Privacy Policy for Bhoot VPN (Compliant with GDPR)
At Bhoot VPN, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This privacy policy outlines the types of information we collect, how we use and protect it, and your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Collection of Personal Information
We collect personal information from you when you use our VPN services. This may include:
- Your name, email address, and payment information when you sign up for our services
- Your IP address and browsing history when you use our VPN service
- Information related to the device you are using to access our VPN service, such as your device's model, operating system, and version
- Information related to your usage of our VPN service, such as the amount of data you transfer and the duration of your VPN sessions
2. Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Information
We process your personal information based on the following lawful basis:
- Contract: We process your personal information to perform the contract between you and us when you sign up for our VPN service.
- Legitimate interests: We process your personal information for our legitimate interests in providing and improving our VPN service, as well as for marketing purposes.
- Consent: We obtain your consent before processing your personal information for certain purposes, such as sending you promotional emails or displaying personalized ads based on your usage patterns.
3. Use of Personal Information
We use your personal information to provide and improve our VPN service. This includes:
- Authenticating your identity when you sign in to our VPN service
- Processing your payments and providing customer support
- Improving and optimizing our VPN service, such as identifying and fixing bugs and developing new features
- Analyzing your usage patterns to improve our VPN service and personalize your experience
- Complying with legal obligations, such as responding to court orders or subpoenas
We may also use your personal information for marketing purposes with your consent.
4. Protection of Personal Information
We take the security of your personal information seriously and use a variety of measures to protect it. These include:
- Using industry-standard encryption to protect your data in transit
- Storing your personal information on secure servers
- Restricting access to your personal information to only those who need it for legitimate purposes
- Regularly monitoring and updating our security measures to ensure they remain effective
5. Sharing of Personal Information
We may share your personal information with third-party service providers who perform certain functions on our behalf, such as payment processing and customer support. These service providers are required to comply with our privacy policy and applicable data protection laws.
We may also share your personal information with law enforcement agencies or other third parties when we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to:
- Comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes
- Protect our rights, property, or safety, or those of our users or others
- Investigate and prevent fraud or other illegal activities
6. International Transfers of Personal Information
Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including the United States, where data protection laws may be less stringent than in the EEA. In such cases, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal information in accordance with GDPR requirements.
7. Your Rights
Under GDPR, you have certain rights with respect to your personal information, including:
- The right to access your personal information and receive a copy of it
- The right to request that we correct any inaccuracies in your personal information
- The right to request that we delete your personal information in certain circumstances
- The right to object to the processing of your personal information for certain purposes
- The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal information at any time
- The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe your rights have been violated
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided at the end of this privacy policy.
8. Retention of Personal Information
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our VPN service and fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on our website prior to the effective date of the changes. Your continued use of our VPN service after the effective date of any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy or our use of your personal information, please contact us at:
[email protected]