Last Updated: 14th July, 2020
This policy, together with our Terms and Conditions and any additional terms of use incorporated by reference into the Terms and Conditions, applies to your use of:
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing policy we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.
This App is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
In a nutshell, this Privacy Policy sets out:
We are Platd, a food-focused social media platform. Platd is a registered trade name with the Registrar of Companies of the Republic of Cyprus, owned by Aristos Michaelides.
Platd is the controller and is responsible for your personal data(“we”, “us” or “our” in this policy).
Aristos Michaelides is the owner of the registered trade name Platd andthe controller and responsible for your personal data ("we","us" or "our" in this privacy policy).
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices,please contact us:
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Office of the Commissioner forPersonal Data Protection, the Cyprus regulator for data protection issues. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
We only collect the most relevant, proportionate for each purpose and strictly necessary personal information from you in the course of our business when you use the App. We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you as follows:
We also collect, use and share aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific App feature. However, if we combine or connect aggregated data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
Purposes for which we will use your personal data
We will use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
The firm shall not carry out any automated decision-making activities, including profiling, using your personal information.
Change of purpose
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
In case we need to collect any Special Categories of Personal Data we will ensure to take all measures to comply with all applicable data protection laws.
Change of Purpose
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
We may share personal information the following categories of third parties as necessary:
Please note the following:
We use cookies and/or other tracking technologies to distinguish you from other users of the App, the Appstore or any other relevant services sites and to remember your preferences. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use the App and also allows us to improve the App. For detailed information on the cookies we use, the purposes for which we use them and how you can exercise your choices regarding our use of your cookies, see our cookie policy.
We will retain relevant personal information for five (5) years from the date of our Last Interaction with you and in compliance with our obligations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, or for longer if we are required to do so according to our legal, regulatory and/or compliance obligations or professional indemnity obligations. We may then destroy such files without further notice or liability.
It is provided that in the event that you delete or remove the App or unsubscribe or terminate your subscription, and you cease to be a user and/or subscriber and/or customer of the App, you will be able, for, and within, a period of 30 days, to reactive your account connected with all the personal information you have provided. Our Last Interaction with you is placed upon the expiration of this 30-day reactivation period.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Your legal rights below for further information.
In some circumstances we will anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
In the event that you do not use the App fora period of 12-months then we will treat the account as expired and your personal data may be deleted.
We use a variety of technical and organisational measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, alteration or destruction consistent with the applicable data protection laws and the EU General Data Protection Regulation. We have also implemented appropriate information security policies, rules and technical measures to secure your personal information collected by us. Your personal information is saved in an encrypted form.
All of our partners, employees, consultants, workers and data processors (i.e. those who process your personal information on our behalf,), who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal information, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of such personal information, keep it secure and protect it.
Notwithstanding the generality of the above, all information you provide to us is stored on our or our chosen third-party providers’ secure servers. Any payment transactions that might be carried out by us or our chosen third-party provider of payment processing services will be securely executed. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to access certain parts of the App, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
Certain Services and/or theApp include social networking, chat room or forum features. Ensure when using these features that you do not submit any personal data that you do not want to be seen, collected or used by other users.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator when we are legally required to do so.
In order to provide our services we may need to transfer your personal information to locations outside Cyprus. This may entail a transfer of your information from a location within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) to outside theEEA, or from outside the EEA to a location within the EEA. For any transfer of data outside the EEA, we will implement appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information remains protected and secure in accordance with applicable data protection laws and the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
You have the following rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you. Please note that some of these rights will only apply in certain circumstances and some of them may be limited where we have an overriding interest or legal obligation to continue to process the data or where data may be exempt from disclosure due to reasons of confidentiality obligations.
If you want to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at +35725585811.
Again, please note that you also have a right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus, where you are habitually resident, or where an alleged infringement of Data Protection law has taken place.
You have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes. This means you can opt-out from receiving direct marketing from us at any time.
We may use the information you give us on the App or other means for direct marketing purposes to provide emails, newsletters and other messages to keep you informed of the Platd application, recipes, other home cooks, developments in the Platd application, market insights and of our services.
You can opt-out of receiving direct marketing from us at any time. You can do this by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link included at the end of any marketing email we send to you, or by contacting us at ari@platd.co.
You have the right to ask us not to continue to process your personal data for marketing purposes.
We do not knowingly collect information from children or other persons who are under 16 years old without the consent and acceptance by any of their parent and/or guardian. If you are under 16 years old, you may not submit any personal data to us without the consent and acceptance by any of your parent and/or guardian
We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. To ensure that you are always aware of how we use your personal information we will update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect any changes to our use of your personal information. We may also make changes as required to comply with changes in applicable law or regulatory requirements.Where it is practicable, we will notify you by email of any significant changes. However, we encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to be informed of how we use your personal information.
Our App, emailupdates and other communications may, from time to time, contain links to andfrom the websites or apps of others. The personal data that you provide throughthese websites or apps is not in any case subject to this Privacy Policy andthe treatment of your personal data by such websites is not ourresponsibility.
You should consult the third parties’ PrivacyPolicy notices which will set out how your information is collected and processed when visiting those websites or apps, as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
DESCRIPTION OF CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA