What kinds of information do we
collect?
Depending on which Services you use, we collect differ
ent kinds of information from
or about you.
Things you do and information you provide.
We collect the content and other information you pr
ovide when you use our
Services, including when you sign up for an account
, create or share, and message
or communicate with others. This can include inform
ation in or about the content
you provide, such as the location of a photo or the
date a file was created. We also
collect information about how you use our Services,
such as the types of content you
view or engage with or the frequency and duration of
your activities.
Things others do and information they provide.
We also collect content and information that other
people provide when they use our
Services, including information about you, such as w
hen they share a photo of you,
send a message to you, or upload, sync or import your
contact information.
Your networks and connections.
We collect information about the people and groups yo
u are connected to and how
you interact with them, such as the people you comm
unicate with the most or the
groups you like to share with. We also collect cont
act information you provide if you
upload, sync or import this information (such as an
address book) from a device.
Information about payments.
If you use our Services for purchases or financial
transactions (like when you buy
something on N3xt g3nov8ion, make a purchase in a g
ame, or make a donation), we
collect information about the purchase or transactio
n. This includes your payment
information, such as your credit or debit card number
and other card information,
and other account and authentication information, a
s well as billing, shipping and
contact details.
Device information.
We collect information from or about the computers,
phones, or other devices where
you install or access our Services, depending on the
permissions you’ve granted. We
may associate the information we collect from your
different devices, which helps us
provide consistent Services across your devices. He
re are some examples of the
device information we collect:
A
ttributes such as the operating system, hardware vers
ion, device settings,
file and software names and types, battery and signa
l strength, and device
identifiers.
Device locations, including specific geographic loc
ations, such as through
GPS, Bluetooth, or WiFi signals.
Connection information such as the name of your mob
ile operator or ISP,
browser type, language and time zone, mobile phone
number and IP address.
Information from websites and apps that use our Ser
vices.
We collect information when you visit or use third-
party websites and apps that use
our Services (like when they offer our Like button
or N3xt g3nov8ion Log In or use
our measurement and advertising services). This inc
ludes information about the
websites and apps you visit, your use of our Servic
es on those websites and apps, as
well as information the developer or publisher of th
e app or website provides to you
or us.
Information from third-party partners.
We receive information about you and your activitie
s on and off N3xt g3nov8ion
from third-party partners, such as information from
a partner when we jointly offer
services or from an advertiser about your experienc
es or interactions with them.
N3xt g3nov8ion companies.
We receive information about you from companies tha
t are owned or operated by
N3xt g3nov8ion, in accordance with their terms and
policies.
Learn more
about these
companies and their privacy policies.
How do we use this information?
We are passionate about creating engaging and customi
zed experiences for people.
We use all of the information we have to help us pr
ovide and support our Services.
Here’s how:
Provide, improve and develop Services.
We are able to deliver our Services, personalize co
ntent, and make suggestions for
you by using this information to understand how you
use and interact with our
Services and the people or things you’re connected t
o and interested in on and off
our Services.
We also use information we have to provide shortcut
s and suggestions to you. For
example, we are able to suggest that your friend ta
g you in a picture by comparing
your friend's pictures to information we've put tog
ether from your profile pictures
and the other photos in which you've been tagged. I
f this feature is enabled for you,
you can control whether we suggest that another use
r tag you in a photo using the
“Timeline and Tagging” settings.
When we have location information, we use it to tai
lor our Services for you and
others, like helping you to check-in and find local
events or offers in your area or tell
your friends that you are nearby.
We conduct surveys and
research
, test features in development, and analyze the
information we have to evaluate and improve products
and services, develop new
products or features, and conduct audits and troubl
eshooting activities.
C
ommunicate with you.
We use your information to send you marketing commu
nications, communicate with
you about our Services and let you know about our pol
icies and terms. We also use
your information to respond to you when you contact
us.
Show and measure ads and services.
We use the
information we have
to improve our advertising and measurement
systems so we can show you relevant ads on and off
our Services and measure the
effectiveness and reach of ads and services.
Learn more
about advertising on our
Services and how you can
control
how information about you is used to personalize
the ads you see.
