Privacy Policy


Effective date: August 28, 2024


At Fish.Audio, we take your privacy seriously. Please read this Privacy Policy to learn how we treat your personal data. By using or accessing our Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined below, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use and share your information as described in this Privacy Policy.


Remember that your use of Services is at all times subject to our  Terms of Use  which incorporates this Privacy Policy. Any terms we use in this Policy without defining them have the definitions given to them in the Terms of Use.


You may print a copy of this Privacy Policy by clicking here  Privacy Policy .

What this Privacy Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy covers how we treat Personal Data that we gather when you access or use our Services. “Personal Data” means any information that identifies or relates to a particular individual and also includes information referred to as “personally identifiable information” or “personal information” under applicable data privacy laws, rules or regulations. This Privacy Policy does not cover the practices of companies we don’t own or control or people we don’t manage.

Personal Data

Categories of Personal Data We Collect


This chart details the categories of Personal Data that we collect and have collected over the past 12 months:


Category of Personal DataExamples of Personal Data We CollectCategories of Third Parties With Whom We Share this Personal Data:
Profile or Contact Data
  • First and last name
  • Email
  • Phone number
  • Service Providers
  • Advertising Partners
  • Analytics Partners
  • Business Partners
  • Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate
User Content
  • Personal Information that is included in the input, file uploads, or feedback that you provide to our Services (“Content”).
  • Service Providers
  • Advertising Partnerss
  • Analytics Partners
  • Business Partners
  • Parties You Authorize,Access or Authenticate
Commercial Data
  • Purchase history
  • Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate
Payment Data
  • Financial account information
  • Payment card type
  • Last 4 digits of payment card
  • Billing address, phone number, and email
  • Service Providers (specifically our payment processing partner, currently Stripe, Inc.)
Commercial Data
  • Purchase history
  • Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate
Device/IP Data
  • IP address
  • Device ID
  • Type of device/operating system/browser used to access the Services
  • Device fingerprint
  • Advertising Partners
  • Analytics Partners
Web Analytics
  • Web page interactions
  • Referring webpage/source through which you accessed the Services
  • Non-identifiable request IDs
  • Statistics associated with the interaction between device or browser and the Services
  • Browsing or search history
  • Advertising Partners
  • Analytics Partners
  • Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate
Social Network Data
  • Email
  • User name
  • Information from User’s social media profile (public data may include users’ videos posted publicly on their social media accounts and any associated statistics; authorized access to private data may include internal performance analytics of social media profiles)
  • Service Providers
  • Analytics Partners
  • Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate
Geolocation Data
  • IP address-based location information
  • Browser time zone
  • Service Providers
  • Advertising Partners
  • Analytics Partners
Sensory Data
  • Photos, videos or recordings of your environment
  • Service Providers
  • Analytics Partners
  • Business Partners
  • Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate
Inferences Drawn from Other Personal Data Collected
  • Inferences reflecting user attributes
  • Inferences reflecting user behavior
  • Inferences reflecting user preferences or abilities/aptitudes
  • Service Providers
  • Advertising Partners
  • Analytics Partners

Categories of Sources of Personal Data


We collect Personal Data about you from the following categories of sources:

  • You

    • When you provide such information directly to us.

      • When you create an account or use our interactive tools and Services.
      • When you voluntarily provide information in free-form text boxes through the Services or through responses to surveys or questionnaires.
      • When you send us an email or otherwise contact us.
    • When you use the Services and such information is collected automatically.

      • Through Cookies (defined in the “Tracking Tools, Advertising and Opt-Out” section below).
      • If you download our mobile application or use a location-enabled browser, we may receive information about your location and mobile device, as applicable.
      • If you download and install certain applications and software we make available, we may receive and collect information transmitted from your computing device for the purpose of providing you the relevant Services, such as information regarding when you are logged on and available to receive updates or alert notices.
  • Public Records

    • From the government or other sources.
  • Third Parties

    • Vendors

      • We may use analytics providers to analyze how you interact and engage with the Services, or third parties may help us provide you with customer support.
      • We may use vendors to obtain information to generate leads and create user profiles.
    • Advertising Partners

      • We receive information about you from some of our vendors who assist us with marketing or promotional services related to how you interact with our websites, applications, products, Services, advertisements or communications.
    • Social Networks

      • If you provide your social network account credentials to us or otherwise sign in to the Services through a third-party site or service, some content and/or information in those accounts may be transmitted into your account with us.

