Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy details how we gather, use, store, safeguard, and share your personal data through our services.

We encourage you to read the full policy, but here is a brief overview:

  • We are dedicated to creating spaces where people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. Respecting user privacy is a fundamental part of our mission.
  • We do not sell your data.
  • We minimize the information required. We collect only the necessary information to create your account, provide our services, fulfill our commitments to users, and comply with legal requirements. The rest is optional.
  • We prioritize safety. Our Trust & Safety team works diligently to maintain a secure community. We also use specific information to detect violations of our Community Guidelines and prevent the spread of harmful content through our services.
  • We empower you with control. You have the ability to manage your privacy settings within Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC.

Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC

Our “services” as defined in our Terms of Service include the Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC website, blog, and support center. We may also collect your information through other channels such as surveys, emails, and social media.

As outlined in our Terms of Service, users can contribute content to the services in various ways, including direct messages and participation in different communities. Some of these spaces are public, meaning that content shared within them can be accessed by many people, including strangers. For instance, certain servers are accessible in the Server Discovery section of the app without an invite link. Server owners may also share their invite links on public websites, making these servers accessible to anyone. It's important to note that server owners or administrators control these permissions, which can change over time.

We may use publicly posted content to enhance features like Server Discovery and to identify harmful content on the services. These features are crucial to us, as they enhance the user experience. We strive to inform you about public spaces within Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC, though we do not control where invite links are shared or server permissions. You can manage whether your content is used for these purposes as described in the “How to control your privacy” section below. Consider these factors when using our services and choose the appropriate spaces, features, and settings for your content.

Information We Collect

We collect information when you use Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC. This includes information you provide directly, information collected automatically, and information from other sources.

Information You Provide to Us

  • Account Information. When creating an Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC account, you provide a username, password, and a contact method (such as an email address or phone number). Your birthday is also required. Additional verification or information (such as a verified phone number) may be necessary to access certain features or communities. You may also add your name or nicknames.
  • Content You Create. This includes any content you upload to the service.
  • Purchase Information. If you make purchases through Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC, you may need to provide a valid payment method and billing information, including your full name and billing address. Depending on the payment processor, we may receive and store certain billing information, such as the last four digits of your credit card number. If we process payments in the future, we will handle this information ourselves.
  • Information from Your Actions. We collect data about your activities on the services, such as friends added, servers or communities joined, roles in servers, content moderation decisions, and related actions.
  • Information for Optional Features. Some features, like contact syncing, require additional information to function. This also includes data from third-party integrations you enable and the data you authorize those services to share with us.
  • Other Information You Provide. You may submit additional information while using Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC. For example, participating in our verified server program or surveys may require more information.

The Information We Collect Automatically

We automatically collect certain information when you use Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC, including:

  • Device Information. We gather data about the device you use to access the services, such as IP address, operating system, browser details, and device settings like microphone and/or camera.
  • Usage Information. We collect logs and event data related to your interactions with the services, such as pages, servers, and channels visited.
  • Other Automatically Collected Data.

We may receive information about you when you take certain actions on other sites, such as clicking on our ads. This includes data about which ad you saw and on which platform, as well as referral link information.

We use cookies (small text files placed on your device) and similar technologies to enhance your experience and analyze usage. You can control cookies as described in the “How to control your privacy” section below. Our services use the following types of cookies:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for the services to function properly.
  • Functional Cookies: Enhance service functionality, such as remembering language preferences.
  • Performance Cookies: Allow us or third-party analytics providers to understand and improve service usage.

Information from Other Sources

We may receive information about you from other sources, including other users and third parties, and combine it with other data we have. For example, interactions with our social media accounts on other platforms may provide us with certain information about you, such as your username on that platform.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

To Fulfill Our Contract with You

  • To Provide Services. We use your information to deliver Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC services, such as processing images and audio for video calls and displaying messages you send.
  • To Meet Community Commitments. We use your information to maintain a safe, positive, and inclusive environment. This includes monitoring for and addressing violations of our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines, detecting fraud and malware, and scanning content for illegal or harmful material.
  • To Personalize and Improve Services. We use your information to customize your Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC experience, such as surfacing relevant communities or content and offering features and promotions of interest. You can control personalization settings as described in the “How to control your privacy” section.
  • To Communicate with You. We use your information to verify your account, secure it with two-factor authentication, notify you about product or policy changes, and inform you about products and features you might like. You can opt-out of marketing communications, and we will obtain your consent where required by law.
  • To Provide Customer Service. We use your information to respond to inquiries and address issues with our products and services.

