Welcome to RitBiz. This Privacy Policy applies to RitBiz services (the “Platform”), which include RitBiz apps, websites, software, and related services accessed via any platform or device that links to this Privacy Policy. The platform is provided and controlled by RitBiz , with its registered address at located Panchamukhi Market 4th line Angul (odisha) india 759122
(“RitBiz,” “we,” or “us”).
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and otherwise process the personal information of users and other individuals in connection with our platform. If you do not agree with this policy, you should not use the platform.
What information we collect
We may collect the following information about you:
Information You Provide
Your profile information. You give us information when you register on the platform, including your username, age (where applicable), email address, and phone number; information you disclose in your user profile; and your photograph or profile video.
User content. We process the content you generate on the Platform, including photographs, audios, and videos you upload or create; comments; hashtags; feedback; reviews; and live streams you make, and the associated metadata, such as when, where, and by whom the content was created (“User Content”). Even if you are not a user, information about you may appear in user content created or published by users on the platform. We collect User Content through pre-loading at the time of creation, import, or upload, regardless of whether you choose to save or upload that User Content, in order to recommend audio options and provide other personalized recommendations. If you apply an effect to your user content, we may collect a version of your user content that does not include the effect.
Messages. We collect information you provide when you compose, send, or receive messages through the platform’s messaging functionalities. They include messages you send or receive through our chat functionality when communicating with merchants who sell goods to you and your use of virtual assistants when purchasing items through the platform. That information includes the content of the message and information about the message, such as when it was sent, received, or read, and message participants. Please be aware that messages you choose to send to other users of the Platform will be accessible by those users and that we are not responsible for the manner in which those users use or share the messages.
We may access content, including text, images, and video, found in your device’s clipboard, with your permission. For example, if you choose to initiate content sharing with a third-party platform or choose to paste content from the clipboard into the platform, we access this information stored in your clipboard in order to fulfill your request.
Proof of your identity or age. We sometimes ask you to provide proof of identity or age in order to use certain features, such as live stream or verified accounts, or when you apply for a business account, ensure that you are old enough to use the platform, or in other instances where verification may be required.
Information in correspondence you send to us, including when you contact us for support or feedback.
Information through surveys, research, promotion, contests, marketing campaigns, challenges, competitions, or events conducted or sponsored by us, in which you participate.
Automatically Collected Information
Usage Information. We collect information regarding your use of the Platform, e.g., how you engage with the Platform, including how you interact with content we show to you, the advertisements you view, videos you watch, problems encountered, browsing and search history, the content you like, the content you save to ‘My Favorites,’ the users you follow, and how you engage with mutual followers.
Inferred Information. We also infer your attributes, including your interests, gender, and age range, for the purpose of personalizing content.
Technical information. we collect about you. We collect certain information about the device you use to access the platform, such as your user agent and phone number identifiers for advertising purposes.
Location Information. We collect information about your approximate location, including location information based on your state and city. With your permission, we collect location information (such as tourist attractions, shops, or other points of interest) if you choose to add location information to your user content.
Image and Audio Information. We may collect information about the videos, images, and audio that are a part of your User Content, such as identifying the objects and scenery that appear, the existence and location within an image of face and body features and attributes, the nature of the audio, and the text of the words spoken in your User Content. We may collect this information to enable special video effects, for content moderation, for demographic classification, for content and ad recommendations, and for other non-personally-identifying operations.
Cookies. We and our service providers and business partners use cookies and other similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, flash cookies, etc.) (“Cookies”) to automatically collect information, measure and analyze how you use the Platform, including which pages you view most often and how you interact with content, enhance your experience using the Platform, improve the Platform, provide you with advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertisements and other content. We and our partners also use cookies to promote the platform on other platforms and websites. Cookies enable the platform to provide certain features and functionality. Web beacons are very small images or small pieces of data embedded in images, also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs,” that can recognize cookies, the time and date a page is viewed, a description of the page where the pixel tag is placed, and similar information from your computer or device. To learn how to disable certain cookies, see the “Your rights and choices” section below.
Information From Other Sources
We may receive the information described in this Privacy Policy from other sources, such as:
If you choose to register or use the platform using a third-party social network account's details (e.g. Google) or login service, you will provide us with or allow us to provide us with your username, public profile, and other possible information related to such an account. We will likewise share certain information with your social network, such as your app ID, access token, and the referring URL. If you link your RitBiz account to another service, we may receive information about your use of that service.
Advertisers, measurement, and other partners share information with us about you and the actions you have taken outside of the Platform, such as your activities on other websites and apps or in stores, including the products or services you purchased online or in person. These partners also share information with us, such as mobile identifiers for advertising, hashed email addresses and phone numbers, and cookie identifiers, which we use to help match you and your actions outside of the platform with your RitBiz account. Some of our advertisers and other partners enable us to collect similar information directly from their websites or apps by integrating our RitBiz Advertiser Tools.
How we use your information ?
As explained below, we use your information to improve, support, and administer the Platform, to allow you to use its functionalities, and to fulfill and enforce our Terms of Service. We may also use your information to, among other things, personalize content you see on the platform, promote the platform, and customize your ad experience. We generally use the information we collect in the following ways:
To fulfill requests for products, services, platform functionality, support, and information for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, and statistical and survey purposes, and to solicit your feedback.
To send promotional materials, including by instant messaging or email, from us or on behalf of our affiliates and trusted third parties.
To improve and develop our platform and conduct product development.
To measure and understand the effectiveness of the advertisements and other content we serve to you and others and to deliver advertising, including targeted advertising, to you on the platform.
