BabyDev Privacy Policy

We collect information in the following ways:

Information You Provide Directly:

• Account Information: When you register an account, we may collect your name, email address, date of birth (if applicable for age-related content), and password.
• Profile Information: You may choose to provide additional information such as your child's name, date of birth, and other development-related information.
• Communication Information: If you contact us, we may collect your name, email address, and the content of your communication.
• User-Generated Content: Any information you post in public areas of the Website, like comments, forum posts, or reviews, will be visible to other users.

Information Collected Automatically:

• Log Data: We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website. This may include your IP address, browser type, browser version, pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels) to collect information about your browsing activity, personalize your experience, and improve our Services. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
• Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our Website, such as your device type, operating system, and device identifiers.
• Usage Data: We may collect information about how you use our Website, such as the pages you view, the links you click, and the features you interact with.

Information From Third Parties:

We may receive information about you from third parties, such as social media platforms if you choose to link your account to one of them.

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• Providing and Maintaining Services: To operate and maintain the Website, provide the services you request, and personalize your experience.
• Account Management: To create and manage your account, process payments, and respond to your requests.
• Communication: To communicate with you, send you updates, newsletters, and promotional materials (if you opt in). You can opt out of these at any time.
• Personalization: To customize the content and features you see on the Website based on your preferences and information.
• Improvement: To understand how you use our Website, identify areas for improvement, and develop new features.
• Research and Analysis: To conduct research and data analysis to understand user trends and behavior.
• Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal process, or government requests.
• Security: To protect the security and integrity of our Website and Services, and to prevent fraud or other illegal activities.

We may share your information in the following situations:

• Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us with Website operations, payment processing, email marketing, analytics, and other functions. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes we specify.
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business event, your information may be transferred to a successor entity.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or a governmental request.
• Protection of Rights: We may disclose your information to enforce our Terms of Service, protect our rights and safety, and protect the rights and safety of our users or others.
• With Your Consent: We may share your information with your consent or at your direction.
• Aggregated and Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated and anonymized data with third parties for research, analytics, and other purposes. This data cannot be used to identify you personally.

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. We will delete or anonymize your information when it is no longer needed.

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• Right to Access: You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
• Right to Correction: You may have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
• Right to Erasure: You may have the right to request that we erase your personal information under certain circumstances.
• Right to Restriction: You may have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain situations.
• Right to Object: You may have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain situations.
• Right to Data Portability: You may have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sales (California Residents): You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. See the "California Privacy Rights" section below.
• Right to Opt-Out of Targeted Advertising: You may have the right to opt out of targeted advertising and profiling.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: If we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at contact@babydev.com. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.

Your information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside of the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Our Website is not directed towards children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at contact@babydev.com. We will take steps to delete that information as quickly as possible. We may also require additional parental consent before permitting a minor (under 16) to use our services.

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provide you with specific rights regarding your personal information. These rights include:

• Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose to you:
  • The categories of personal information we have collected about you.
  • The categories of sources from which we have collected your personal information.
  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information.
  • The categories of third parties with whom we share your personal information.
  • The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
• Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
• Right to Correct: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale: We may sell personal information, and you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information.
• Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: We may collect sensitive information such as precise geolocation data. You have the right to limit our use of this information, or you may refuse to allow us to collect it altogether.
• Right to Opt-Out of Targeted Advertising: You have the right to opt out of targeted advertising.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA/CPRA rights.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (such as by sending you an email). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of our Website after we post any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes.