Circles Social Skills Utility™ Privacy Policy

This privacy policy governs your use of the software application Circles Social Skills Utility™ (“Application”) for mobile devices (iPad) that was created by the James Stanfield Company. The Application helps users teach appropriate touch by defining and clarifying social boundaries and relationship organization. Circles Social Skills Utility™ allows users to create a custom graph with photos and icons in the likeness of their friends/family/teachers/acquaintances/etc. to help them recognize and practice social boundaries and appropriate touch for each relationship. The application is intended for use by students/children/young adults who are accompanied by a parent/guardian or teacher/instructor.


What information does the Application obtain and how is it used?

User Provided Information

The Application does not obtain any personal information when you download it from the App Store. When you exit the the Application and go to the Application’s website circlesapp.com, if you are downloading an asset or reaching out to contact us, you may provide (a) your name, email address and other information on subjects you are interested in; (b) transaction-related information, such as when you make purchases, respond to any offers, or download or use applications from us only if you provide it in the contact form; and; (c) other information you provide us when you contact us for help. We may also use the information you provided us to contact you from time to time to provide you with important information, required notices and marketing promotions.

Automatically Collected Information

In addition, the Application may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile devices unique device ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, and information about the way you use the Application. We will use the information about the way you use the Application in analytics and crash reporting platforms to improve the User Experience and build better products.

Does the Application collect precise real time location information of the device?

This Application does not collect precise information about the location of your mobile device.

Do third parties see and/or have access to information obtained by the Application?

Only aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted to external services to help us improve the Application and our service. We will share your information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement.

We may disclose User Provided and Automatically Collected Information:

  • as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process;
  • when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request;
  • with our trusted services providers who work on our behalf, do not have an independent use of the information we disclose to them, and have agreed to adhere to the rules set forth in this privacy statement.

What are my opt-out rights?

You can stop all collection of information by the Application easily by uninstalling the Application. You may use the standard uninstall processes as may be available as part of your mobile device or via the mobile application marketplace or network.

Data Retention Policy, Managing Your Information

We will retain User Provided data for as long as you use the Application. If you’d like us to delete your account and remove User Provided Data that you have provided via the Application, please contact us at circlesapp@stanfield.com and we will respond in a reasonable time. Please note that some or all of the User Provided Data may be required in order for the Application to function properly.

Children

We do not use the Application to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us at circlesapp@stanfield.com. We will delete such information from our files within a reasonable time.

Security

We are concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. We limit access to this information to authorized employees and contractors who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our Application. Please be aware that, although we endeavor provide reasonable security for information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.

Changes

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy here. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes, as continued use is deemed approval of all changes.

Your Consent

By using the Application, you are consenting to our processing of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy now and as amended by us. “Processing,” means using cookies on a computer/hand held device or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining and disclosing information, all of which activities will take place in the United States. If you reside outside the United States your information will be transferred, processed and stored there under United States privacy standards.

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding privacy while using the Application, or have questions about our practices, please contact us via email at circlesapp@stanfield.com.