Our Commercial or Business Purposes for Collecting or Disclosing Personal Data


  • Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services

    • Creating and managing your account or other user profiles.
    • Processing orders or other transactions; billing.
    • Providing, administering, maintaining and/or analyzing the products, services or information you request.
    • Meeting or fulfilling the reason you provided the information to us.
    • Providing support and assistance for the Services.
    • Improving the Services, including testing, research, internal analytics and product development.
    • Personalizing the Services, website content and communications based on your preferences.
    • Doing fraud protection, security and debugging.
    • Carrying out other business purposes stated when collecting your Personal Data or as otherwise set forth in applicable data privacy laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CPRA”).
  • Marketing the Services

    • Marketing and selling the Services.
    • Showing you advertisements, including interest-based or online behavioral advertising.
  • Corresponding with You

    • Responding to correspondence that we receive from you, contacting you when necessary or requested, and sending you information about Fish.Audio or the Services.
    • Sending emails and other communications according to your preferences or that display content that we think will interest you.
  • Meeting Legal Requirements and Enforcing Legal Terms

    • Fulfilling our legal obligations under applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process, such as preventing, detecting and investigating security incidents and potentially illegal or prohibited activities.
    • Protecting the rights, property or safety of you, Fish.Audio or another party.
    • Enforcing any agreements with you.
    • Responding to claims that any posting or other content violates third-party rights.
    • Resolving disputes.

We will not collect additional categories of Personal Data or use the Personal Data we collected for materially different, unrelated or incompatible purposes without providing you notice. If you are a California resident, please note that we only use or disclose your sensitive personal information for the purposes set forth in section 7027(m) of the CPRA regulations and we do not collect or process sensitive personal information with the purpose of inferring any characteristics about California residents.

How We Disclose Your Personal Data

We disclose your Personal Data to the categories of service providers and other parties listed in this section. Depending on state laws that may be applicable to you, some of these disclosures may constitute a “sale” of your Personal Data. For more information, please refer to the state-specific sections below.

  • Service Providers.These parties help us provide the Services or perform business functions on our behalf. They include:

    • Hosting, technology and communication providers.
    • Analytics providers.
    • Support and customer service vendors.
    • Payment processors.

      • Our payment processing partner Stripe, Inc. (“Stripe”) collects your voluntarily-provided payment card information necessary to process your payment.
      • Please see Stripe’s terms of service and privacy policy for information on its use and storage of your Personal Data.
  • Advertising Partners.These parties help us market our services and provide you with other offers that may be of interest to you. They include:

    • Ad networks.
    • Marketing providers.
  • Analytics Partners.These parties provide analytics on web traffic or usage of the Services. They include:

    • Companies that track how users found or were referred to the Services.
    • Companies that track how users interact with the Services.
  • Business Partners. These parties partner with us in offering various services. They include:

    • Businesses that you have a relationship with.
    • Companies that offer marketing tools (e.g., social media scheduling tools) and creator tools integrated with our products.
    • Companies that we partner with to offer joint promotional offers or opportunities.
  • Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate

    • Third parties you access through the services.
    • Social media services.

Legal Obligations


We may share any Personal Data that we collect with third parties in conjunction with any of the activities set forth under “Meeting Legal Requirements and Enforcing Legal Terms” in the “Our Commercial or Business Purposes for Collecting Personal Data” section above.


Business Transfers


All of your Personal Data that we collect may be transferred to a third party if we undergo a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other transaction in which that third party assumes control of our business (in whole or in part). Should one of these events occur, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you before your information becomes subject to different privacy and security policies and practices.


Data that is Not Personal Data


We may create aggregated, de-identified or anonymized data from the Personal Data we collect, including by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to a particular user. We may use such aggregated, de-identified or anonymized data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze, build and improve the Services and promote our business, provided that we will not share such data in a manner that could identify you.