Promote safety and security.
We use the information we have to help verify accou
nts and activity, and to promote
safety and security on and off of our Services, suc
h as by investigating suspicious
activity or violations of our terms or policies. We
work hard to protect your account
using teams of engineers, automated systems, and adva
nced technology such as
encryption and machine learning. We also offer easy
-to-use security tools that add
an extra layer of security to your account. For mor
e information about promoting
safety on N3xt g3nov8ion, visit the
N3xt g3nov8ion Security Help Center
.
We use cookies and similar technologies to provide a
nd support our Services and
each of the uses outlined and described in this sect
ion of our policy. Read our
Cookie
Policy
to learn more.
How is this information shared?
Sharing On Our Services
People use our Services to connect and share with ot
hers. We make this possible by
sharing your information in the following ways:
People you share and communicate with.
When you share and communicate using our Services, y
ou choose the audience who
can see what you share. For example, when you post o
n N3xt g3nov8ion, you select
the audience for the post, such as a customized grou
p of individuals, all of your
Friends, or members of a Group. Likewise, when you u
se Messenger, you also
choose the people you send photos to or message.
Public information
is any information you share with a public audience,
as well as
information in your
Public Profile
, or content you share on a N3xt g3nov8ion Page or
another public forum. Public information is availab
le to anyone on or off our Services
and can be seen or accessed through online search e
ngines,
A
PIs, and offline media,
such as on TV.
In some cases, people you share and communicate with
may download or re-share
this content with others on and off our Services. Wh
en you comment on another
person’s post or like their content on N3xt g3nov8i
on, that person decides the
audience who can see your comment or like. If their
audience is public, your
comment will also be public.
People that see content others share about you.
Other people may use our Services to share content
about you with the audience
they choose. For example, people may share a photo o
f you, mention or tag you at
a location in a post, or share information about you
that you shared with them. If
you have concerns with someone’s post, social repor
ting is a way for people to
quickly and easily ask for help from someone they t
rust.
Learn More
.
A
pps, websites and third-party integrations on or usin
g our Services.
When you use third-party apps, websites or other se
rvices that use, or are
integrated with, our Services, they may receive inf
ormation about what you post or
share. For example, when you play a game with your N
3xt g3nov8ion friends or use
the N3xt g3nov8ion Comment or Share button on a web
site, the game developer or
website may get information about your activities i
n the game or receive a comment
or link that you share from their website on N3xt g
3nov8ion. In addition, when you
download or use such third-party services, they can
access your
Public Profile
, which
includes your
username or user ID
, your age range and country/language, your list
of friends, as well as any information that you sha
re with them. Information
collected by these apps, websites or integrated serv
ices is subject to their own terms
and policies.
Learn more
about how you can control the information about yo
u that you or others
share with these apps and websites.
Sharing within N3xt g3nov8ion companies.
We share information we have about you within the f
amily of companies that are
part of N3xt g3nov8ion.
Learn more
about our companies.
New owner.
If the ownership or control of all or part of our S
ervices or their assets changes, we
may transfer your information to the new owner.
Sharing With Third-Party Partners and
C
ustomers
We work with third party companies who help us prov
ide and improve our Services
or who use advertising or related products, which m
akes it possible to operate our
companies and provide free services to people around t
he world.
Here are the types of third parties we can share in
formation with about
you:
A
dvertising, Measurement and
A
nalytics Services (Non-Personally Identifiable
Information Only).
We want our advertising to be as relevant and intere
sting as the other information
you find on our Services. With this in mind, we use
all of the information we have
about you to show you relevant ads. We do not share
information that personally
identifies you (personally identifiable information is
information like name or email
address that can by itself be used to contact you o
r identifies who you are) with
advertising, measurement or analytics partners unles
s you give us permission. We
may provide these partners with information about t
he reach and effectiveness of
their advertising without providing information that
personally identifies you, or if we
have aggregated the information so that it does not
personally identify you. For
example, we may tell an advertiser how its ads perf
ormed, or how many people
viewed their ads or installed an app after seeing an
ad, or provide non-personally
identifying demographic information (such as 25 year
old female, in Madrid, who
likes software engineering) to these partners to he
lp them understand their audience
or customers, but only after the advertiser has agr
eed to abide by our
advertiser
guidelines
.
