Niki7 Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 01/01/2025

Welcome to Niki7 ("Niki7," "we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our AI-powered news intelligence platform, website, and related services (collectively, the "Services").

By accessing or using our Services, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions. Our Services are intended for users who are at least 18 years old.

We may collect personal information directly from you, automatically through your use of our Services, and sometimes from third parties.

A. Information You Provide Directly:

Account Registration:

When you register for an account, we collect information such as your email address, password, and possibly your name or username.

OAuth Login:

If you choose to register or log in using a third-party OAuth provider (e.g., Google, Facebook), we will receive certain profile information about you from that provider. The specific information we receive depends on your settings with the OAuth provider and their privacy policies. This may include your name, email address, profile picture, and other information you have made public. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party services.

"Ask Bar" Queries:

We collect the text of the questions you submit to our "Ask Bar" feature.

Feedback and Communications:

If you provide us with feedback or contact us (e.g., via email at [email protected]), we will collect your name (if provided), email address, and the content of your communication.

B. Information Collected Automatically:

Usage Data:

When you use our Services, we automatically collect information about your interactions, such as features used, pages visited, interactions with content (e.g., articles viewed, topics explored), and platform analytics.

Log Data and Device Information:

We automatically log information when you access and use our Services. This information may include:

• User Identifiers: Associated with your account.

• Timestamps: Dates and times of access and activity.

• IP Address: We collect your IP address for purposes such as security, preventing abuse, analytics, and determining your general geographic location.

• Device Information: Information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Services, such as your hardware model, operating system and version, browser type, and unique device identifiers.

"Ask Bar" Query Metadata:

In addition to the query text, when you use the "Ask Bar," we log associated user identifiers, timestamps, IP addresses, and device information.

Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies:

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels) to collect information about your browsing activities, manage sessions, remember your preferences, and for analytics purposes. For more information about how we use cookies and your choices, please see Section 5 ("Cookies and Tracking Technologies") below.

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

To Provide and Maintain Our Services:

• To create and manage your account.

• To enable you to access and use the Services, including the "Ask Bar."

• To process your queries and provide you with AI-generated insights and summaries.

To Improve and Personalize Our Services:

• To understand how users interact with our Services to improve user experience and develop new features.

• To personalize your experience, for example, by tailoring content or "Ask Bar" responses based on your usage.

• To train and refine our AI algorithms and models.

For Security and Fraud Prevention:

• To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services for security purposes.

• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, or other illegal or harmful activities.

• To use your IP address for security measures like rate limiting or blocking suspicious traffic.

To Communicate With You:

• To respond to your comments, questions, and requests, and provide customer support.

• To send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.

• To send you marketing communications (where permitted by law and with your consent, if required). You can opt-out of these as described in Section 7 ("Your Rights and Choices").

For Legal Compliance:

• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes (such as subpoenas or court orders), or governmental requests.

• To enforce our Terms and Conditions and other agreements.

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

A. With Third-Party Service Providers:

We share information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services on our behalf. These may include:

• Cloud Hosting Providers: For data storage and hosting of our platform.

• Data Analytics Providers: To help us understand and improve our Services.

• Payment Processors: (In the future, for premium services) To process payments. Niki7 will not store full payment card information; this will be handled by the payment processor.

• Customer Support Software Providers: To help us manage customer communications.

• Email Service Providers: To send communications to our users.

These service providers are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us and are obligated to protect your information.

B. For Legal Reasons and Protection of Rights:

We may disclose your information if we believe that disclosure is necessary:

• To comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process (such as a subpoena or court order), or governmental request.

• To enforce our Terms and Conditions or other applicable agreements or policies.

• To protect the rights, property, or safety of Niki7, our users, or the public from harm or illegal activities.

• To respond to an emergency which we believe in good faith requires us to disclose information to assist in preventing the death or serious bodily injury of any person.

C. Business Transfers:

In the event of a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets, or transition of service to another provider, your personal information may be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction as permitted by law and/or contract.

D. Anonymized or Aggregated Data:

We may share aggregated or anonymized information that does not directly identify you with third parties for research, analysis, or other purposes.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your interaction with our Services. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us operate our Services, remember your preferences, analyze usage, and for other purposes.

Types of Cookies:

We may use session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device until they expire or you delete them).

Your Choices:

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

Analytics:

We may use third-party analytics services (like Google Analytics) that use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze usage information and report on activities and trends.

We will retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the Services. We will also retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. For example, "Ask Bar" queries and associated metadata are stored as long as your user account has not been deleted.

When we no longer need to use your personal information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, we will take reasonable steps to de-identify or delete it.

Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws (such as GDPR or CCPA), you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights may include:

• Right to Access: You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.

• Right to Rectification: You may have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.

• Right to Erasure (Deletion): You may have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.

• Right to Restrict Processing: You may have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

• Right to Data Portability: You may have the right to receive a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit that information to another controller.

• Right to Object: You may have the right to object to our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, particularly where we are processing your data for direct marketing purposes or based on our legitimate interests.

• Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

• Rights Related to Automated Decision-Making: You may have rights concerning automated decision-making and profiling.

Exercising Your Rights:

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

Communication Preferences:

You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in those emails or by contacting us. Even if you opt-out of promotional communications, we may still send you non-promotional messages, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures designed to protect the security of your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. However, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States (or other jurisdictions where our service providers are located) and process it there.

We will take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

Our Services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that a child under 18 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at [email protected].

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent notice on our website prior to the change becoming effective, and we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Services after any modifications to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

[email protected]