Privacy Policy under GDPR regulation (for Europe and companies doing business towards European area users) - Budokan Academy

This privacy policy describes how our company collects, uses and discloses your personal information and data when you use our services through our websites and/or application.

What kind of data is collected?

We collect the following types of data and information:

Personal identification information: Name, physical address, email address, phone number, and age (for students).
Account information: Username, password, and profile details.
Payment information: Credit/debit card details (processed securely via third-party payment processors).
Images and videos: Uploaded by users for profile pictures or shared during app interactions.
Usage data: Device model, OS version, device language, geolocation (if provided), country, and city.

How is the data collected?

You provide our company with most of the data we collect, we collect data and process personal data and information when:

You register online or place and order for any of our products or services
Use our website or application when cookies are set on your device

Our company might also receive data and information indirectly from the following sources:

Flurry (https://www.flurry.com)
Firebase (https://www.firebase.google.com)
Count.ly (https://count.ly)
AppsFlyer (https://www.appsflyer.com)
Meta Pixel & App Events (https://developers.facebook/coom/docs/app-events)
Google Analytics: To analyze app usage and improve user experience.
Payment processors: To confirm transactions and prevent fraud.
Third-party integrations: Such as social media platforms (if applicable).

How will we use your data?

Our company collects your data so that we can:

Process your order, manage your account
Send you email with special offers on products and services
Use images you uploaded to scan your bank card and fill in its details quicker
Use your images, videos, text you submitted us to eventually post them on our app
Use your images, videos in our form sections you'd fill in, to have more information to deal with your request

If you agree our company will share your data with partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services:

Payment processors: To complete transactions.
Marketing partners: To send you promotional offers (only with your consent).

When our company processes your order it may send your data to credit and banking agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases that can include third-party payment processors.

How is the data stored?

We securely store your data on servers located in the United States. We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law. Once the retention period expires, we will delete your data securely.

We use the following third-party services to process your data:

Google Analytics: For app usage analytics.
Payment processors: For secure transaction handling.
GoodBarber: The app development platform used to build and maintain the app.

Marketing

We would like to send you information about our products, services, and promotions that we think you might like. If you have agreed to receive marketing communications, you may opt out at any time.

You have the right to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes or sharing your data with partners. To opt out, contact us at:

Email: kbudokan@gmail.com
Phone: +1 3342306826
Address: 6369 Atlanta Hwy, Montgomery, AL

Data protection rights

Under applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights:

The right to access: Request copies of your personal data.
The right to rectification: Request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete data.
The right to erasure: Request deletion of your data under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing: Request limitations on how we use your data.
The right to object to processing: Object to our use of your data under certain conditions.
The right to data portability: Request transfer of your data to another organization.

To exercise these rights, contact us at:

Email: kbudokan@gmail.com
Phone: +1 3342306826

We will respond to your request within one month.

Privacy policies of other websites or third-party

Our company’s website might contain links to other websites, our privacy policy applies only to our website and/or application and services so if you click on another website you must read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

Our company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page, this privacy policy was last updated on 03/02/2025.

Contacting us

If you have questions about this privacy policy, the data we hold, or your data protection rights, please contact us at:

Email: kbudokan@gmail.com
Phone: +1 3342306826
Address: 6369 Atlanta Hwy, Montgomery, AL

Contacting the appropriate authority

If you have concerns about how we manage your data, you can contact the relevant data protection authority in your region.

PRIVACY POLICY under other regulations than GDPR

Our company is committed to protecting individual privacy and securing the personal information made available to us when you visit. This privacy policy describes what information is made available to our company and how that information is used and retained and provides information on:

Information we receive (when you provide it, visit our website, receive email…)
How this information is used
Sharing of this information
Data retention
Third-party tools and sites
Children and privacy security

If you have any question or suggestion for its improvement, please let us know at kbudokan@gmail.com

Information you give us

You do not have to provide our company with any personal information or create a user account to access information on our website and/or application. However for some services we may need personal information from you such as:

Personal identification information (name, physical address, email address, phone number…)

Also when you visit our website the following information is automatically received and stored by servers:

IP address

Third-party websites

Our company’s website and/or application might contain links to other websites, our privacy policy applies only to our website so if you click on another website you must read their privacy policy.

How information is used

If you choose to provide us with information we may use that information to contact you, respond to your message or provide information or services you requested.