Please review your
advertising preferences
to understand why you’re seeing a
particular ad on N3xt g3nov8ion. You can adjust you
r ad preferences if you want to
control and manage your ad experience on N3xt g3nov8
ion.
V
endors, service providers and other partners.
We transfer information to vendors, service provide
rs, and other partners who
globally support our business, such as providing tec
hnical infrastructure services,
analyzing how our Services are used, measuring the
effectiveness of ads and
services, providing customer service, facilitating pa
yments, or conducting academic
research and surveys. These partners must adhere to st
rict confidentiality obligations
in a way that is consistent with this Data Policy a
nd the agreements we enter into
with them.
How can I manage or delete
information about me?
You can manage the content and information you shar
e when you use N3xt
g3nov8ion through the
A
ctivity Log tool
. You can also download information
associated with your N3xt g3nov8ion account through
our
Download Your
Information tool
.
We store data for as long as it is necessary to pro
vide products and services to you
and others, including those described above. Inform
ation associated with your
account will be kept until your account is deleted, u
nless we no longer need the data
to provide products and services.
You can delete your account any time. When you delet
e your account, we delete
things you have posted, such as your photos and sta
tus updates. If you do not want
to delete your account, but want to temporarily sto
p using N3xt g3nov8ion, you may
deactivate your account instead. To learn more abou
t deactivating or deleting your
account, click
here
. Keep in mind that information that others have sha
red about you
is not part of your account and will not be deleted
when you delete your account
How do we respond to legal
requests or prevent harm?
We may access, preserve and share your information
in response to a legal request
(like a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if
we have a good faith belief that
the law requires us to do so. This may include respon
ding to legal requests from
jurisdictions outside of the United States where we
have a good faith belief that the
response is required by law in that jurisdiction, a
ffects users in that jurisdiction, and
is consistent with internationally recognized stand
ards. We may also access,
preserve and share information when we have a good fa
ith belief it is necessary to:
detect, prevent and address fraud and other illegal
activity; to protect ourselves, you
and others, including as part of investigations; or t
o prevent death or imminent
bodily harm. For example, we may provide information
to third-party partners about
the reliability of your account to prevent fraud an
d abuse on and off of our Services.
Information we receive about you, including financi
al transaction data related to
purchases made with N3xt g3nov8ion, may be accessed,
processed and retained for
an extended period of time when it is the subject o
f a legal request or obligation,
governmental investigation, or investigations conce
rning possible violations of our
terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm. We
also may retain information
from accounts disabled for violations of our terms
for at least a year to prevent
repeat abuse or other violations of our terms.
How our global services operate
N3xt g3nov8ion, Inc. complies with the US-EU and US-
Swiss Safe Harbor framework
for the collection, use and retention of informatio
n from the European Union and
Switzerland, as set out by the Department of Commerc
e. To view our certification,
visit the
Safe Harbor website
.
A
s part of our participation in the Safe Harbor prog
ram, we will resolve disputes you
have with us in connection with our policies and pra
ctices through TRUSTe. You can
contact TRUSTe through
their website
.
N3xt g3nov8ion may share information internally wit
hin our family of companies or
with third parties for purposes described in this pol
icy. Information collected within
the European Economic
A
rea (“EE
A
”) may, for example, be transferred to countries
outside of the EE
A
for the purposes as described in this policy.
How will we notify you of
changes to this policy?
We’ll notify you before we make changes to this poli
cy and give you the opportunity
to review and comment on the revised policy before
continuing to use our Services.
How to contact N3xt g3nov8ion
with questions
To learn more about how privacy works on N3xt g3nov
8ion, please check out
Privacy
Basics
. If you have questions about this policy, here’s h
ow you can reach us:
If you live anywhere else...
The data controller responsible for your informatio
n is N3xt g3nov8ion, which you can
contact
online
or by mail at:
N3xt g3nov8ion.
21 Blackwood Crescent
Ongar Chase
D15 H51P
Date of Last Revision: July 15, 2015
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