Privacy Policy
ALPHAPOLIS CO., LTD. – PRIVACY POLICY FOR ALPHA MANGA
Last Updated: [July 22, 2026]
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At AlphaPolis Co., Ltd. (“AlphaPolis,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), we respect the privacy of our users (“users” or “you”). We designed this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) to help you understand how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information. This Policy applies when you access or use AlphaPolis’s website (“Website”), download, install, register with, or use AlphaPolis’s mobile application, or any other mobile applications that directly reference or link to this Policy (collectively, the “App”), or when you interact with us in connection with the Website and App (“Communications,” and together with our “Services”). If you do not agree with our practices, DO NOT access, download, install, register for or use the Services.This Policy does not apply to information collected from any of our other products or services that have separate privacy policies and that do not directly reference or incorporate this Policy.
If you are from outside of Japan, please note that Japan has data protection laws, including the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in Japan (“APPI”) that may not be consistent with those of other countries and that information collected about you in connection with your use of our Services will be processed in accordance with Japanese laws. However, if applicable, we shall comply with the laws, regulations, and guidelines in any other jurisdictions, including the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation; “EU GDPR”), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27th April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation) as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“UK GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended (“CCPA”).
Please carefully read this Policy to understand our practices with respect to your information and the choices you have. Your use of the Services is subject to this Policy and the link:Alpha Manga Terms of Service. This Policy may change from time-to-time and will become effective when we post the revised Policy on the Services. Please refer to Section 13 (“Updates to this Policy”) for more information.
Our Policy describes the following about our Services:
- Information We Collect
- How We Use Your Information
- How We Share Your Information
- International Transfer of Your Information (For Residents of EEA and UK)
- Your Choices
- What are Your Privacy Rights? (For Residents of EEA and UK)
- Third-Party Platforms
- Our Commitment to Security
- Data Retention
- Children’s Privacy (COPPA Online Notice)
- Additional Information for Residents of California
- How You Can Contact Us
- Updates to this Policy
1. Information We Collect
When you interact with our Services, we collect information about you, which includes Personal Information. “Personal Information” means any information related to an identified or identifiable natural person that directly or indirectly identifies or relates to you, or as this term is defined under applicable privacy or data protection laws. We collect Personal Information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us; and
- Automatically from you and your mobile device;
Information You Provide to Us
We collect Personal Information that you provide to us, including:
- Account Registration and Profile Information: When you create an account, register for our Services, or update your profile, we collect your personal information, including your email address, postal address, and country of residence;
- Purchase and Inquiry Information: When you purchase licenses, or contact us regarding our Services, we collect your personal information, including your purchase history and inquiry history; and
- User-Submitted Content Information: When you post comments for e-book (manga) episodes, or otherwise voluntarily add contents to our Services, we collect your personal information such as your comments and profile photos.
Information We Automatically Collect From You or Your Device
When you use the Services, we receive and store Personal Information about you and your mobile device(s) using technologies that automatically collect such information. Depending on your mobile device operating system, we automatically collect the following categories of Personal Information:
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Device Identifier Information:
When you begin using our Services, we assign to your account an identifier which we use to associate your account with you while you use our Services. This identifier information includes user ID and advertisement ID (IDFA, AAID). We also collect information you use to interact with the Services, including unique device identifiers and other similar information.
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Usage, Activity, and Browsing Information:
We also collect information about your interactions with the Services, including the dates and times you use the App, how often you use the App, in-App actions, the content you access or view in the App, whether you view advertisements shown in the App, and, if so, how many times you view the advertisements, and other similar information.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the Personal Information we collect about you for the purposes shown below. Where EU GDPR and UK GDPR apply, we rely on the respective lawful basis for each purpose as shown below:
| Purposes | Legal bases |
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| Provide you with the Services, its contents, and any information that you request from us | Necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us. |
| Analyse your browsing history and improve our Services |
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| Operate and improve our Services | Necessary for our legitimate interest, namely to operate and improve our Services. |
| Serve advertising and measure the effectiveness of advertising displayed on our Services (e.g., behavioral advertising) | Your consent |
| Measure the effectiveness of our targeted advertisements and to understand your behavioral history | Your consent |
| Authenticate you on our Services | Necessary for our legitimate interest, namely to authenticate you on our Services and ensure the security of the Services. |
| Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, or illegal activity | Necessary for our legitimate interest, namely to detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, or illegal activity. |
| Make legal or regulatory disclosures and establish, exercise, or defend legal claims |
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to provide you with technical support -Identify and troubleshoot issues or errors on our Services; -Communicate with you in order to provide technical support; -Answer questions you have about our Services; and -Share updates about our Services, such as relevant security issues or updates, which are not promotional in nature. |
Necessary for our legitimate interest, namely to provide you with technical support. |
3. How We Share Your Information
We may disclose the Personal Information we collect about you to third parties, which include:
- Service Providers: Third parties we engage to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep your Personal Information confidential and use it only for the business purposes for which we have disclosed it. This includes service providers with which we engage for administrative and support activities, including cloud storage providers such as Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Japan (https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/) and payment service providers such as Global-e (https://www.global-e.com/privacy-policy/)
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Advertising Partners:
We allow third-party advertising networks to integrate technologies and similar tracking tools identified below.. These advertising partners may use your Personal Information (and similar information they collect from other websites and services) for purposes of delivering targeted advertisements to you (also called “interestbased adverting” or “online behavioral advertising”);
- Tapjoy, https://www.tapjoy.com/legal/players/privacy-policy/;
- AppLovin, https://www.applovin.com/privacy/;
- ironSource Mobile, https://developers.ironsrc.com/ironsource-mobile/air/ironsourcemobile-privacy-policy/#step-1;
- Google, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.
