Privacy Policy

At Be Good Social, we believe that respecting privacy is fundamental. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your personal information in simple, straightforward language. Just like our Terms of Service, we've avoided complicated legal jargon in favor of clarity and transparency. We want you to understand exactly how your information is used and protected in our community.

Our Privacy Principles
Before we get into the details, here are the core principles that guide our approach to privacy:

1. Your Information Belongs to You - You maintain ownership of your personal data and content
2. Minimal Collection - We only collect what's necessary to provide our services
3. No Selling - We never sell your personal information to third parties
4. Transparency- We're clear about what we collect and why
5. Control - You have tools to access, modify, or delete your information

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Information We Collect

Information You Share With Us
When you join our community, you might provide:

• Account information: Your name, email address, password, and profile photo
• Profile information: Details you choose to share about yourself
• Content: Posts, comments, messages, and other materials you create
• Communication: Information you provide when contacting our community team

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Information Collected Automatically
As you use our Community Space, we collect some information automatically:

• Usage data: How you interact with our services, including which features you use
• Device information: Type of device, operating system, and browser you're using
• Log data: IP address, access times, and pages visited
• Location information: General location based on IP address (not precise GPS tracking)

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We anonymize this information so it can't be connected to individuals. We use it solely to improve our Community Space and fix any issues that might arise. any issues.

How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:

• Create and maintain your account
• Provide, improve, and develop Community Spaces
• Communicate with you about updates, security alerts, and support messages
• Personalize your experience based on your preferences
• Protect the security and integrity of our community
• Comply with legal obligations when required

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Information Sharing

When We Share Your Information
We're very selective about sharing your information:

• With your consent: When you specifically ask us to share your information
• Service providers: Trusted partners who help us provide our services (they're bound by strict confidentiality agreements)
• Legal requirements: When required by law, legal process, or governmental request
• Community safety: To protect the rights, property, or safety of our community, the public, or Be Good Social

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What We Don't Do With Your Information
We promise that we will never:

• Sell your personal information to third parties
• Use your content to train AI systems without your explicit permission
• Share your private messages with advertisers
• Keep your data longer than necessary
• Use your information for targeted advertising without your explicit consent

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Your Privacy Controls
We believe in giving you control over your information:

• Access: View what information we have about you
• Update: Change your account and profile information at any time
• Download: Get a copy of your data in a standard, portable format
• Delete: Remove your content or close your account completely
• Preferences: Adjust notification and privacy settings to suit your comfort level

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To exercise any of these controls, simply email us at admin@begoodsocial.com or use the tools in your account settings.

Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies (small text files stored on your device) to:

• Keep you logged in
• Remember your preferences
• Understand how you use our Community Space
• Improve our services based on this information

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You can control cookies through your browser settings, though this might affect some features of our services.

Children's Privacy

Be Good Social is designed for adults (18+), though younger users (13-17) are welcome with the supervision and consent of a parent or guardian. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If we discover we have collected information from a child under 13, we will delete that information immediately.

Parents and guardians: If you believe we might have collected information from your child who is under 13, please contact us right away admin@begoodsocial.com so we can promptly remove that information.

Data Security
We take the security of your information seriously. We implement technical, administrative, and physical safeguards designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, use, and modification. However, no system is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Data Retention
We keep your information only as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes described in this policy. We believe in minimizing data storage – if we don't need it anymore, we don't keep it.

When you delete your account, we remove your personal information from our systems within 30 days. Some information may remain in backed-up copies for a limited time for legal or technical reasons, but we'll ensure these backups are regularly purged too. We won't hold onto your data just because we can – we only retain what's truly necessary for our neighborhood to function properly.

International Data Transfers
While Be Good Social is based in the United States, our services may be accessed from around the world. If you access our community from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to and stored in the United States. By using our services, you consent to this transfer. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information, regardless of where it's processed.

Changes to This Policy
As our community grows and evolves, our privacy practices may need to change. If we update this policy, we'll post the revised version with a new "Last Updated" date at the top. For significant changes, we'll notify you through our Community Space or by email. Your continued use of our services after these changes indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.

Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have specific rights regarding your personal information:

• Right to know what personal information we collect
• Right to access your personal information
• Right to correct inaccurate personal information
• Right to delete your personal information
• Right to data portability (receiving your data in a usable format)
• Right to opt-out of certain data sharing

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We believe everyone deserves these rights, regardless of where they live. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at admin@begoodsocial.com. When you contact us about your privacy rights, we'll need to verify your identity before we can fulfill your request. We'll ask for information that reasonably verifies you are the person whose information you're inquiring about. We promise to respond to your request within 45 days, and if we need more time (up to an additional 45 days), we'll let you know why.

We won't discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights. This means we won't deny you services, charge you different prices, or provide a different level of service just because you exercised your privacy rights.

Getting in Touch About Privacy
If you have questions, concerns, or requests related to this privacy policy or your personal information, please reach out to us at:
Email:  admin@begoodsocial.com
 

We're committed to addressing your concerns promptly and thoroughly.
 

Thank you for trusting us with your information. We're honored to have you in our community!