diff --git a/landing/privacy.react.js b/landing/privacy.react.js --- a/landing/privacy.react.js +++ b/landing/privacy.react.js @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

Privacy Policy

- Effective date: June 29, 2021 + Effective date: February 2, 2023

Introduction

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ messages transmitted through the platform are encrypted, preventing us from being able to access their contents. While Comm does collect a minimal amount of information as necessary to power and maintain the - Services, Comm will never be able to access or view your messages or - content. This Privacy Policy describes the limited ways in which Comm - uses information in connection with its Services. + Services, Comm will never be able to access or view the substance of + your Content. This Privacy Policy describes the limited ways in which + Comm uses information in connection with its Services.

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  • Information We Collect
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  • + Public Blockchain Information +
  • How We May Share Your Information
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    1. Account Information. In order to use Comm, you will - be required to create an account, and in doing so, will be required to + be required to create an account, and in doing so, may be required to provide a username and password to us. We only store salted and hashed versions of your password – we never store the plaintext version. No other information is required to create an account and we do not want you to provide any other information.
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    2. + Blockchain Account Information. You may instead + choose to log into Comm using a third-party blockchain provider (such + as, Sign-In with Ethereum or similar functionality), in which case you + will be required to provide your blockchain address to us. The only + information we collect as part of this process is information that is + already publicly available. +
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    3. + Backup Service. You have the option to back up your + Content on Comm’s hosted servers, allowing you to recover any + backed-up Content. If you do not opt out of the backup service, your + Content will be stored in our automated backup service.{' '} + + Your Content will always remain end-to-end encrypted, even when + stored through our backup service. + {' '} + You may recover your backed-up Content through an automatic recovery + process available through your account. If you request your Content, + Comm will verify your identity cryptographically to verify that the + Content you are requesting belongs to you; however, such request will + not allow Comm to collect or view any information that is not already + outlined in this Privacy Policy and your backed-up Content will only + be associated with your account. The backup service only allows Comm + to collect encrypted versions of your Content – at no point will Comm + have the ability to access or view the substance of your Content nor + will Comm ever have the ability to decrypt your Content collected + through the backup service. You may opt-out of this backup service at + any time by doing so within the app. +
    4. Updates About the Services. If you choose to receive updates on Comm’s progress, you will be required to provide your email - address to us. These email addresses will not be associated with any - accounts, and will not be used for any purpose other than to provide - updates on Comm. + address to us. If you choose to send any emails to us in response to + such updates or otherwise, we may collect the content of such emails. + These email addresses, and any emails received from you, will not be + associated with any accounts, and will not be used for any purpose + other than to provide updates on Comm and to otherwise respond to you.
    5. Time Zone Detection. When responding to a web @@ -103,6 +138,15 @@ address ranges as necessary to comply with applicable United States export control laws and regulations.
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    6. + Optimizing the Services. In order to optimize the + Services provided to you, we keep track of which version of Comm’s + code you are running as well as the platform that you are using to run + Comm’s code (e.g., iOS, Android, web server, keyserver). We only + collect this information to provide the Services to you, and are not + able to access or view the substance of your Content in connection + with such collection. +
    7. Crash Reports. If you choose to send us a crash report, we may collect data from such reports for purposes of @@ -117,10 +161,9 @@ Push Notifications. If you choose to allow push notifications to your device, your device’s operating system’s provider will know that you are using the Services and may be able to - see the content of the messages you transmit using the Services. We - only collect push tokens required to send you such notifications and - these tokens do not permit us to access or view the content of your - messages. + see the Content you transmit using the Services. We only collect push + tokens required to send you such notifications and these tokens do not + permit us to access or view your Content.
    8. Contact List. If you allow us to do so, we can @@ -140,11 +183,19 @@ cookies, you will not be able to stay logged into Comm.
    9. - Content. Other Comm users may have access to all or - some of the Content owned by you.{' '} + Bots. We may communicate with you through the + Services by using bots, and we will have access to any information you + voluntarily provide in response to those bots. We only collect this + information to provide the Services to you, and are not able to access + or view the substance of any other Content in connection with such + collection. +
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    10. + Content. Other Comm users may have access to, and + have the ability to store, all or some of the Content owned by you.{' '} However, as this Content is end-to-end encrypted, we have no ability - to access, view or control your Content. + to access or view the substance of your Content. {' '} For more information on how Comm works, please{' '} @@ -164,14 +215,43 @@
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    Public Blockchain Information

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    + Information posted on a blockchain is publicly available and auditable. + When you and other users use the Services, Comm’s applications will + automatically make calls to third-party blockchain providers using + users’ blockchain addresses (including yours) to access publicly + available information about those blockchain addresses (e.g., ENS name, + ENS avatar). Such publicly available information will then be displayed + through the Services to you and/or other Comm users. This information is + not shared or stored by Comm, and the only information accessible and + displayed is information that is publicly available on the blockchain. +

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    + Additionally, if you choose to use Comm’s applications, third-party + blockchain providers may also have access to your IP address. While your + IP address is not shared by Comm, it is automatically accessible by such + providers through your use of Comm’s applications, regardless of whether + you intend to make such information available. This access is required + in order to allow Comm users to make calls to third-party blockchain + providers, and Comm has no control over what such third-party blockchain + provider may do with your IP address. +

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    How We May Share Your Information

    - We have no access to your Content and therefore have no ability to share - it. As for the very limited information we do collect, we would{' '} - never sell, rent or monetize that information. However, - we may share this information with third parties for the following - reasons: + We may share the information we collect with third parties for the + reasons listed below.{' '} + + However, your Content will always remain end-to-end encrypted, even + when stored in the backup service, and Comm has no ability to decrypt + that information for any third party.{' '} + + Moreover, we will never sell, rent or monetize your + information.

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    + While sharing your email address is entirely optional, if you do choose + to share it, we may share that email address, and the contents of any + email sent by us or you, with our third-party service providers who may + assist us in providing updates to you. Such information would be shared + with such third-party service providers for the sole purpose of + providing you updates on Comm, and will never be associated with your + account or sold, rented or otherwise monetized. +

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    + Additionally, Comm uses third-party hosting providers to host its + central cloud servers, therefore we may share the information we collect + with such hosting providers in order for them to host this information. + This information will be shared with such hosting providers for the sole + purpose of providing the Services to you, and your Content will always + remain end-to-end encrypted when shared with such hosting providers, + even when stored in the backup service. +

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    Retention of Information

    For any of your personal information that we collect, we retain such personal information for as long as you have an open account with us or, - only with respect to the association between your username and public + only with respect to the association between your account and public key, as otherwise necessary to provide our Services.

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    + If you would like to delete any backed-up Content from our backup + service, you may do so at any time by making a request within the app. +

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    Changes to this Privacy Policy