- AppsFlyer, https://www.appsflyer.com/legal/privacy-policy
- Meta: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
- X: https://privacy.x.com/en
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/en
- Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy
- Successors or Bankruptcy: We may disclose your Personal Information to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Information held by us about our Services’ users is among the assets transferred; and
- Government and Law Enforcement: We may disclose your Personal Information if permitted or required by law or in response to a law enforcement authority or other legal request and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
We may share aggregated (anonymized) information with third parties, without restriction.
4. International Transfer of Your Information (For Residents of EEA and UK)
We are located in Japan and your Personal Information will be primarily processed in Japan. We may sometimes need to transfer your Personal Information to other jurisdictions. Such transfers will only occur if one of the following protections applies:
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The recipient is located in a jurisdiction that is subject to an adequacy decision under Article 45 of the EU GDPR or regulations under Article 45A of the UK GDPR ; or
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We have put in place appropriate safeguards such as contractual commitments to protect your Personal Information, including, if applicable, standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and, for transfers subject to the UK GDPR, the International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum to the European Commission's SCCs approved by the UK Parliament,
If you would like to see a copy of any relevant transfer provisions containing standard contractual clauses, please contact us as described in Section 12.
5. Your Choices
You have certain choices regarding your Personal Information, including:
- Cookies: You may be able to disable cookies by adjusting the permissions on your device. Cookie settings vary depending on the type of device and operating system you use, so refer to instructions related to your particular device to learn more about cookie-related and other privacy and security settings that may be available. Please note that if you reject certain cookies, you may still use the Services, but your ability to use some features or areas may be limited.
- Advertising Identifiers: You may choose to prevent your mobile device’s advertising identifier from being used for interest-based advertising, or you may reset your device’s advertising identifier. These settings vary depending on the type of device you use. If you use Apple iOS, you can reset your advertising identifier by going to: Settings > Privacy, tap Advertising, and then tap “Reset Advertising Identifier.” If you use an Android device, you can head to: Settings > Google > Ads > Reset advertising ID, and click “OK” when prompted.
- Push Notifications: You can opt not to receive push notifications from our Services by following the instructions in your mobile application or device settings.
- Do Not Track: Currently, we do not alter our data collection and use practices in response to Do-Not-Track signals.
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. Some of these third parties may participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising, which you can learn more about by visiting their website at https://youradchoices.com/control detailing choices for mobile applications. Some of these third parties also may be members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”), and you can learn about your opt-out options from members by visiting NAI’s website at https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.
6. What are Your Privacy Rights? (For Residents of EEA and UK)
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your privacy rights. Provided that certain conditions under the EU GDPR and UK GDPR are met, you are entitled to exercise the following rights;
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The right to withdraw your consent – You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. Provided, however, that the withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
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The right to access – You have the right to access to or obtain a copy of your Personal Information through the Service.
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The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any Personal Information you believe is inaccurate, untrue, incomplete, or improperly processed.
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The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your Personal Information, under certain conditions.
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The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Information, under certain conditions.
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The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Information, under certain conditions.
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The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer your Personal Information that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
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The right to complain –You have the right to complain with a supervisory authority in the EU Member State of your habitual residence.
Anyone who would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as described in Section 12.
7. Third-Party Platforms
Our Services contain links to other websites. AlphaPolis has no responsibility when you enter other websites using links from our Services. AlphaPolis does not control these other websites and cannot guarantee the safety and security of their privacy practices. If you provide any information to these third parties, different rules may govern the collection and use of your Personal Information by such third parties.
We recommend that you review privacy policies of these third parties before providing information to them, as their practices may differ from those set forth in this Policy. You should contact these entities directly if you have any questions about their privacy practices.