Tracking Tools, Advertising and Opt-Out

The Services use cookies and similar technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs and JavaScript (collectively, “Cookies”) to enable our servers to recognize your web browser, tell us how and when you visit and use our Services, analyze trends, learn about our user base and operate and improve our Services. Cookies are small pieces of data– usually text files – placed on your computer, tablet, phone or similar device when you use that device to access our Services. We may also supplement the information we collect from you with information received from third parties, including third parties that have placed their own Cookies on your device(s). Please note that because of our use of Cookies, the Services do not support “Do Not Track” requests sent from a browser at this time.


We use the following types of Cookies:

  • Essential Cookies. Essential Cookies are required for providing you with features or services that you have requested. For example, certain Cookies enable you to log into secure areas of our Services. Disabling these Cookies may make certain features and services unavailable.

  • Functional Cookies.Functional Cookies are used to record your choices and settings regarding our Services, maintain your preferences over time and recognize you when you return to our Services. These Cookies help us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

  • Performance/Analytical Cookies.Performance/Analytical Cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our Services. They do this by collecting information about the number of visitors to the Services, what pages visitors view on our Services and how long visitors are viewing pages on the Services. Performance/Analytical Cookies also help us measure the performance of our advertising campaigns in order to help us improve our campaigns and the Services’ content for those who engage with our advertising. For example, Google LLC (“Google”) uses cookies in connection with its Google Analytics services. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Services is subject to the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You have the option to opt-out of Google’s use of Cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page at www.google.com/privacy_ads.html or the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

  • Retargeting/Advertising Cookies.Retargeting/Advertising Cookies collect data about your online activity and identify your interests so that we can provide advertising that we believe is relevant to you. For more information about this, please see the section below titled “Information about Interest-Based Advertisements.”

You can decide whether or not to accept Cookies through your internet browser’s settings. Most browsers have an option for turning off the Cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new Cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allow you to decide on acceptance of each new Cookie in a variety of ways. You can also delete all Cookies that are already on your device. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our website and some of the Services and functionalities may not work.


To explore what Cookie settings are available to you or to modify your preferences with respect to Cookies, you can access your Cookie management settings by clicking https://fish.audio/setting/. To find out more information about Cookies generally, including information about how to manage and delete Cookies, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/ if you are located in the European Union.


Information about Interest-Based Advertisements:


We may serve advertisements, and also allow third-party ad networks, including third-party ad servers, ad agencies, ad technology vendors and research firms, to serve advertisements through the Services. These advertisements may be targeted to users who fit certain general profile categories or display certain preferences or behaviors (“Interest-Based Ads”). Information for Interest-Based Ads (including Personal Data) may be provided to us by you, or derived from the usage patterns of particular users on the Services and/or services of third parties. Such information may be gathered through tracking users’ activities across time and unaffiliated properties, including when you leave the Services. To accomplish this, we or our service providers may deliver Cookies, including a file (known as a “web beacon”) from an ad network to you through the Services. Web beacons allow ad networks to provide anonymized, aggregated auditing, research and reporting for us and for advertisers. Web beacons also enable ad networks to serve targeted advertisements to you when you visit other websites. Web beacons allow ad networks to view, edit or set their own Cookies on your browser, just as if you had requested a web page from their site.

fish.audio acts as a Service Provider for various institutions (“Clients”). In its role as a Service Provider, the Company receives Personal Information regarding customers of the Company’s Clients. The Personal Information received by Fish.audio may include:


We comply with the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising. Through the DAA and Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”), several media and marketing associations have developed an industry self-regulatory program to give consumers a better understanding of, and greater control over, ads that are customized based a consumer’s online behavior across different websites and properties. To make choices about Interest-Based Ads from participating third parties, including to opt-out of receiving behaviorally targeted advertisements from participating organizations, please visit the DAA’s or NAI’s consumer opt-out pages, which are located at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ or www.aboutads.info/choices. Users in the European Union should visit the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s user information website http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.

