Welcome to the privacy policy of Watch2Gether. This policy will help you understand what data we collect, why we collect it, and what your rights are in relation to it.
We automatically collect data from you for example when you visit Watch2Gether.
We collect the data you give to us for example when you sign up for our newsletter.
Owner contact email: florian@watch2gether.com
Among the types of Personal Data that Watch2Gether collects, by itself or through third parties, there are:
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using Watch2Gether.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by Watch2Gether is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for Watch2Gether to provide its services. In cases where Watch2Gether specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by Watch2Gether or by the owners of third-party services used by Watch2Gether serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through Watch2Gether.
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of Watch2Gether (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following:
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on Watch2Gether, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside Watch2Gether. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.
Index Exchange is an advertising service provided by Index Exchange, Inc. .
Media.net is an advertising service provided by Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC.
Sharethrough is an advertising service provided by Sharethrough, Inc.
Criteo is an advertising service provided by Criteo SA.
OneTag is an advertising service provided by OneTag Ltd.
Google Ad Manager is an advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows the Owner to run advertising campaigns in conjunction with external advertising networks that the Owner, unless otherwise specified in this document, has no direct relationship with.
In order to opt out from being tracked by various advertising networks, Users may make use of Youronlinechoices. In order to understand Google's use of data, consult Google's partner policy.
This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of Watch2Gether and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.
ID5 is an advertising service provided by ID5 Technology SAS.
ConnectAd is an advertising service provided by ConnectAd Realtime GmbH.
PubMatic is an advertising service provided by PubMatic, Inc.
Blockthrough is an advertising service provided by Blockthrough, Inc.
Rubicon Project is an advertising service provided by The Rubicon Project, Inc.
GumGum is an advertising service provided by GumGum, Inc.
Rich Audience is an advertising service provided by Rich Audience Technologies SLU.
InMobi is an advertising service provided by InMobi Pte Ltd.
Smart AdServer is an advertising service provided by Smart AdServer SA.
Eskimi is an advertising service provided by UAB Aktyvus sektorius - Eskimi.
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Matomo is an analytics software used by Watch2Gether to analyze data directly without the help of third parties.
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of Watch2Gether and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows Watch2Gether to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Vimeo is a video content visualization service provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows Watch2Gether to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Instagram is an image visualization service provided by Facebook Ireland Ltd that allows Watch2Gether to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Soundcloud is an audio content delivery service provided by SoundCloud Limited that allows Watch2Gether to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
TikTok Widget
On our website we use components (videos) of TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace Dublin, D02 T380, Irland
When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the TikTok server and the content will appear on the website via a communication to your browser.
Further information about data protection by TikTok is provided by TikTok under the following link:
https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=en
On our website we use components of Pinterest Inc. at 651 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
When you display a page that has embedded content, a connection will be made to the Pinterest server and the content will appear on the website via a communication to your browser.
Further information about data protection by Pinterest is provided by Pinterest under the following link:
https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
On our website we use components (videos) of Coub Ltd, 5 Themistokli Dervi Street, Elenion Building, 1066 Nicosia, Cyprus.
When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the Coub server and the content will appear on the website via a communication to your browser.
Further information about data protection by Coub is provided by Coub under the following link:
https://coub.com/privacy
On our website we use components of Slides Inc. 240 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249, U.S.A.
When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the Slides server and the content will appear on the website via a communication to your browser.
Further information about data protection by Slides is provided by Slides under the following link:
https://slides.com/privacy
On our website we use components (embeds) of Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 U.S.A.
When you display a page that has a embedded content, a connection will be made to the Twitter server and the content will appear on the website via a communication to your browser.
Further information about data protection by Twitter is provided by Twitter under the following link:
https://twitter.com/en/privacy
On our website we use components (audio) of Mixcloud Ltd, First Floor, 96 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4RH, UK
When you display a page that has an embedded audio player, a connection will be made to the Mixcloud server and the content will appear on the website via a communication to your browser.
Further information about data protection by Mixcloud is provided by Mixcloud under the following link:
https://www.mixcloud.com/terms/#privacy
On our website we use components (videos) of Dailymotion, 140 boulevard Malesherbes, 75017 Paris, France
When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the Dailymotion server and the content will appear on the website via a communication to your browser.
Further information about data protection by Dailymotion is provided by Dailymotion under the following link:
http://www.dailymotion.com/us/legal/privacy
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows Watch2Gether to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Unless otherwise specified, Watch2Gether processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. Watch2Gether isn't involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.
Paddle is a payment management service provided by Paddle Payments Limited, which allows Users to make online payments. Paddle also allows Watch2Gether to measure the performance of their checkout and subscriptions model, and to re-engage and message Users who have shown signs of abandonment.
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable Watch2Gether to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of Watch2Gether.
Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a hosting and backend service provided by Amazon Web Services, Inc.
OVHcloud is a hosting and backend service provided by OVH GmbH.
Hetzner is a hosting and backend service provided by Hetzner Online GmbH.
This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of Watch2Gether.
The interaction and information obtained through Watch2Gether are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on Watch2Gether isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.
The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook Ireland Ltd
This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.
Amazon Simple Email Service is an email address management and message sending service provided by Amazon.com Inc.
By registering or authenticating, Users allow Watch2Gether to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, Watch2Gether will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.
By registering or authenticating, Users allow Watch2Gether to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data (email address) is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes and may be passed in a cryptographically hashed form to advertising partners for a personalized ad experience.
Sign in with Apple is a registration and authentication service provided by Apple Inc. In cases where Users are required to provide their email address, Sign in with Apple may generate a private relay address on behalf of Users that automatically forwards messages to their verified personal email account - therefore shielding their actual email address from the Owner.
By registering or authenticating, Users allow Watch2Gether to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.
The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to Watch2Gether.
This type of service allows Watch2Gether to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between Watch2Gether and the User's browser.
Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.
Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through Watch2Gether, i.e., communication between Watch2Gether and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from Watch2Gether to be collected.
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar initiatives. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Users may also opt out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
Therefore:
The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of Watch2Gether or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, Watch2Gether may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
For operation and maintenance purposes, Watch2Gether and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with Watch2Gether (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within Watch2Gether and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Information collected automatically through Watch2Gether (or third-party services employed in Watch2Gether), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use Watch2Gether, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
The individual using Watch2Gether who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of Watch2Gether. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of Watch2Gether.
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
The service provided by Watch2Gether as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.
Tracker indicates any technology - e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting - that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.
This policy relates solely to Watch2Gether, if not stated otherwise within this document.