Privacy Policy for Hooz

Last Updated: May 16, 2025

Welcome to Hooz! This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application (the "App"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the App.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the App depends on the content and materials you use, and includes:

Personal Data

While using our App, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address: We collect your email address when you provide it to us. While we do not currently use email for routine communication, we plan to use it in the future for sending you updates about the App, newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you.
• Phone number: We collect your phone number as the primary means of identifying and authenticating users within the App.

Push Notifications

We request to send you push notifications regarding your account or certain features of the App, such as messages from team managers about event updates or requests for your response to events. If you wish to opt-out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device's settings.

Future Collection of Location Data

In the future, we may request access or permission to and track location-based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using the App, to provide certain location-based services. For example, this may include finding other users or event-related resources within a specific radius of an event. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings. We will ask for your explicit consent before collecting this information.

Usage Data (Automatically Collected)

We may also collect information that your device sends whenever you use our App ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our App, the time and date of your use of the App, and other diagnostic data.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the App to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Deliver push notifications to your mobile device for event updates and responses.
• (In the future) Offer location-based benefits, such as finding people within a radius of an event.
• Email you regarding your account or updates to the App.
• Notify you of updates to the App.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the App.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
• Request feedback and contact you about your use of the App.
• Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
• Respond to product and customer service requests.
• Send you a newsletter or other promotional information (if you opt-in).

3. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share your Personal Information for marketing purposes with third parties without your consent, except as described in this Privacy Policy or if required by law.

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:

• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and are restricted from using your personal information in any way other than to help us.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

4. DATA SECURITY

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. DATA RETENTION

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

6. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

Account Information

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by contacting us using the contact information provided below.

Push Notifications

You can opt-out of receiving push notifications by changing the settings on your mobile device.

Location Information (Future)

You will be able to control location data access via your mobile device's settings when this feature is implemented.

Emails and Communications (Future)

If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by using the unsubscribe link in emails we send or by contacting us using the information provided below.

7. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Our App is not intended for use by children under the age of 13 (or a higher age threshold where applicable in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with Personal Data without parental consent, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

9. CONTACT US

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

Email: payton.soicher@hooz.app