Data Security

We seek to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use and disclosure using appropriate physical, technical, organizational and administrative security measures based on the type of Personal Data and how we are processing that data. You should also help protect your data by appropriately selecting and protecting your password and/or other sign-on mechanism; limiting access to your computer or device and browser; and signing off after you have finished accessing your account. Although we work to protect the security of your account and other data that we hold in our records, please be aware that no method of transmitting data over the internet or storing data is completely secure.

Data Retention

We retain Personal Data about you for as long as necessary to provide you with our Services or to perform our business or commercial purposes for collecting your Personal Data. When establishing a retention period for specific categories of data, we consider who we collected the data from, our need for the Personal Data, why we collected the Personal Data, and the sensitivity of the Personal Data. In some cases we retain Personal Data for longer, if doing so is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or collect fees owed, or is otherwise permitted or required by applicable law, rule or regulation. We may further retain information in an anonymous or aggregated form where that information would not identify you personally.


For example:

  • We retain your profile information and credentials for as long as you have an account with us.

  • We retain your payment data for as long as we need to process your purchase or subscription.

  • We retain your device/IP data for as long as we need it to ensure that our systems are working appropriately, effectively and efficiently.

  • We retain Content as long as we need it to ensure that our systems are working appropriately, effectively and efficiently.

Personal Data of Children

As noted in the Terms of Use, we do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Data about children under 16 years of age; if you are a child under the age of 16, please do not attempt to register for or otherwise use the Services or send us any Personal Data. If we learn we have collected Personal Data from a child under 16 years of age, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under 16 years of age may have provided Personal Data to us, please contact us at https://fish.audio.

California Resident Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the rights set forth in this section. Please see the “Exercising Your Rights” section below for instructions regarding how to exercise these rights. Please note that we may process Personal Data of our customers’ end users or employees in connection with our provision of certain services to our customers. If we are processing your Personal Data as a service provider, you should contact the entity that collected your Personal Data in the first instance to address your rights with respect to such data.


Access


You have the right to request certain information about our collection and use of your Personal Data over the past 12 months. In response, we will provide you with the following information:

  • The categories of Personal Data that we have collected about you.

  • The categories of sources from which that Personal Data was collected.

  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your Personal Data.

  • The categories of third parties with whom we have shared your Personal Data.

  • The specific pieces of Personal Data that we have collected about you.

If we have disclosed your Personal Data to any third parties for a business purpose over the past 12 months, we will identify the categories of Personal Data shared with each category of third party recipient. If we have sold your Personal Data over the past 12 months, we will identify the categories of Personal Data sold to each category of third party recipient.


Deletion


You have the right to request that we delete the Personal Data that we have collected about you. Under the CPRA, this right is subject to certain exceptions: for example, we may need to retain your Personal Data to provide you with the Services or complete a transaction or other action you have requested, or if deletion of your Personal Data involves disproportionate effort. If your deletion request is subject to one of these exceptions, we may deny your deletion request.


Correction


You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate Personal Data we have collected about you. Under the CPRA, this right is subject to certain exceptions: for example, if we decide, based on the totality of circumstances related to your Personal Data, that such data is correct. If your correction request is subject to one of these exceptions, we may deny your request.


Personal Data Sales Opt-Out and Opt-In


We will not sell your Personal Data, and have not done so over the last 12 months. To our knowledge, we do not sell the Personal Data of minors under 16 years of age.


We Will Not Discriminate Against You for Exercising Your Rights Under the CPRA


We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CPRA. We will not deny you our goods or services, charge you different prices or rates, or provide you a lower quality of goods and services if you exercise your rights under the CPRA. However, we may offer different tiers of our Services as allowed by applicable data privacy laws (including the CPRA) with varying prices, rates or levels of quality of the goods or services you receive related to the value of Personal Data that we receive from you.

Virginia Resident Rights

If you are a Virginia resident, you have the rights set forth under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”). Please see the “Exercising Your Rights” section below for instructions regarding how to exercise these rights. Please note that we may process Personal Data of our customers’ end users or employees in connection with our provision of certain services to our customers. If we are processing your Personal Data as a service provider, you should contact the entity that collected your Personal Data in the first instance to address your rights with respect to such data. Additionally, please note that these rights are subject to certain conditions and exceptions under applicable law, which may permit or require us to deny your request.


