Privacy Policy

Arethion, LLC works hard to protect user privacy and to foster a safe and positive user community. Unlike other platforms and social networks, we do not advertise to our users, mine user data, or sell user data.

In order to operate our website and community, we must collect, use, share, retain and transfer certain types of information. The personal information collected is utilized to provide and enhance Arethion’s platform, products, and services, and we commit not to use or share your information with anyone except as outlined in this privacy policy. By opting to use our services, you acknowledge and agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of information in accordance with this policy.

Arethion gathers two types of information about you:

Information you willingly provide to us
Information obtained when you use the service

Information You Choose to Give Us

Requests or queries submitted through online forms, email, or other means.
Account information, registration, and management.
User preferences and settings for your account.
Uploaded or posted user content.
Inquiries for customer support or technical assistance.
Job or volunteer applications.
Participation in available surveys.
Provision of other information within or outside the service.

Information We Get When You Use the Service

Information about your connection, such as your IP address, browser type, and related information.
Information about your device and its settings, such as device and advertising ID, operating system, carrier, language, memory, apps installed, and battery level.
Log information, such as cookies, clickstream data, referring webpages, access times, page views, interactions with links, and mobile device-related details.
Analytics data used to assess traffic and usage trends. This information, sent by your browser or mobile device, aids in analyzing and enhancing the service.
Interactions with other users and user content.
Purchase and payment information, such as when your transaction was made, what subscriptions or products were purchased, when a subscription is set to expire or auto-renew, and amounts paid or received.

How We Use Information

We may utilize the information collected, individually or in combination, for various purposes, including but not limited to:

Developing, operating, enhancing, delivering, personalizing, maintaining, and safeguarding our products and services.
Fostering safety and security on our platform and in our community. This may include verifying identity, and preventing fraud, unauthorized, or illegal activities.
Enforcing our Terms of Service and other usage policies.
Monitoring and analyzing trends and usage.
Sending communications, including emails, related to support queries or sharing information about our service, among other communications.

Local storage or use of information on your device may also occur.

How We Share Information

We may share information about you in the following manners:

With other users: your username, profile name, profile pictures, biography, additional consented information, and user content.
With third parties operating features within our service: We may engage third-party entities to facilitate, provide, or analyze service-related services. When using these services, information is provided directly to the service provider, subject to their privacy policy. We are not responsible for information disclosed directly to these third parties, and users are encouraged to familiarize themselves with their practices.
With third parties for legal reasons: Information may be shared if reasonably believed necessary to comply with legal processes, governmental requests, applicable laws, rules, regulations, investigations, remedies, enforce potential terms and conditions violations, protect our, our users’, or others’ rights, property, safety, or detect and resolve fraud or security concerns.

Payment Processor

We utilize a third-party payment processor, Stripe, to handle payments made to us. During the payment processing, Arethion does not retain any financial details like credit card numbers. All such information is directly provided to Stripe, and their use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policy, accessible at https://stripe.com/us/privacy.

How You Can Manage Your Information

Users can adjust certain content and privacy settings in their Account settings. Users may also request to download or delete their personal data by emailing Support@Arethion.com.

Security

We prioritize the trust you place in providing us with your personal information and strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect it. However, it is important to note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is entirely secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Links to Other Sites

Our service may include links to external sites, for example on user posts within our community. Clicking on a third-party link will redirect you to that site. Please be aware that these external sites are not operated by us, and we strongly recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may periodically update our privacy policy. It is advisable to review this page regularly for any changes. Changes become effective immediately upon being posted on this page. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated privacy policy on this page.

Privacy Policy last updated on November 14, 2023.