MESENSEI MOBILE APPLICATION PRIVACY POLICY

  1. PERSONAL DATA

    Mesensei is driven by Privacy by Design and compliance with EU General Data Protection Regulation. Mesensei is committed to the principles of data minimisation and Data Subject Rights. Therefore the use of the Mesensei mobile app does not require personally identifiable contact information.

  2. PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION

    When you install the application and start using it, you are asked to enter a nickname. If you wish to remain anonymous do not use a nickname, which can be associated to you.

    The application contacts servers used by Mesensei and your device is assigned an unique user id, which connects your device to your user account.The identifier is locked to the device you use and cannot be transferred to another device. Therefore, the application and the content you have generated cannot be transferred to another device. If you install the application to another device your nickname, message history, and stored favourites will not be transferred and Mesensei administration cannot restore them.

    Beyond the device identifier, Mesensei does not collect personal, or any other data, with the intention to identify to unique users personally.

    Message and voice communication is protected by data encryption. The voice calls are not recorded or stored by Mesensei. Chat history remains accessible on both your and your mentor’s device and on the servers needed for the message content relay.

    Please keep in mind that the mentors are acting on their own behalf. Mesensei does not monitor any communication between you and the mentors and is not responsible for the relationship you establish in the application, or during the event. Do not provide any confidential information information if you do not trust the other party.

  3. ACCESS TO PHONE FEATURES

    In order to function as intended, the application will require the access to the following phone features

    • Microphone
    • Notifications
    • Mobile Data & Wifi
    • Storage
    • Background Modes
    • Photos (optional)
    • Camera (optional)

  4. DATA STORED BY THE SERVICE

    4.1 User Account

    The following data will be stored on the servers in association of your user account:

    • Nickname you have provided
    • Synthetic identifier, which a user account is associated to an individual mobile device

    You can additionally provide the following optional data:

    • Gender

    4.2. Transactional technical data

    • Technical information about between your device and the communication with the server (e.g. software version, phone model, timestamps)
    • The search terms you have used
    • The number of mentors you have contacted
    • The number and the duration of the phone calls you have made and received
    • The number of messages you have sent and received
    • The content of the messages
    • The recommendations you have given
    • The favourites you have added

  5. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE GATHER

    Mesensei uses the data collected and described in the section 4 to provide you with the service. Additionally the data can be used for the development of products and services, for scientific and academic study and statistical analysis.

    The data can also be used for targeted content to provide you with personalised content. Mesensei reserves the right to combine the data collected in Mesensei Mobile Application with other relevant data associated with Mesensei hosted services, events, programs, and other activities collected under the same, or similar, privacy policy.

    The uniques identifier of your device can be used to target the mobile application with push notifications. The communication can include, but is not restricted to event information, personalised recommendations, customer relations communication, marketing, feedback, research, etc.

  6. SERVICE PROVIDER CONTACT INFORMATION

    The service provider is Mesensei Oy (FI27838022), Ensi Linja 1, 00530, Helsinki, Finland. To find out more about your rights or privacy, please contact the Customer Support at hello@mesensei.com

  7. UPDATES

    This Privacy Policy is valid until further notice beginning from 12.9.2017. Mesensei reserves all the rights to update this policy.