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Privacy Policy

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This Privacy Policy (hereinafter, the "Policy") explains how the Administration of the Shomla service (hereinafter, "we", "our", or the "Service") collects, uses, shares, and protects the personal information of Users of the shomla.com website.

By using the Service, you agree to the terms of this Policy. If you do not agree with any of the terms, please discontinue using the Service immediately.

1. Information We Collect

We collect the minimum amount of data necessary to operate and maintain the Service:

1.1. Information you provide upon registration:

  1. Email address: Collected during direct registration or authorization via third-party services (Google).
  2. Third-party profile data: When using Google authorization, we receive your unique user ID (Google ID) and basic profile information (name/pseudonym, avatar) provided by this service.

1.2. Automatically collected information:

  1. Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, and language preferences.
  2. Usage data: Access times, authorization status, records of complaints (reports) against other users, and records of account suspensions (bans).

1.3. Voice data (Critically Important): The Service provides real-time audio communication functionality. We do not record, transcribe, or store User voice streams (audio) on our servers. Audio data is transmitted peer-to-peer or routed temporarily solely to facilitate communication during the active session and is immediately discarded.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected data for the following purposes:

  1. Creating, managing, and securing the User account.
  2. Verifying the email address.
  3. Ensuring platform security: identifying violators, processing reports, and applying bans by IP address or email address.
  4. Analyzing the Service's performance and troubleshooting technical issues.
  5. In the future: displaying relevant advertising materials through third-party advertising networks.

3. Sharing Data with Third Parties

We do not sell or rent your personal data to anyone. Data sharing is only possible in the following cases:

  1. Third-party authorization services: To facilitate the secure login function (e.g., Google).
  2. Advertising partners: In the future, we may integrate advertising networks that may automatically collect anonymized technical data (IP address, cookies, advertising identifiers) to serve targeted ads.
  3. Legal requirements: We may disclose your data in response to an official and lawful request from government or law enforcement agencies in accordance with applicable law.

4. Use of Cookies

The Service uses cookies for session management, authorization, and, in the future, advertising purposes. Detailed information can be found in our Cookie Policy.

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, or alteration (including the use of HTTPS/SSL, password hashing, and secure databases). However, no method of data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Your Rights and Data Deletion

You have the right to:

  1. Request information about what personal data we hold about you.
  2. Request the correction of inaccurate data.
  3. Delete your account and associated data. You can initiate the complete deletion of your account and email address from our databases through the profile settings in the Service interface or by sending a request to our support email.

(Note: Records of bans tied to hashed IP addresses or emails may be retained under our Legitimate Interest for platform security purposes, specifically to prevent repeat registrations by users who have violated our Terms of Service).

7. Protection of Minors

The Service is strictly intended for individuals over 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If we become aware that we have collected data from an individual under 18, that account and all associated data will be immediately deleted.

8. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Policy at any time. The new version takes effect immediately upon its publication on the website. We recommend checking this page periodically for updates.

9. Contact Information

For privacy-related questions, data deletion requests, or general Service inquiries, please contact us at: [email protected].