Privacy Policy

Barncat Privacy Policy – this policy describes how we collect, use, and share your personal data. This policy applies to both our website and mobile application.  

   

Background:   

Equus Manege, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, owns and operates both the Barncat website and mobile application. For clarity, “Our Company,” “Barncat,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Equus Manege, LLC.    

   

Topics:   

   

• What data do we collect?   

• How do we collect your data?   

• How will we use your data?   

• How do we store your data?   

• Marketing   

• Children   

• What are your data protection rights?   

• What are cookies?   

• How do we use cookies?   

• How to manage your cookies?   

• Privacy Policies of other websites   

• Changes to our privacy policy   

• How to contact us   

• How to contact the appropriate authorities   

   

What data do we collect?   

We collect the following:   

• Account and Contact Information: your name and related profile information, such as your email address   

• Device Information: data from your device (computer, phone, tablet), such as device type, operating system version, browser version, accelerometer, and flash.   

• Usage Data: information about your activity on our website and mobile app, for example how long you spend on a certain page. This also includes crash data, performance information and bug reports.   

• Location Data: we only collect location data, with your explicit consent, for the purpose of providing weather and other regional content to you.   

• User-generated content: uploaded photos/documents/videos and your posts/entries.   

   

How do we collect your data?   

You submit and directly provide Barncat with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:   

• Register online or place an order for any of our products or services.   

• Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.   

• Use or view our website, via your browser’s cookies.   

• Use or view our mobile application.   

   

Our company may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources such as:   

• Apple, Meta and other social media companies if you use them for your login credentials.    

• Apple and Google via their mobile application platforms, for example the App Store.   

   

How will we use your data?   

Our company collects your data so that we can:   

• Provide and maintain our services, namely our website and mobile app.   

• Process your orders and manage your account   

• Contact you, via emails and notifications with information on changes or updates to our services or your order. You may opt out at any time.   

• Respond to you and any requests or comments you have for us.   

• Provide you with updates to the website and mobile app, including bug fixes and new features,   

• And provide you with new products or services in the future.   

   

How will we store your data?   

Our Company securely stores your data, employing physical, electronic, and managerial procedures, and using commercial storage companies such as, but not limited to, Amazon Web Services, Alphabet’s Firebase, and Mixpanel. Billing and payment data is encrypted whenever transmitted or received online. Personal information is accessible only by staff designated to handle online requests or complaints. All Barncat agents and contractors with access to your data are also bound to adhere to our security standards and all applicable laws.   

 

   

Given that storing your posts, pictures and other user content is a key purpose of our services, we will keep that information for you as long as you remain a user. The purpose of this lengthy storage is so that you can retrieve your information. Once you are no longer a user, after a period of three years, we will delete your data automatically, using our service provider’s commercially available deletion tools.   

   

Marketing   

Our Company would like to send you information on product updates, new features, and new products. If you have agreed to receive marketing from us, you may always opt out at a later date. You have the right at any time to stop Our Company from contacting you for marketing purposes.   

   

   

We may, from time to time, anonymize your information, then share batches of anonymized data with our partner companies. We may also use this anonymous data to attract investors, or to engage other companies for mergers or acquisitions.  

 

Barncat employs or engages other companies and individuals to perform business functions on our behalf. These persons may be provided with personal identifying information required to perform their functions, but are prohibited by contract from using the information for other purposes. These persons engage in a variety of functions which include, but are not limited to, fulfilling orders, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments and providing customer services. 

 

Circumstances may arise where for business reasons, we decide to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize our businesses in the United States or some other country. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure and sale of personal identifying information to prospective or actual purchasers, and/or receiving or purchasing such information from sellers. In such transactions, customer information is generally one of the transferred business assets.   

   

Children   

We do not sell products or services for purchase by children, and will not collect or post information from a child under the age of 18 without the involvement of a parent or guardian. If we learn that we collected a child’s personal information without appropriate authorization, we will delete it immediately. If you are the parent/gurdian of a child and you suspect we may have your child’s personal information without your authorization, please contact us at support@barncat.app.    

