Sip Social is an events platform that brings responsible adults together to socialize over drinks. Our goal is to provide a safe and trusted space so that all users can have a positive experience on Sip Social. Protecting our users as well as their privacy is a major priority for us. We try to limit the data we collect to what is necessary to use the app and related services.

Below, we outline what data we collect, how we use and share it, and your rights.

Sip Social is intended for users who are at least 21 years old. Persons under the age of 18 are not permitted to use or register our app or any other services provided by us.

By using Sip Social, your consent and agree to the following terms:

1. Information We Collect
1. Information you provide to us
1. Contact data: your name, email address
2. Location: your location while using the app (optional)
3. Social information: your contacts (optional)
4. Profile data: any information you add to your profile including your profile picture, username, encrypted password, biographical details, interests, preferences.
5. Communications: that we exchange with you, including when you contact us through our app, email, phone, social media or otherwise.
6. Marketing data: such as your preferences for receiving our marketing communications and details about your engagement with them.
7. User-generated content, such as profile pictures, photos, images, comments, questions, messages, and other content or information that you generate, transmit, or otherwise make available on Sip Social, as well as associated metadata. Metadata includes information on how, when, where and by whom a piece of content was collected and how that content has been formatted or edited. Metadata also includes information that users can add or can have added to their content, such as keywords, geographical or location information, and other similar data.
8. Other data not specifically listed here, which we will use as described in this privacy policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
2. Third-party sources
1. We may combine personal information we receive from you with personal information we obtain from other sources, such as:
2. Social media services that you use to log into, or otherwise link to, your account on Sip Social. This data may include your username, profile picture, contacts, calendars, and other information associated with your account on that third-party service that is made available to us based on your account settings on that service.
3. Automatic Data Collection
We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with Sip Social, our communications and other online services, such as:
1. Device data, such as your computer’s or mobile device’s operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, RAM and disk size, CPU usage, device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers (including identifiers used for advertising purposes), language settings, mobile device carrier, radio/network information (e.g., Wi-Fi, LTE, 3G), and general location information such as city, state or geographic area.
2. Online activity data, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, the website you visited before browsing to Sip Social, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times and duration of access, and whether you have opened our emails or clicked links within them.
3. Location data based on your device and online activity data.
4. Cookies and similar technologies
Some of the automatic collection described above is facilitated by the following technologies:
1. Cookies, which are small text files that websites store on user devices and that allow web servers to record users' web browsing activities and remember their submissions, preferences, and login status as they navigate a site. Cookies used on our sites include both "session cookies" that are deleted when a session ends, "persistent cookies" that remain longer, "first party" cookies that we place and "third party" cookies that our third-party business partners and service providers place.
2. Local storage technologies, like HTML5 and Flash, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.
3. Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that a webpage or email address was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked.
2. How we use your personal information
1. Operation of Sip Social
1. To provide, operate and improve Sip Social;
2. To establish and maintain your user profile on Sip Social;
3. To facilitate your invitations to friends who you want to invite to join Sip Social;
4. To enable security features of Sip Social, such as by sending you security codes via email or SMS, and remembering devices from which you have previously logged in;
5. To communicate with you about Sip Social, including by sending announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
6. To understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with Sip Social and our communications; and
7. To provide support for Sip Social, and respond to your requests, questions and feedback.
2. Research and development
1. We may use your personal information for research and development purposes, including to analyze and improve Sip Social. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified or other anonymous data from personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you.
3. Marketing and advertising
1. Sip Social, our service providers and our third-party advertising partners we use to provide our users our service may collect and use your personal information for marketing and advertising purposes.
4. Compliance and protection
1. To comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities;
2. To protect our, your or others' rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
3. To audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements or our internal policies;
4. To enforce the terms and conditions that govern Sip Social and to prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.
3. Retention of Information
1. We generally retain personal information to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to establish or defend legal claims, or for fraud prevention purposes. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we may consider factors such as the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
2. When we no longer require the personal information we have collected about you, we may either delete it, anonymize it, or isolate it from further processing.
4. How we share your personal information
We may share your personal information with the following parties and as otherwise described in this privacy policy or at the time of collection
1. Affiliates
2. Linked third-party services
3. Authorities and others
4. Business transferees
5. Other users
5. Your Rights
We provide all users with the following rights:
1. Access – you can download the data we have about you, where it is required by law;
2. Delete – you can request that we delete the data we have about you, but this right is not absolute. We may need to keep certain information, for example, to comply with our legal requirements;
3. Correct – you can ask that we fix any errors or inaccuracies in the data we hold about you;
4. Stop processing – you can tell us to stop processing your data;
5. Object – you can object to how we process your data; and
6. Complain – you can complain to the data protection regulator where you live (if you have one).

You can exercise these rights by contacting us at [email protected] and providing the email address associated with your account in your message. We will not treat you differently if you exercise any of these rights, but we may need additional information to verify your identity. An agent can also make these requests on your behalf, but we may still ask you to verify your identity and that you have authorized the agent to act on your behalf.
6. Security
1. We employ a number of technical, organizational and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.
2. We expressly disclaim any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to any breaches of security, damage to your device, or any loss or unauthorized use of your registration information or other data.
7. Changes to this privacy policy
1. We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this policy and posting it on Sip Social or by other appropriate means.
2. Any modifications to this policy will be effective upon posting the modified version.
3. In all cases, your use of Sip Social after the effective date of any modified privacy policy indicates your acceptance of the modified privacy policy.
8. Contacting Us
1. Email: [email protected]
2. Address: The Green, Suite #12425, Dover, DE, 19901, USA