1. Overview
Bright Barnacle Studio develops software products and provides information about those products through this website. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.
This policy applies to the Bright Barnacle Studio website and to Bright Barnacle Studio products that link to or reference this policy. Individual products may also provide additional privacy information when their data practices require more specific disclosures.
2. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with our website and products.
Information You Provide
You may provide information directly when you contact us, request support, create an account, participate in product testing, or otherwise communicate with Bright Barnacle Studio.
This information may include:
- Your name and email address.
- The contents of messages you send to us.
- Account or profile information.
- Product support and troubleshooting information.
- Information you voluntarily provide while using a Bright Barnacle Studio product.
Information Collected Automatically
Our website or products may collect limited technical information automatically, including:
- Device type and operating system.
- Browser type.
- Internet Protocol address.
- Application version.
- Error reports and diagnostic information.
- General usage information, such as pages viewed or features used.
This information may be used to operate, secure, maintain, and improve our website and products.
Location Information
Certain products, including navigation-related products, may require access to location information in order to provide their core features. When location access is required, the product will request permission through your device.
Location information is used only as necessary to provide requested location-based features, such as identifying nearby places, creating routes, or supporting navigation.
3. How Information Is Used
We may use collected information to:
- Provide and operate our website and products.
- Create and manage user accounts.
- Respond to questions and support requests.
- Process requests made through product features.
- Maintain product security and reliability.
- Diagnose errors and technical problems.
- Improve product performance and usability.
- Communicate important service, privacy, or security information.
- Comply with applicable legal obligations.
Bright Barnacle Studio does not sell personal information to data brokers or advertisers.
4. How Information Is Shared
We may share information only when reasonably necessary to operate our business and products.
Information may be shared with:
- Service providers that host, maintain, secure, or support our website and products.
- Technology providers that perform services requested through a product, such as mapping, navigation, authentication, email, or cloud-storage services.
- Professional advisors when necessary for legal, accounting, insurance, or business purposes.
- Government authorities when disclosure is required by law or necessary to protect legal rights, safety, or security.
- A successor organization in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or sale of business assets.
Service providers are permitted to use information only as needed to perform services on our behalf, subject to their own contractual and legal obligations.
5. Children’s Privacy
Some Bright Barnacle Studio products may be designed for use by families and may include features used by children under the supervision of a parent, guardian, or authorized caregiver.
When a product is intended for family use, the responsible adult controls the family account and determines whether a child may use the product. We seek to collect only the information reasonably necessary to provide the product’s features.
Children should not submit personal contact information through this website without the permission of a parent or guardian.
A parent or guardian may contact us to ask questions about a child’s information or request that applicable information be reviewed, corrected, or deleted.
6. Data Security
Bright Barnacle Studio uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
These safeguards may include access controls, encrypted communications, authentication requirements, secure hosting practices, and restricted administrative access.
No website, application, or storage system can guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for protecting passwords, access codes, recovery information, and the physical security of your devices.
7. Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, fulfill the purposes described in this policy, resolve disputes, maintain security, enforce agreements, and comply with legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the product involved, and applicable legal or operational requirements.
8. Your Choices
Depending on the product and applicable law, you may be able to:
- Review or update account information.
- Disable optional device permissions.
- Control notification settings.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of eligible information.
- Request information about our privacy practices.
Disabling a permission that is necessary for a product feature may prevent that feature from functioning. For example, disabling location access may prevent a navigation product from finding nearby destinations or providing routing assistance.
9. Third-Party Services
Our website and products may use or link to third-party services, including mapping providers, application stores, cloud-hosting services, authentication providers, analytics tools, and external websites.
Third-party services operate under their own terms and privacy policies. Bright Barnacle Studio does not control how an independent third party collects or uses information after you interact directly with that service.
You should review the privacy policies and permission settings of the third-party services and devices you use.
10. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, products, legal obligations, or business practices change.
When this policy is updated, the revised effective date will appear at the top of this page. Material changes may also be communicated through the applicable product or by another reasonable method.
11. Contact Us
Questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy may be submitted through the Bright Barnacle Studio contact page.
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