We use data you provide and automatically generated data for statistical analysis to assess what information is of interest to users and system performance. This allows us to make general improvements to our site. We may also use your information in order to detect, prevent and respond to security issues and harmful activities on our website and/or application.

Sharing of this information

Information you choose to share with our company may be treated as public information.

Our company uses a third-party analytics provider (such as Google Analytics) to analyse data from cookies. The third-party analytics provider does not receive personally identifiable information through these cookies. We have also limited the provider’s ability to see your full IP address.

Within our company we restrict access to personally identifiable information to employees, contractors and vendors subject to non-disclosure requirements who require access to this information in order to perform their official duties and exercise controls to limit what data they can view based on the specific needs of their position.

We do not use or share your information for commercial purposes and except as described above, we do not exchange or otherwise disclose this information.

Link to external websites and third-party

Our website may link to other websites created and maintained by other private and/or public organisations and individuals. When you follow a link to an external site you are leaving our website and are subject to external site’s privacy and security policies. Our company does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained on an external site.

Security

Our company takes reasonable precautions to protect our site and information. For example we restrict access to personally identifiable information to employees, contractors and vendors subject to non-disclosure requirements.

Our company also uses commonly used practices and technical controls to protect the information in our possession or control. These practices and controls include, but are not limited to, encrypting the transfer of personal information over the internet, using firewalls and intrusion detection systems and maintaining strict technical controls and procédures to ensure data integrity.

We periodically review our processes and systems to verify compliance with industry best practices and to ensure the highest level of security for our website.

Updates do this privacy policy

Our company will revise or update this policy from time to time, if we make significant changes to how we handle personal information we will post changes to the policy on our site and change the date at the end.

Updated on: 03/02/2025

Cookie Policy and other similar tracking technologies (GDPR and non GDPR)

When you visit BUDOKAN we may send cookies or other similar tracking technologies to your computer or to any other device you use. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track user’s preferences and to know how he uses our services.

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

For further information visit allaboutcookies.org

Cookies are used for user identification and proper assignment of historical user data collected during previous visits.

Both temporary cookie files (session cookies) and persistent cookies are used. Users may delete or remove cookies for the browser at any time or block cookies from being installed on its device. However this may affect the operation of our services or even result in its blocking.

As described above, we use your personal information and data to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the app to function properly. They enable features like account login, shopping cart functionality, and payment processing. Without these cookies, certain services cannot be provided.
Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our app, such as which pages you visit most often. This data helps us improve the app’s performance and user experience. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the app to remember your preferences, such as language settings or font size, to provide a personalized experience.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you. They also limit the number of times you see an ad and help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

Third-Party Cookies

We use the following third-party services that may place cookies on your device:

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how users interact with our app. You can read more about how Google uses your data here: Google Privacy Policy. You can opt out of Google Analytics here: Google Analytics Opt-Out.
Facebook Pixel: If applicable, we use the Facebook Pixel to track user activity and deliver personalized ads on Facebook. For more information, see Facebook’s Cookie Policy: Facebook Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy: Facebook Privacy Policy. You can adjust your ad preferences on Facebook here: Facebook Ad Settings.
Google AdSense: If applicable, we may use Google AdSense to display ads on our app. These ads may be personalized based on your interests. You can opt out of personalized ads by visiting Google Ad Settings.
Managing Cookies
You can manage or disable cookies through your device or browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our app and limit your access to certain features.
For more information about cookies, visit All About Cookies.

Opting Out of Targeted Advertising

You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting the following links:

Facebook: Facebook Ad Settings
Google: Google Ad Settings
Digital Advertising Alliance: Opt-Out Portal

How to manage cookies?

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above website and/or application tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However some of our websites and/or applications might not work properly without the use of cookies.

Here are some of the main explanation on how to delete cookies on your browser: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome); https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox); https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera); https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer); https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

For mobile devices, if you don’t want to receive targeted advertising based on your center of interest coming from a mobile application, please check the parameters of the operating system of your mobile device and follow these instructions: 1) iOS Users: to enable “Limited Ad Tracking” follow the instructions given by Apple. 2) Android Users: to enable the option “deactivate ad personalization”, follow the instructions given by Google on Google Play. 3) You might want to download the DAA mobile AppChoices application to control behavioural advertising online.

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