To support the social functions of the Platform, including permitting you and others to connect with each other (for example, through our Find Friends function) and to share whether you are active on the Platform (and other information that you choose to share) with your friends, to provide our messaging service if you choose to use this function, to suggest accounts to you and others, and for you and others to share, download, and otherwise interact with
To send promotional materials, including by instant messaging or email, from us or on behalf of our affiliates and trusted third parties.
To improve and develop our platform and conduct product development.
To measure and understand the effectiveness of the advertisements and other content we serve to you and others and to deliver advertising, including targeted advertising, to you on the platform.
To support the social functions of the Platform, including permitting you and others to connect with each other (for example, through our Find Friends function) and to share whether you are active on the Platform (and other information that you choose to share) with your friends, to provide our messaging service if you choose to use this function, to suggest accounts to you and others, and for you and others to share, download, and otherwise interact with User Content posted through the Platform.
To enable you to participate in the virtual items program.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of the platform, such as enabling your content to be used in other users’ videos.
To use User Content as part of our advertising and marketing campaigns to promote the Platform, to invite you to participate in an event, and to promote popular topics, hashtags, and campaigns on the Platform.
To understand how you use the platform, including across your devices.
To infer additional information about you, such as your age range, gender, and interests.
To help us detect and combat abuse, harmful activity, fraud, spam, and illegal activity on the platform.
To ensure content is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device.
To promote the safety and security of the platform, including by scanning, analyzing, and reviewing user content, messages, and associated metadata for violations of our terms of service, community guidelines, or other conditions and policies.
To facilitate research conducted by independent researchers that meets certain criteria.
To verify your identity or age.
To communicate with you, including to notify you about changes in our services.
To announce you as a winner of our contests or promotions if permitted by the promotion rule and to send you any applicable prizes.
To enforce our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, and other conditions and policies.
Consistent with your permissions, to provide you with location-based services, such as advertising and other personalized content.
To train and improve our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms.
To facilitate and fulfill sales, promotion, and purchases of goods and services and to provide user support.
How we share your information
We share your information with the following parties:
Advertisers, Advertising Networks, and Measurement Partners
We share information with advertisers and third-party measurement companies to show how many and which users of the platform have viewed or clicked on an advertisement.
We share information with advertising networks to display personalized advertisements to you on the RitBiz app and elsewhere online. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties, and the information practices of these third parties are not covered by this Privacy Policy.
For Legal Reasons
We will share your information with law enforcement agencies, public authorities, or other organizations if legally required to do so or if such use is reasonably necessary to:
comply with a legal obligation, process, or request;
enforce our Terms of Service and other agreements, policies, and standards, including investigation of any potential violation thereof;
detect, prevent, or otherwise address security, fraud, or technical issues; or
Protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our users, a third party, or the public as required or permitted by law (including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction).
The security of your information
We take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this policy. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will use reasonable measures to protect your personal data, for example, by encryption, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted via the Platform; any transmission is at your own risk.
We have appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of you and other users. We maintain these technical and organizational measures and will amend them from time to time to improve the overall security of our systems.
We will, from time to time, include links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers, and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any information to these websites.
How long we keep your information
We retain information for as long as necessary to provide the platform and for the other purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We also retain information when necessary to comply with contractual and legal obligations, when we have a legitimate business interest to do so (such as improving and developing the Platform and enhancing its safety, security, and stability), and for the exercise or defense of legal claims.
The retention periods are different depending on different criteria, such as the type of information and the purposes for which we use the information. For example, when we process your information, such as your profile information, to provide you with the platform, we keep this information for as long as you have an account. If you violate our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, or other conditions or policies, we may remove your profile and User Content from public view immediately but may keep other information about you to process the violation.
Information relating to children and teens
RitBiz is directed at children under the age of 18 years. In certain cases this age may be higher due to local regulatory requirements; please see your local supplemental terms for more information. If you believe that there is a user who is below this minimum age, please contact us at https://www.childenprivacy
If you are a parent or guardian, our Guardian's Guide contains information and resources to help you understand the platform and the tools and controls you can use.
Supplemental Terms—Jurisdiction-Specific
In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific that are relevant to your jurisdiction from which you access or use the services and the rest of the policy, the relevant jurisdictions’ Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific will supersede and control.
The platform is provided and controlled by RitBiz Technologes Private Limited (India). RitBiz is our brand for providing and promoting the services. When using these services from India, please read “RitBiz,” “we,” or “us” in this policy to refer to RitBiz (India) Technologes India Private Limited.
Your rights and choices
You have rights and choices when it comes to your information. You may be afforded certain rights under applicable laws, which may include the right to access, delete, update, or rectify your data, to be informed of the processing of your data, to file complaints with authorities, and potentially other rights. You may submit a request to exercise your rights under applicable laws .You may appeal any decision we have made about your request by following the instructions in the communication you receive from us notifying you of our decision. Please also see the Supplemental Terms below on whether a local representative or local contact is available for your country.
You can access and edit most of your profile information by signing into RitBiz. You can delete the User Content you uploaded. We also provide a number of tools in Settings that allow you to control, among others, who can view your videos, send you messages, or post comments to your videos. Should you choose to do so, you may delete your entire account in Settings.
You may be able to refuse or disable Cookies by adjusting your device browser settings. Because each browser is different, please consult the instructions provided by your browser. Please note that you may need to take additional steps to refuse or disable certain types of Cookies. For example, due to differences in how browsers and mobile apps function, you may need to take different steps to opt out of Cookies used for targeted advertising in a browser and to opt out of targeted advertising for a mobile application, which you may control through your device settings or mobile app permissions. In addition, your opt-out selection is specific to the particular browser or device that you are using when you opt out, so you may need to opt-out separately for each of browser or device. If you choose to refuse, disable, or delete Cookies, some of the functionality of the Platform may no longer be available to you.