PRIVACY POLICY MODEL FOR DECOVERY
This privacy policy governs your use of the software application Decovery (“Application”) for mobile devices
that was created by Spiral Scout, a single member LLC based on San Francisco, California. Decovery is a mobile
application and website for pre- and post-natural disaster building safety screening. Decovery’s pre-natural
disaster application is used by field inspectors to quickly compile an electronic inventory of buildings, record
important information about a building (pre and post natural disaster), and generate reports for city officials
about the buildings that have been evaluated.
What information does Decovery obtain and how is it used?
User Provided Information
The Application obtains the information you provide when you download and log in to the Application.
Pre-Registration is done by the admin of your account and set up for you.
When you login to Decovery and use the Application, you generally provide (a) your name, email address,
password (b) information you enter into our system when using the Application, such as accepting assignments,
creating new reports and sending reports back to your admin.
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, the type of mobile Internet browsers you use, and information about the way you use the
Application.
Does the Application collect precise real time location information of the device?
When you visit the mobile application, we may use GPS technology (or other similar technology) to determine
your current location in order to determine the city you are located within and display a location map with
relevant advertisements. We will not share your current location with other users or partners.
If you do not want us to use your location for the purposes set forth above, you should turn off the location
services for the mobile application located in your account settings or in your mobile phone settings and/or
within the mobile application.
Do third parties see and/or have access to information obtained by the Application?
Only with the administrators of your account. 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.
• if Spiral Scout is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be
notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of this
information, as well as any choices you may have regarding this information.
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. You can also request to opt-out via email, at PRIVACY@SPIRALSCOUT.COM.
Data Retention Policy, Managing Your Information
We will retain User Provided data for as long as you use the Application and for a reasonable time thereafter.
We will retain Automatically Collected information for up to 240 months and thereafter may store it in
aggregate. If you’d like us to delete User Provided Data that you have provided via the Application, please
contact us at privacy@spiralscout.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 privacy@applicationsite.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 provide physical, electronic,
and procedural safeguards to protect information we process and maintain. For example, 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 and informing you via email or text message. You are
advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes, as continued use is deemed approval of all
changes. You can check the history of this policy by clicking here.
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 privacy@spiralscout.com.