For Legitimate Business Interests

  • To Protect Services. We use information to ensure service security, prevent misuse, and enforce our policies.
  • To Report Performance. We use your information for business metrics, financial reporting, regulatory obligations, and debugging billing issues.
  • To Improve Services. We use your information to understand user interactions, preferences, and improve our offerings. This includes analyzing public posts to identify popular content and topics. You can control data usage settings in the “How to control your privacy” section.
  • To Advertise Our Services. We use information to advertise Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC on other platforms, measure ad effectiveness, and improve future advertisements.

To Comply with Legal Obligations

We retain and use your information to comply with legal requirements, respond to potential legal claims, and for regulatory and auditing purposes. This includes retaining data as required by law or court orders and verifying your identity for data access requests.

With Your Consent

We may collect and use personal information with your consent. You can revoke consent at any time, though this may limit your use of certain services or features.

To Protect Vital Interests

We may collect or share personal data if necessary to protect someone's life, such as resolving urgent medical situations.

How We Share Your Information

At Your Direction

When you upload content to our services, you are directing us to share that content with specific communities, individuals, or, in public spaces, with anyone who can access it. The accessibility of this content is governed by the permissions set by the server owners or administrators, who decide whether a server requires an invite link or is open to everyone. These permissions and the size of the server can change over time. Similarly, if you link your Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC account with a third-party service or participate in a server with third-party features like bots, you may be directing us to share certain information with that service or other Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC users. You can manage this sharing as described in the “How to Control Your Privacy” section below. Additionally, we may share your information as per your instructions or with your consent.

With Vendors

We may share information with vendors we hire to perform specific tasks for us. Additionally, we may share limited information with advertising platforms to reach potential users who might be interested in our product and to measure the performance of our ads. This is done to attract more users to Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC, providing only the necessary information to facilitate these services, which may include data such as app installation or registration information.

In Response to Legal Requests

We may share information in response to legal requirements if we believe disclosure is mandated by law, including compliance with national security or law enforcement requests. When permitted and feasible, we will attempt to provide prior notice before disclosing your information in response to such a request. Our Transparency Report offers additional details on how we handle government and law enforcement requests.

To Prevent Harm

We may share information if we believe in good faith that it is necessary to prevent serious harm to a person.

To Enforce Our Policies and Rights

We may share information as needed to enforce our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, or other policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of ourselves and others.

With Related Companies

We may share information with our related companies, including parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other entities under common control and ownership.

During Sale, Acquisition, or Transfer of Assets

We may share information if Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC is involved in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, sale, transfer, or change in ownership of Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC or any of its assets.

Aggregated or De-identified Information

We may share information about you that has been aggregated or anonymized so that it cannot reasonably be used to identify you. For example, we may share aggregated user statistics to describe our business to partners or the public.

Data Retention

We retain personal information as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. If your account is inactive for more than two years, we may delete it, and we may delete or anonymize any personal information associated with your account.

How We Protect Your Information

We take multiple steps to protect your information. All information transmitted within our services is encrypted both in transit and at rest. We also enforce technical and administrative access controls to limit which of our employees and contractors can access non-public personal information. You can help secure your account by enabling two-factor authentication.

How to Control Your Privacy

Be Aware of the Spaces You Choose to Participate In

You have control over which communities you join and what information you add to our services. You can decide what messages to send or post, who to interact with, what information to include in your profile, and whether to connect third-party services to your Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC account. For example, content shared in public spaces can be accessed by anyone and may be subject to fewer restrictions under local laws.

Customize Your Personal Settings

We offer several settings to tailor your experience. For example, you can choose whether to display your current activity status in your User Settings. Privacy-specific settings are available in the Privacy & Safety section of your User Settings. Here you can decide which types of direct messages are scanned for explicit content, who can add you as a friend, and more. You can also restrict certain types of data processing:

  • Restrict our ability to use your data to improve our products by turning off the “Use data to improve Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC” setting.
  • Restrict our ability to personalize your experience by disabling the “Use data to customize my Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC experience” setting.

You can disable or delete your account via the “My Account” tab on the settings page. Disabling your account stops the processing of new data but allows reactivation without interruption. Deleting your account permanently deletes identifying information and anonymizes other data.

Manage Your Content and Servers

Public posts may be retained by Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC for uses described in this policy. In limited circumstances, we may have a legal obligation to retain certain information, even if you delete it or your account.