If there are any conflicts between this section and any other provision of this Privacy Policy and you are a Virginia resident, the portion that is more protective of Personal Data shall control to the extent of such conflict. If you have any questions about this section or whether any of the following rights apply to you, please contact us at [email protected].


Access


You have the right to request confirmation of whether or not we are processing your Personal Data and to access your Personal Data.


Correction


You have the right to correct inaccuracies in your Personal Data, to the extent such correction is appropriate in consideration of the nature of such data and our purposes of processing your Personal Data.


Portability


You have the right to request a copy of your Personal Data in a machine-readable format, to the extent technically feasible.


Deletion


You have the right to delete your Personal Data.


Opt-Out of Certain Processing Activities

  • You have the right to opt-out of the processing of your Personal Data for targeted advertising purposes. We do not process your Personal Data for targeted advertising purposes.
  • You have the right to opt-out to the sale of your Personal Data. We do not currently sell your Personal Data as defined under the VCDPA.
  • You have the right to opt-out from the processing your Personal Data for the purposes of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects to you, if applicable.

Appealing a Denial


If we refuse to take action on a request within a reasonable period of time after receiving your request in accordance with this section. In such appeal, you must (1) provide sufficient information to allow us to verify that you are the person about whom the original request pertains and to identify the original request, and (2) provide a description of the basis of your appeal. Please note that your appeal will be subject to your rights and obligations afforded to you under the VCDPA. We will respond to your appeal within 60 days of receiving your request. If we deny your appeal, you have the right to contact the Virginia Attorney General using the methods described at  https://www.oag.state.va.us/consumer-protection/index.php/file-a-complaint.


You may appeal a decision by us using the following methods:

Exercising Your Rights under CPRA and VCPDA

To exercise the rights described in this Privacy Policy, you or, if you are a California resident, your Authorized Agent (defined below) must send us a request that (1) provides sufficient information to allow us to verify that you are the person about whom we have collected Personal Data, and (2) describes your request in sufficient detail to allow us to understand, evaluate and respond to it. Each request that meets both of these criteria will be considered a “Valid Request.” We may not respond to requests that do not meet these criteria. We will only use Personal Data provided in a Valid Request to verify your identity and complete your request. You do not need an account to submit a Valid Request.


We will work to respond to your Valid Request within the time period required by applicable law. We will not charge you a fee for making a Valid Request unless your Valid Request(s) is excessive, repetitive or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that your Valid Request warrants a fee, we will notify you of the fee and explain that decision before completing your request.


You may submit a Valid Request using the following methods:

If you are a California resident, you may also authorize an agent (an “Authorized Agent”) to exercise your rights on your behalf. To do this, you must provide your Authorized Agent with written permission to exercise your rights on your behalf, and we may request a copy of this written permission from your Authorized Agent when they make a request on your behalf.

Other State Law Privacy Rights

Nevada Resident Rights


If you are a resident of Nevada, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of certain Personal Data to third parties who intend to license or sell that Personal Data. You can exercise this right by contacting us at [email protected] with the subject line “Nevada Do Not Sell Request” and providing us with your name and the email address associated with your account.

Supplemental Terms for International Users

EEA, Switzerland and UK


If you are using the Services in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK (the “European Region”), the following additional terms apply:


Legal bases for processing.


We use your personal data only as permitted by law. Our legal bases for processing your personal data described in this Privacy Policy are described in the table below.


Processing purposeLegal basis
To enable us to administer, operate, and provide Fish.Audio to you including to create accounts and process your transactions and to provide you with troubleshooting.Processing is necessary to perform the contract governing our provision of Fish.Audio or to take steps that you request prior to signing up for an account to use Fish.Audio.
To understand how you use Fish.Audio, including reviewing user feedback, to monitor, improve and develop Fish.Audio and conduct product development.The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely, to identify and resolve issues with Fish.Audio and to improve Fish.Audio.
To provide users with personalized advertising.We ask for your consent to serve you with personalized ads based on your activity on and off Fish.Audio.
To comply with any legal obligation, including where necessary to assist in law enforcement and investigations conducted by any governmental and/or regulatory authority.This processing is necessary in order to comply with our legal obligations.
To communicate with you, including to notify you about changes to Fish.Audio, provide customer support to you and send you other service-related messages.The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
We may use this information to send you marketing communications in accordance with your preferences.The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely to promote new developments and features of Fish.Audio. We will obtain your consent to send you messages where required by law.
To enforce our terms, conditions and policies, including to ensure that you are old enough to use Fish.Audio.The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
To help us detect abuse, fraud, and illegal activity on Fish.Audio.The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely, to ensure that Fish.Audio is safe and secure.