8. Our Commitment to Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. AlphaPolis maintains commercially reasonable security safeguards that are designed to protect the Personal Information we collect against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
If you have any questions about the security of our Services, you can contact us using the communication methods identified in Section 12 (“How You Can Contact Us”).
9. Data Retention
We will store and maintain your Personal Information for as long as needed to carry out the purposes described in this Policy or as otherwise required by applicable law, unless we are required or permitted by law to keep this information for a longer period of time.
We determine our retention periods by taking into account various criteria, including the termination of your membership, the type of Services requested by or provided to you, the nature and length of our relationship with you, the possibility of your re-enrollment with our Services, the impact on the Services we provide if we delete some Personal Information from or about you, and mandatory retention periods provided by law and the statute of limitations.
10. Children’s Privacy (COPPA Online Notice)
Under the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) § 312.4(d), we provide the following information about our privacy practices with respect to children’s Personal Information.
The categories of Personal Information that we may collect from children under thirteen (13) are described in 1. Information We Collect. The purposes for which we use such personal information are described in 2. How We Use Your Information. The identities of the third parties to whom we may disclose such Personal Information, as well as the purposes of such disclosures, are described in 3. How We Share Your Information. Our policy regarding how long we retain such personal information is described in 9. Data Retention.
Under COPPA, a parent or legal guardian may review the Personal Information collected from their child under thirteen (13), request that we delete such Personal Information, and refuse to permit any further collection or use of the child’s Personal Information. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details described in 12. How You Can Contact Us.
In addition, under COPPA Rule § 312.5(c)(7), we may collect and use persistent identifiers from children under the age of 13 without obtaining verifiable parental consent where such identifiers are used solely to support the internal operations of our Services, such as maintaining user sessions, performing network communications, protecting the security or integrity of our Website and App. In such cases, we implement technical and organizational measures designed to ensure that such persistent identifiers are not used or disclosed to contact a specific individual, including through behavioral advertising, to amass a profile on a specific individual, or for any other purpose other than supporting the internal operations of our Website or App.
11. Additional Information for Residents of California
If you are a resident of California, the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (“CCPA”) provides you with additional rights regarding your Personal Information, as explained below.
11.1 Categories of Personal Information We Collect
We collect the following categories of Personal Information as defined in the CCPA;
| Categories of Personal Information collected (as listed in the CCPA) | Examples of Personal Information |
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| (A)Identifiers: name, address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, internet protocol address, E-mail address, account name, and other similar identifiers |
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| (B) Additional data subject to the California Customer Records Act (Any categories of personal information described in subdivision (e) of Cal.'. ' Civ. Code Sec. 1798.80) | -Postal address |
| (D) Commercial information |
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| (F) Internet or other electronic network activity information |
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| (H)Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. |
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| (L) Sensitive personal information | -E-mail address and password combination |
The categories of your Personal Information we have collected in the past 12 months are as shown in the table above.
We collect these categories of Personal Information directly from you.
11.2 Purposes for Processing Personal Information
We process the categories of Personal Information for the following business and commercial purposes:
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Provide you with the Services, its contents, and any information that you request from us;
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Analyse your browsing history and improve our Services;
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Operate and improve our Services;
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Serve advertising and measure the effectiveness of advertising displayed on our Services (e.g., behavioral advertising);
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Measure the effectiveness of our targeted advertisements and to understand your behavioral history;
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Authenticate you on our Services;
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Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, or illegal activity;
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Make legal or regulatory disclosures and establish, exercise, or defend legal claims; and
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to provide you with technical support -Identify and troubleshoot issues or errors on our Services; -Communicate with you in order to provide technical support; -Answer questions you have about our Services; and -Share updates about our Services, such as relevant security issues or updates, which are not promotional in nature.
11.3 Sell or Share of Personal Information
As described below, we sell or share your Personal Information with third parties as defined by the CCPA. This has also been the case over the past 12 months.
| Categories of Personal Information collected (as listed in the CCPA) | Third parties | Purposes |
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-Serve and measure the effectiveness of advertising displayed on our Services (e.g., behavioral advertising); |
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-Measure the effectiveness of our targeted advertisements and to understand your behavioral history |
We do not sell or share Personal Information of children under the age of sixteen (16).
11.4 Disclosure of Personal Information to Service Providers
As described below, we disclose your personal information to service providers as defined by the CCPA. This has also been the case over the past 12 months.
| Categories of Personal Information collected (as listed in the CCPA) | Service Providers | Purposes |
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Cloud storage providers (Amazon Web Service) | To host, and operate our Services |
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Payment Service Provider (Global-e) | To process payments |
11.5 Data Retention
We will store and maintain your Personal Information for the period described Section 9 above.
