Privacy Policy

1Information We Collect

Depending on how you use Lacax, we may collect the following information.

1.1 Account Information

If you create an account, we may collect:

• Name or display name
• Email address
• Profile information
• Authentication information provided by third-party authentication services
• Account identifiers

1.2 Phone Number Information

Lacax is designed to help users search and identify phone numbers. We may process:

• Phone numbers entered into the search feature
• Phone numbers submitted by users
• Phone-number labels, names, tags, or descriptions associated with a number
• Information about whether a number has been searched or reported
• Other information that users voluntarily submit about a phone number

1.3 Contacts

If you voluntarily grant Lacax permission to access your device contacts, we may access contact information necessary to provide contact-related features. Depending on the feature you use, this may include:

• Contact names
• Phone numbers
• Contact identifiers

We use contact information only for the purposes described to you when permission is requested.

You can revoke contact permission through your device settings.

1.4 Search and Usage Information

We may collect information about how you use Lacax, including:

• Phone numbers searched
• Search timestamps
• Search frequency
• Features used
• Device information
• Operating system and application version
• IP address
• Approximate location derived from IP address
• Crash and diagnostic information

1.5 Device and Technical Information

We may automatically collect technical information such as:

• Device model
• Operating system
• Application version
• Language
• Time zone
• Unique application or device identifiers
• Network information
• Error and crash information

We use this information to operate, secure, maintain, and improve the Service.

2How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

• Provide phone-number search functionality
• Display information associated with phone numbers
• Allow users to submit labels, tags, or reports
• Maintain and improve our phone-number database
• Provide and improve Lacax features
• Authenticate users
• Maintain account security
• Detect spam, abuse, fraud, and malicious activity
• Monitor and troubleshoot technical problems
• Analyze application performance
• Provide customer support
• Communicate with users about the Service
• Comply with legal obligations
• Enforce our Terms of Service

We do not use personal information for purposes unrelated to the Service unless permitted by law or with appropriate user consent.

3User-Submitted Information

Lacax may allow users to submit information associated with phone numbers. Examples include:

• Names
• Labels
• Tags
• Business descriptions
• Spam classifications
• User comments or reports

Users are responsible for the information they submit.

Lacax may remove information that violates our policies or applicable law.

4Phone Number Database

Lacax may maintain a database containing phone numbers and information associated with those numbers. Information in the database may come from:

• Information voluntarily submitted by Lacax users
• Publicly available information
• Business information
• Information generated through the operation of the Service
• Other lawful sources

5Legal Basis for Processing

Where applicable, we process personal information based on one or more of the following legal grounds:

• Your consent
• Performance of a contract or provision of the Service
• Our legitimate interests
• Compliance with legal obligations
• Protection of users, our Service, or other persons

Where consent is required, you may withdraw consent as permitted by applicable law.

6Sharing of Information

We may share information in limited circumstances, including with:

Service Providers

We may use third-party providers for services such as:

• Cloud hosting
• Database infrastructure
• Authentication
• Analytics
• Crash reporting
• Push notifications
• Customer support
• Advertising
• Payment processing

These providers may process information on our behalf to provide their services.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law
• Respond to lawful government requests
• Respond to court orders or legal processes
• Protect the rights, property, or safety of Lacax, our users, or others
• Investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents

Business Transfers

If Lacax is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

7Advertising

Lacax may use third-party advertising services to display advertisements.

Advertising providers may collect certain information about your device and interaction with advertisements, subject to their own privacy policies and applicable laws.

Where required, Lacax will request the appropriate permissions or provide applicable choices regarding personalized advertising.

8Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Provide the Service
• Maintain security
• Maintain our phone-number database
• Resolve disputes
• Prevent fraud and abuse
• Comply with legal obligations
• Enforce our agreements

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.

When information is no longer required, we may delete or anonymize it.

9Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

However, no internet transmission, application, server, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You should also take reasonable steps to protect your account and device.

10Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights including:

Some information may need to be retained when required by law or for legitimate security, fraud-prevention, or legal purposes.

11Removing Information Associated With a Phone Number

If information displayed by Lacax is associated with your phone number and you believe it is inaccurate, inappropriate, or should not be displayed, you may contact us. Please include:

• The phone number concerned
• The information you are requesting to be corrected or removed
• A description of your request
• Any information reasonably necessary for us to verify and process the request

We may take reasonable steps to verify requests before making changes.

12Account Deletion

If Lacax provides an account deletion feature, you may request deletion of your account through the application.

You may also contact us to request account deletion.

Deleting your account does not necessarily mean that every phone number or user-submitted record associated with your account will immediately disappear from Lacax. Information that has been contributed to the Lacax database may be retained where necessary to operate the Service, prevent abuse, comply with legal requirements, or protect the rights of others.

Where appropriate, we may anonymize or disassociate information from your account rather than permanently deleting the underlying record.

13Children's Privacy

Lacax is not intended for children under the minimum age required to use the Service under applicable law.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children where such collection is prohibited by law.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to Lacax, please contact us.

14International Data Transfers

Lacax and our service providers may process or store information in countries other than the country in which you live.

Where required by applicable law, we will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers of personal information.

15Third-Party Services

Lacax may contain integrations or links to third-party services.

Those services operate under their own privacy policies. Lacax is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party services that we do not control.

16Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When we make changes, we may update the "Last Updated" date and, where appropriate, provide additional notice.

Your continued use of Lacax after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means that you acknowledge the updated policy.

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