopa” to refer to the Lopa websites and our iOS app (also referred to as our “Services”). We also use “Lopa,” “we,” “us,” and “our” to refer to the team that is operating our Services. A “Member” is an individual who has registered to use our Services.
We may collect personal information about you from you directly, from other Members or other users of our Services, through technology that automatically collects information from your device (with permission based on your privacy setting), and from third party sources. See below for examples. Any personal information that we collect will be used and processed in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. Below are some examples of personal data we may collect:
- • Your personal details. When you sign up for Lopa, you will need to provide certain information about yourself, such as your name, email address, and physical address or region (state and city).
- • Data from other accounts. If you use a third party service, like Facebook, Google, or Apple to sign up or log into Lopa, then you authorize that third party service to share your personal information with us. This information may include your name, photo, email address, and any other information you agree to let the third party service share with us. (The specific personal information shared with us will depend on the third party’s privacy practices, agreements we have with the third party, and any options that you may make in sharing your personal information.)
- • Profile, posts, comments, events, and location. You may share information about yourself in your profile or when you post on Lopa. This may include your pictures, information about your household, location, or things that you love about your local community or local businesses.
- • Photos and videos. You may give permission for our Services to collect images, photos, videos, and other information from your device’s camera and photo library.
- • Geolocation. You may choose to grant our Services permission to access your device’s precise geolocation, which we may use to confirm if our services are available in your area. It will also help us operate or personalize our Services in order to show you more relevant content or ads.
- • Business information. If you use our Business Services, you may share details (address, phone number, email, etc.) about your business and services offered by you or the business.
2 | How Is My Personal Information Used?
We use personal information for the following purposes:
1. To create the profile page for you.
2. We use personal information to suggest posts and events near you.
3. Highlight businesses, ads, offers, products, and services you may be interested in.
4.Personalize your experience on Lopa.
5.Understand trends, usage statistics, and demographic data relating to the Members and communities we serve.
6.Diagnose and resolve problems, and monitor usage and resource needs.
7.Communicate with you about Lopa or our Services, including by sending announcements, updates, and security alerts via email, notifications, and text messages.
8.To help personalize advertisements based on what we think may interest you.
3 | How Is My Personal Information Shared with Others?
Lopa does not share any of your personal information with any individual or organization.
4 | What Are My Privacy Options?
When you post on Lopa, you can choose who can see your posts and how long the post exists on Lopa.
5 | How Long Is My Personal Information Kept?
We retain personal information in our server logs, our databases, and our records for as long as necessary to provide our Services. We may need to retain some of your information for a longer period, such as in order to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, or defend against legal claims.
6 | How Is My Personal Information Protected?
Lopa uses technical and organizational measures intended to keep your data secure. However, the internet is not a fully secure environment and we cannot guarantee that personal information won’t be intercepted or improperly accessed. Please ensure that you keep your password safe and do not share it with anyone. When using Lopa, you may come across links to websites and services operated by third parties that are not owned or controlled by Lopa (for example, if a Member shares a link to a video on YouTube, or if an advertiser provides a link for registration). This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected on any third-party website or application that may link to or be accessible from our Services. These third parties have their own privacy policies, which govern any personal information they collect. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for such external websites privacy and security practices.
7 | Personal Information Relating to Children.
Children are not allowed to use our Services if they are under 13 years old or not old enough for Lopa to process their personal information without parental or age-specific consent in the place where they live. If you believe we might have collected personal information from a child in one of these categories, please contact us at hello@lopa.life for us to investigate and delete it as appropriate.
8 | Changes to this Privacy Policy.
We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it periodically. If we materially change this Privacy Policy, we will take steps to notify you in advance of the change as required by applicable law. If you object to any changes, you may delete your account. You acknowledge that your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to this Privacy Policy means that the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information is subject to the updated Privacy Policy, as of its effective date.
9 | Contact Us.
For any questions and requests, please email: hello@lopa.life.