If you want to see what information we have collected about you, you can request a copy of your data by selecting Request Data in the Privacy & Safety section of your User Settings. Your data packet should be delivered within 30 days in formats like CSV or JSON.

Manage Cookies

To control cookie information, you can:

  • Disable and manage cookies through your browser settings.
  • Use browser controls or individual opt-out mechanisms for analytics cookies, such as Google Analytics Opt-Out.
  • Manage cookies through mobile device settings.
  • Limit how cookies are used for advertising through third-party groups like the Network Advertising Initiative, the Digital Advertising Alliance, and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.

You may adjust cookie preferences through a cookies banner or by selecting “Cookie Settings” from our website's footer or menu. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of our services. Information may be collected to remember your opt-out preferences.

Chatbot Interaction and Legal Advice

Information Collection and Use

When interacting with our chatbot, we collect information to enhance your user experience and improve our services. This includes data on your interactions with the chatbot and any information you voluntarily provide.

Data Protection and Confidentiality

The chatbot is intended for general informational purposes. Please be aware that interactions with the chatbot are not encrypted or confidential. For matters requiring privacy and legal confidentiality, please use secure communication methods to contact us directly. We do not guarantee the confidentiality of information shared through the chatbot.

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC is subject.
  • Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary to protect Your vital interests or those of another natural person.
  • Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC.
  • Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC.

In any case, Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular, whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Your Rights under the GDPR

Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee that You can exercise Your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

  • Request access to Your Personal Data: Access, update, or delete the information We have on You.
  • Request correction of the Personal Data: Have any incomplete or inaccurate information corrected.
  • Object to processing of Your Personal Data: Object where We are relying on a legitimate interest or for direct marketing purposes.
  • Request erasure of Your Personal Data: Delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
  • Request the transfer of Your Personal Data: Receive Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
  • Withdraw Your consent: Withdraw Your consent to the use of your Personal Data.

Exercising Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, and opposition by contacting Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. We will try our best to respond as soon as possible. You also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data.

CCPA/CPRA Privacy Notice

According to California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, residents of California have the right to request information about the categories of personal customer data we share with third parties or corporate affiliates for direct marketing purposes. This notice will detail the types of information shared and provide a list of the third parties and affiliates, including their names and addresses. If you are a California resident and wish to receive this notice, please send us a written request (see Contact Us below). Include your postal address and specify that you are requesting the "Your California Privacy Rights Notice." Please allow at least 30 days for us to respond.

International Data Transfers

Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and safeguarding it in compliance with the regulations of your respective region.

Services Offered by Third Parties

We allow third-party developers to create features or services offered within Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC services. These third-party services must adhere to all applicable policies, including our Developer Terms of Service and Developer Policy. Developers are required to have a privacy policy that clearly states what they do with your information. Review these privacy policies to understand what bots and apps may do with your information. We require certain popular bots to apply for access to specific data. However, since these services are operated by third parties, we do not control them or the information they collect. It is your choice to participate in a server using bots and to engage with third-party services.

Data Protection Officer

You can contact Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC’s Data Protection Officer at info@ogplawfirm.com.

Information for Users in Turkey

Residents of İstanbul, Turkey have additional rights under the Turkey Personal Data Protection Law regarding their personal information.

Our Collection and Use of Personal Information

We collect various categories of personal information, including:

  • Identifiers (username, email address, phone number if provided)
  • Commercial information (purchase records from Onal Gallant Bayram & Amin PC)
  • Financial data (payment information, purchase history)
  • Internet or other network information (interaction with the application)
  • Location information (indicated by your IP address)
  • Inference data (content interests)
  • Other identifiable information

For more details, see “The Information We Collect” section above. We collect personal information for the business and commercial purposes described in “How We Use Your Information.”

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may share your personal information with third parties as described in “How We Share Your Information.” We disclose the mentioned categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes.

No Sale of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information. We share information as outlined in “How We Share Your Information,” and you can make choices regarding your information as detailed in this policy.

Exercising Your Consumer Rights

As a Turkish resident, you have the right to:

  1. Request more information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected and disclosed for business purposes in the last 12 months.
  2. Request deletion of your personal information.
  3. Opt-out of sales of your personal information if applicable.

Details on making these requests are in the “How to Control Your Privacy” section above. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the PDPL.

For information on the number of data requests we have received, please visit our website.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We update this Privacy Policy periodically. The date of the last changes is always indicated, and if changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice as required by law, such as by emailing you or highlighting the changes within the services.

Contact Us

Email us at info@ogplawfirm.com with any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process your information.