   

   

What are cookies?   

Cookies are text files placed on your device to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.   

   

How do we use cookies?   

Our Company uses cookies to:   

• Keep you signed in   

• Understand how you use our website   

• Reduce bugs and errors, and improve our website   

   

What types of cookies do we use?   

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:   

• Functionality: Our Company uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. We use a mix of first-party and third-party cookies.   

• Performance: Our Company uses these cookies to improve your experience on our websites. We do this via a variety of methods that include: minimize display issues, fix bugs quickly, adjust picture sizes, and improve load times.   

• Advertising: Our Company does not currently share advertising information, but we reserve the right to do so in the future.   

   

How to manage cookies?   

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your device. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.   

   

Online tracking technology enables website operators to collect personal information about consumers as they move across websites and other online services. Most browsers incorporate “do not track” (DNT) features in their privacy settings. When enabled, a DNT signal or request informs a website operator that the visitor does not wish to be tracked online. The Barncat website is currently designed only for tracking movement within the website. We do not honor DNT requests, and do not treat visitors who make DNT requests differently from visitors who do not make DNT requests. Barncat also does not differentiate between visitors who make DNT requests and visitors who do not make such requests, when it comes to the collection or usage of personal information. There are no third parties that conduct online tracking on the website. 

 

Privacy policies of other websites and other companies   

Our Company’s website and mobile application contain links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to Barncat, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.   

   

While using Barncat software, you might share your personal information with other companies, for example with PayPal to pay for your order. Our privacy policy applies only to us, and you should read the privacy policies of those other companies.   

   

GDPR Compliance 

The provisions in this section apply to users who are individuals residing in a European Union country (“EU Residents”). The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is a European Union regulation that governs the relationship between Barncat and EU Residents. Under the GDPR, Barncat is considered to be a “data controller.” This means that Barncat determines how and why personal data is processed. 

In the course of providing the Service, Barncat may collect certain identifying personal data about EU Residents, including name, identification number, location data, online identifier, photographs, videos, etc. In this Privacy Policy, any such personal data that can be used to identify a specific person will be called “Personal Data.” As an EU Resident, you have the following rights, which we call Data Access Rights: 

• You have the right to obtain confirmation from Barncat as to whether we are processing Personal Data concerning you. 

• You have the right to information about the processing of your Personal Data, such as the purposes, the categories of Personal Data, recipients, etc.  

• You have the right to obtain a copy, in electronic format, of any Personal Data concerning you that we hold. 

• You have the right to be forgotten. This means that you have to right to have Barncat erase your Personal Data. You also have the right to have Barncat stop any further dissemination of your Personal Data. If Personal Data was collected when you were a minor, we are obligated to delete it upon your request. However, Barncat has the right to maintain your Personal Data in the following cases: 

1. If the Personal Data we hold is needed to exercise the right of freedom of expression; 

1. If we have a legal obligation to keep your Personal Data; 

1. If we need to maintain your Personal Data for reasons of public interest, such as public health, scientific, statistical, or historical research purposes; or 

1. If your Personal Data has undergone an appropriate process of anonymization. 

• You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data for specific reasons. In such a case, Barncat will stop processing your Personal Data unless we need to process the Personal Data for reasons that override your rights and freedoms, or if we need the data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.  

• You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes. 

To exercise any of your Data Access Rights, please contact Barncat at support@barncat.app. Please note that there is no charge for exercising any of your Data Rights. However, if we determine that requests are unfounded or excessive, in particular because of their repetitive nature, we have the right to charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act.  

In addition to your Data Access Rights, the GDPR also grants you a Data Portability Right. This is the right to have us transmit your Personal Data to another organization in a structured, machine-readable format. You may exercise your Data Portability Right only where we collected your Personal Data in the context of a contract or on the basis of consent, and such data is processed by automated means. To exercise your Data Portability Right, please contact Barncat at support@barncat.app. 

Changes to our privacy policy   

Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on our website at barncat.app/privacy. We most recently updated this policy on October 11, 2023.   

   

How to contact us?   

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise any of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us at support@barncat.app.