International data transfers


If you normally reside in the European Region, the personal data that we collect from you will be further transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside of the European Region (for instance, to our service providers and partners). These transfers are made pursuant to appropriate safeguards, such as standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission, If you wish to enquire further about these safeguards, please contact us at [email protected].


Your rights


You have the following rights:

  • The right to request free of charge (i) confirmation of whether we process your personal data and (ii) access to a copy of the personal data retained;
  • The right to request proper rectification or removal of your personal data or restriction of the processing of your personal data;
  • Where processing of your personal data is either based on your consent or necessary for the performance of a contract with you and processing is carried out by automated means, the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to have your personal data transmitted directly to another company, where technically feasible (data portability);
  • Where the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, the right to withdraw your consent at any time (withdrawal will not impact the lawfulness of data processing activities that have taken place before such withdrawal);
  • The right not to be subject to any automatic individual decisions, including profiling, which produces legal effects on you or similarly significantly affects you unless we have your consent, this is authorized by Union or Member State law or this is necessary for the performance of a contract;
  • The right to object to processing if we are processing your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds which may override your right. If you object to such processing, we ask you to state the grounds of your objection in order for us to examine the processing of your personal data and to balance our legitimate interest in processing and your objection to this processing;
  • The right to object to processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes; and
  • The right to lodge complaints before the competent data protection regulator.

Before we can respond to a request to exercise one or more of the rights listed above, you may be required to verify your identity or your account details.


Please send an e-mail to us if you would like to exercise any of your rights at [email protected].


Brazil


If you are using our Services in Brazil, the following additional terms apply:


Exercise of data protection rights. Brazilian law provides certain rights to individuals with regard to their personal data. Thus, we seek to ensure transparency and access controls in order to allow users to benefit from the mentioned rights.


We will respond and/or fulfill your requests for the exercise of your rights below, according to the applicable law and when applicable, to the Brazilian General Data Protection Law - LGPD:


a. confirmation of whether your data are being processed;

b. access to your data;

c. correction of incomplete, inaccurate or outdated data;

d. anonymization, blocking or erasure of data;

e. portability of personal data to a third party;

f. object to the processing of personal data;

g. information of public and private entities with which we shared data;

h. information about the possibility to refuse providing personal data and the respective consequences, when applicable;

i. withdrawal of your consent.


Verifying your identity. For your safety and to allow us to make sure that we do not disclose any of your personal data to unauthorized third parties, in order to verify your identity and guarantee the adequate exercise of your rights, we may request specific information and/or documents from you before we can properly respond to a request received concerning your data. All data and documents received from you in the process of responding to your requests will be used for the strict purposes of analyzing your request, authenticating your identity, and finally responding to your request.


Limitations to your rights. In certain situations, we may have legitimate reasons not to comply with some of your requests. For instance, we may choose not to disclose certain information to you when a disclosure could adversely impact our business whenever there is a risk of violation to our trade secrets or intellectual property rights. In addition, we may refrain from complying with a request for erasure when the maintenance of your data is required for complying with legal or regulatory obligations or when such maintenance is required to protect our rights and interests in case a dispute arises. Whenever this is the case and we are unable to comply with a request you make, we will let you know the reasons why we cannot fulfill your request.


In case of doubt about your privacy, your rights or how to exercise them, please contact us through the form "Contact". If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data, we would like to clarify them.


International Transfer of Data. We share your personal data globally with companies of our business group to carry out the activities specified in this Policy. We may also subcontract the processing of data involved in the Services or share your personal data with third parties located in other countries. Your personal data may therefore be subject to privacy laws other than those applicable in your country.