11.6 Your Rights
As a California resident, in addition to the choices described above in Section 5 (“Your Choices”), you have the following rights under the CCPA:
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Right to Access Specific Information:
You may request access to the specific pieces of Personal Information that we have collected about you.
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Right to Know about our Collection and Disclosure Practices:
You may request information about our collection and use of your Personal Information during the preceding 12 months. This includes:
- the categories of Personal Information we have collected about you;
- the categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected;
- the categories of Personal Information we have sold, shared or disclosed for a business purpose;
- the categories of third parties to/with whom the Personal Information was sold, shared or disclosed; and
- the business or commercial purposes for collecting, selling or sharing Personal Information.
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Right to Deletion:
You may request that we delete Personal Information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
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Right to Correction:
You may request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information we hold about you.
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Right to Opt-Out of Sales or Sharing:
You may request that we not sell or share your Personal Information to/with third parties. The term “sale” is defined broadly under the CCPA. Although we do not sell Personal Information in the traditional sense (i.e., in exchange for money), we may disclose certain Personal Information to third parties for analytics and interest-based advertising services, which may constitute a “sale” under the CCPA because it may involve the exchange of Personal Information for other valuable consideration. In such cases, we may disclose categories of Personal Information such as Identifiers, Internet and Other Network Activity, and Inferences Drawn from Personal Information to third parties who may use the Personal Information for their own purposes. We may also “share” Personal Information, as defined under the CCPA, with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether or not for monetary or other valuable consideration. We do not knowingly sell or share the Personal Information of individuals under the age of 16.
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Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information:
You may request that we limit the use and disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information to what is necessary to provide goods or perform services reasonably expected by an average consumer, or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We use Sensitive Personal Information only as necessary to provide our Services or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. For this reason, we do not currently offer a mechanism to limit the use of Sensitive Personal Information.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA. This means that we will not deny you Services, provide you a different level of Services, or suggest that you will receive a different level of quality of goods or services.
11.7 How to Exercise Your Rights
California residents may exercise their rights under the CCPA by using the methods described below.
Right to Opt-Out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
To opt out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information, you can do one of the following:
Website users:
Please click
This link will open our cookie preference tool, where you can adjust your settings and opt out of the sale or sharing of Personal Information. Once you submit an opt-out request through this tool, we will process your request immediately and will stop selling or sharing your Personal Information.
Mobile App users:
You can stop receiving personalized ads by going to “Settings > Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information“ within the app. Once you enable this setting, we will process your request immediately and will stop selling or sharing your Personal Information.
Other California Privacy Rights
To exercise any of the following rights:
- Right to Access Specific Information
- Right to Know about our Collection and Disclosure Practices
- Right to Deletion
- Right to Correction
you may submit a request using either of the following methods:
- Completing our online request form available at this link; or
- Sending an email request to info@alpha-manga.com
When submitting a request, please indicate that you are exercising your rights under the CCPA and provide sufficient information for us to verify your identity. Our ability to locate your Personal Information depends on the accuracy and the completeness of the information you provide.
Verification and Response Timing
Before processing your request, we need to verify your identity. Depending on the nature of your request (e.g., whether you request access to specific pieces of Personal Information or request a deletion of your Personal Information), we may verify your identity against information maintained in our databases, such as by asking you to log into your account or by matching your email address and other information.
We will confirm receipt of your request within ten (10) business days.
We will respond to verifiable consumer requests within forty-five (45) days, as required by the CCPA. If we require additional time, we will inform you of the reason and the length of the extension.
We may deny a request, in whole or in part, if we cannot verify your identity.
How to Exercise Rights for Someone Else
You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. To use an authorized agent, we may require: (1) your signed permission authorizing the agent to submit the request on your behalf; or (2) proof that the agent holds a valid power of attorney under applicable law. We may also require that you verify your identity directly with us or confirm directly that you provided the authorized agent with permission to submit the request. We may deny a request from an authorized agent who does not provide sufficient proof of authorization.
12. How You Can Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about our Policy or would like to exercise your privacy choices or rights, you may:
- Contact us by e-mail at: info@alpha-manga.com or, if you are a resident of EEA, alternatively, send an e-mail to DataRep, our EU representative at: datarequest@datarep.com quoting <AlphaPolis Co., Ltd.> in the subject line.
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Write to us at:
AlphaPolis Co., Ltd.4-20-3 Ebisu,Shibuya-kuEbisu Garden Place Tower 19FTokyo1506019
13. Updates to this Policy
We may update our Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat your Personal Information, we will post the new Policy here with the “Last Updated” date legend.
If you use our App, we also will notify you by an in-App alert the first time you use the App after we make the change.