Home
Login Register

Privacy Policy

Introduction

It is extremely important to us to ensure that you not only have a pleasant experience on Affuture, but also that you feel comfortable and safe while doing so. This Privacy Policy supplements our Terms of Service and explains how we handle information collected and received in the course of your use of our websites, mobile application and services (collectively, the “Services”). It also governs the collection, use and disclosure of your information.

Information we collect and receive

We may collect and receive information from you in the following situations:

  • When you register for an account with us (“Account”).
  • When you choose to connect your Account with an external third-party service or application, such as Facebook or Google.
  • When you use the features and functions available on our Services, for example, by interacting with through our chat or instant messaging feature or transacting with other users.
  • If you contact us, for example, with a query or to report a problem.
  • When you register for a survey, campaign, contest and/or lucky draw with us.
  • When you interact with us offline or through an external third party.

You are under no obligation to provide the information to us. However, if you choose to withhold the information or to revoke permission for us to receive the information, we may be unable to provide certain aspects of our Services to you. By providing us with any information relating to a third party, you represent to us that you have validly obtained the consent of the third party to provide us with their information for the respective purposes.

We may collect and receive the following information. Please note that not all of our Services collect all of the information listed below:

  • Account credentials such as username.
  • Profile information such as, name, gender, identification number, email address, profile photo, mobile number, date of birth, and valid driver’s license.
  • Location information such as last known location, meet-up location.
  • Any other information disclosed by you in any of the above-mentioned methods and/or through the use our Services.
  • Aggregate data collected through the use of our Services.
  • Any communications between you and another user of our Services.

Why we collect the information and how we use it

We may use the information collected and received from you for the following purposes:

  • To verify your identity, update our records and generally maintain your Account with us.
  • Provide our Services.
  • Develop, operate, improve, deliver and maintain our Services.
  • To process transactions or arrange payment.
  • To process or resolve any dispute arising from or in connection with any transactions, in accordance with our Terms of Service.
  • Responding to your queries and resolving complaints.
  • To facilitate, confirm and/or provide updates or notifications in relation to any transactions.
  • Carry out polls, surveys, analysis and research on how our Services are being used and how we can improve them.
  • To facilitate your participation in any contest and/or event.
  • To send you marketing and/or promotional materials on the latest products or carefully selected third parties. These updates will be sent by email and/or through push notifications and you can choose to unsubscribe from these marketing communications via the link in the email you have received.

Who we share your information with

We may share information about you in the following ways:

  • When you register for an Account, the information which you make available on your profile may be viewed by other users of our Services.
  • We may share the information with third party service providers which may include but not limited to banks and insurance providers who assist us in performing certain aspects of our Services on our behalf.
  • We may share the information with our potential partners, investors and other parties with a view to a potential business partnership, collaboration, joint venture or otherwise in furtherance of our business.
  • We may share any information collected in accordance with this Privacy Policy with: (i) governmental and other regulatory authorities or the courts in any jurisdiction; (ii) any third party claimants or potential third party claimants; or (iii) your card issuing bank, financial institution and/or payment service provider.
  • We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to prevent fraud or crime or to protect our Services or the rights, property, or personal safety of any person.

We respect your privacy, and we will not sell your personal information to any third party. We may disclose data and aggregate statistics about users of our Services and sales to prospective partners, advertisers, sponsors and other reputable third parties in order to describe our Services, deliver targeted advertisements or for other lawful purposes, but these data and statistics will not include information which can be used to identify you.

Transfer of information

By using our Services, you authorise us to use your information for the purposes mentioned above. We will ensure that your information is transferred in accordance with this Privacy Policy and protected in accordance with applicable laws on personal data protection.

Protecting your information

The security of your information is important to us. We have security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control. We also follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the information transmitted to us over the Internet, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

It is important that you protect against unauthorised access of your Account and information by choosing your password carefully, and keeping your password and Account secure (e.g. by signing out after using our Services).

Accessing and updating your information

You may access and update your information within our Services through the “Settings” page of your Account. Where you provide personal information about yourself to us, you are responsible for providing accurate, not misleading, complete and up-to-date information about yourself and any other person whose personal information you provide us, and to update this personal information as and when it becomes inaccurate, misleading, incomplete or out-of-date.

Tracking technologies

We use tracking technologies on our Services. This enables us to understand how you use our Services which, in turn, helps us to provide and improve our Services. However, the tracking technologies do not access, receive, or collect information which can be used to identify you.

  • Cookies: A cookie is a small data file sent from a website to your browser that is stored on your device. Cookies are used for a number of purposes, including to display the most appropriate content based on your interests and activity on our Services.
  • Pixels: We may from time to time use certain Facebook Business Tools such as the Facebook Pixel. This tool allows us to keep track of what users do after they see or click on a Facebook advertisement.
  • Flash cookies: We use Flash cookies (a.k.a local shared objects or LSOs) to store some of your viewing preferences on our Services.

Affuture Opt-Out

From the “Settings” page of your Account, you may opt out of behavioural tracking and/or interest-based advertising through our Platforms. Your changes to such opt-out setting may take 24 hours to become effective.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and all changes will be posted here. If we believe that the changes are material, we will notify you of the changes by posting a notice on our Services or by email. Your continued use of our Services constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

Contact us

If you have any questions, complaints, concerns, or comments on our Privacy Policy, we welcome you to contact us by sending an email to contact@affuture.com.

Conflict

Please kindly note that where this Privacy Policy has been translated to any other non-English language, in the event of any inconsistencies in the meaning of any provision of the English language text of this Privacy Policy, the English language text shall prevail.

Back to Home