Whenever we transfer your personal data to third parties located in other countries, we will ensure that these companies comply with applicable data protection laws and we will take all measures that are reasonably necessary to ensure the existence of adequate safeguards to protect your personal data and to ensure that are processed safely.


Parental and Guardian Consent. If required by Brazilian data protection laws, (i) if you are over the age of 16 but under the age of 18, you can only use and register for an account with the assistance of your parent or legal guardian and you declare and represent that you had such assistance to use the Services and to agree to the Policy; (ii) if you are over the age of 13 but under the age of 16, you can only use and register for an account with the representation of your parent or legal guardian, and you must obtain the consent from your parent or legal guardian to the use of the Services and acceptance of this Privacy Policy.


DPO. If you wish to contact the Data Protection Officer, please contact us: [email protected].


South Korea


If you are using our Services in South Korea, the following additional terms apply:


Data retention. We destroy personal data whose purpose of collection as consented to by you have been achieved, or whose periods of and use to which you consented to or which were provided in the Policy have expired; provided, however, we will continue to store your personal data for the following statutorily-prescribed periods, where applicable, including, but not limited to:

  • Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce:

    • Records on your cancellation of an order, your payment on a purchased item, and our supply of a good/service: 5 years
    • Records on the handling of consumer complaints or disputes: 3 years
    • Records on advertisements and labels: 6 months
  • Protection of Communications Secrets Act

    • Records on your visits to our website: 3 months

Destruction of Personal data. We destroy your personal data in a manner that renders it unrestorable by the relevant department.


Your Rights

  • Data rights. You have the right to access personal data we hold about you, to rectify any personal data held about you that is inaccurate, to request the deletion of personal data held about you, and the right to request the suspension of the processing of your personal data. You can exercise your rights by contacting us at [email protected].
  • Data Security. We work hard to protect Fish.Audio and our users from unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of information we hold. To this end, we have in place technical, managerial and physical safeguards, including internal policy for data protection, limiting the access to personal data on a need-to-know basis and controlling access to the facilities where personal data is processed.
  • Information Relating to Children. Fish.Audio is not directed at children under the age of 14.
  • Entrustment and/or Overseas Transfer of Personal Data. We entrust your data to our affiliates, cloud storage providers, IT service providers, and data centers, some of whom are located abroad, subject to your consents or notifications to you, if applicable. The entities receiving and processing your data are committed to using and storing personal data in compliance with domestic and international regulations and to taking all available physical and technical measures to protect personal data. You may opt-out of such transfer so long as the transfer is not necessary to provide you with the Services, by contacting [email protected].

Indonesia


If you are using our Services in Indonesia, the following additional terms apply. In the event of any conflict between the following additional terms and the provisions of the main body of this Policy, the following terms shall prevail.


Age, Parental and Guardian Consent. By accessing and/or using our Services, you represent that you are at least 21 years of age or married or not under guardianship. If you are below 21 years old and you are not married, or under guardianship:


• you must obtain approval from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s); and

• your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) are responsible for: (i) all your actions in connection with your access to and use of the Services; (ii) your compliance with this policy; and (iii) ensuring that any of your participation in the Services will not, in any event, result in any violation of applicable laws and regulations relating to child protection.

If you do not have consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and your parent(s) or guardian(s) is not willing to open the account under their name, you must cease accessing and/or using the Services.


Your Choices. You may withdraw your consent to our disclosure of personal data to third parties. Upon your request, we will ease to display, publish, transmit, disseminate, and/or open the access to your personal data to third parties. Please note that by withdrawing your consent to the disclosure and/or collection of your personal data, we may not be able to fulfill your requests and you may not be able to use some of Fish.Audio’s features and functionality.


You may request us to (i) disclose history of personal data that we have collected; and/or (ii) erase and dispose your personal data that we have collected on our server. Please note that by requesting us to erase and dispose your personal data, you may not be able to use some of Fish.Audio’s features and functionality.


To exercise any of your rights, contact us at: [email protected].


Notification. In the event of any breach of personal data, we will notify you and provide you with information regarding such breach of personal data.


Data retention. We retain your information for as long as it is necessary to provide you with the service. Where we do not need your information in order to provide the service to you, we retain it only for so long as we have a legitimate business purpose in keeping such data. However, there are occasions where we are likely to keep this data for five (5) years (or longer if required) in accordance with our legal obligations or where it is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.


After you have terminated your use of our Services and the five (5) years retention period has lapsed, we store your information in an aggregated and anonymized format. Non-personally identifiable information may be retained indefinitely for analytics.


United Arab Emirates


If you are using the Services in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”), the following additional terms apply:


How we share your personal data. In addition to the main text of this policy, by using the Services in the UAE you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to our sharing of your personal data in line with the main text of this Privacy Policy.


Governing law and dispute resolution. By using our Services in the UAE, this Privacy Policy will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the UAE. In the event of a dispute arising between the parties in connection with this Privacy Policy:


  • where the dispute relates to a claim for a sum within the limits specified by the DIFC Small Claims Tribunal from time to time, then the dispute shall be referred by either party to the said Tribunal; and
  • for all other disputes, the parties shall seek settlement of that dispute by mediation in accordance with the Mediation Rules of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference to this clause. If the dispute is not settled by mediation within 30 days of the commencement of the mediation, or such further period as the parties shall agree in writing, the dispute shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the Arbitration Rules of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference to this clause. The language to be used in the mediation and in the arbitration, shall be English. In any arbitration commenced pursuant to this clause the number of arbitrators shall be one and the arbitration shall be conducted in Dubai.

Vietnam


If you are using our Services in Vietnam, the following additional terms apply:


Age, Parental and Guardian Consent. By accessing and/or using the Services, you represent that you are at least 16 years of age or not under guardianship. If you are below 16 years old or under guardianship:

  • you must obtain approval from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s); and
  • your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) are responsible for: (i) all your actions in connection with your access to and use of the Services; (ii) your compliance with this policy; and (iii) ensuring that any of your participation in the Services will not, in any event, result in any violation of applicable laws and regulations relating to child protections.

If you do not have consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) is not willing to open the account under their name, you must cease accessing the Services.


Philippines


If you are using our Services in Philippines, the following additional terms shall apply pursuant to the relevant laws, rules and regulations and issuances by the Philippines National Privacy Commission (“NPC”) on data privacy.


Your Rights. To the extent that the relevant laws, rules and regulations on data privacy recognize your rights and freedoms as data subjects, you shall have the right to information, object, access, rectification, erasure or blocking, lodge complaints before the NPC, damages and data portability. Before we can respond to a request to exercise one or more of the rights listed above, you may be required to verify your identity or your account details.


Mexico


If you use our services in Mexico, the following additional terms apply. In the event of a conflict between the following additional terms and the provisions of the main body of this policy, the following terms shall prevail.


How we use your personal data. Almost all of the purposes of the processing indicated above of the Privacy Policy are necessary purposes. However, the following are secondary purposes:


To provide you with personalized advertising.


The above purposes are not necessary to provide Fish.Audio, but allow us to provide you with a better experience. We offer you the ability to make choices about how we use and disclose your personal data. You can always limit the secondary purposes of personalized advertising by using the tools in the Settings that allow you to limit certain features.


We use both human and automated means to process your data.


How we share your personal data. We may share your personal data with a third party for purposes other than processing on our behalf. We will obtain your consent to such disclosure as required by applicable laws.


By providing us with your personal data and using Fish.Audio, you agree to transfers that require your consent. You can always revoke your consent and exercise your rights as outlined below.


Your Rights. You have the following rights with respect to your personal data: access, rectification, cancellation, opposition, revocation of consent, limitation of use and disclosure of your data. You may exercise your rights by sending your request to [email protected]. To learn about the applicable requirements and the procedure for exercising your rights, please contact us at the above email address. If you are under 18 years of age, you may exercise your rights through a parent or guardian. Requests for your rights will be resolved as soon as possible according to the nature of your request.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, the ways in which we collect and use your Personal Data or your choices and rights regarding such collection and use, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

  • https://fish.audio
  • [email protected]
  • 131 Continental Dr, Suite 305, Newark, DE 19713, United States