Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Dabbies operates a people-powered data collection platform through which individuals can participate in real-world data-collection tasks and provide data for use in data, research, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and related technology projects.

In this Privacy Policy, "Dabbies", "we", "us", and "our" refer to the Dabbies service and the entity responsible for operating the applicable platform.

"You" and "your" refer to a person who accesses or uses Dabbies, including a contributor, account holder, visitor, or other person interacting with our services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information that is necessary to create and maintain accounts, operate the platform, provide tasks, process submissions, communicate with contributors, administer payments and bonuses, protect the platform, and meet applicable legal and operational requirements.

The information we collect depends on how you use Dabbies and the particular task or service you participate in.

3. Account Information

When you create a Dabbies account, we may collect information such as your name, email address, password or authentication credentials, referral information, and other information required to establish and maintain your account.

We may also maintain information associated with your account, including your account status, participation history, task activity, earnings, bonuses, referrals, withdrawal records, and other information generated through your use of the platform.

4. Verification Information

Dabbies may use verification methods to confirm account ownership, protect the platform from abuse, process withdrawals, or satisfy requirements associated with particular services.

Depending on the feature being used, verification may involve email verification, payment-account verification, telephone verification, identity verification, or other reasonable verification measures.

The specific information required for verification may vary depending on the purpose of the verification and the applicable service.

5. Information You Submit Through Tasks

Dabbies may collect materials that you voluntarily submit as part of data-collection tasks.

Depending on the project, these materials may include voice recordings, photographs, written responses, text, video, or other forms of real-world data.

The type of information requested will depend on the requirements of the specific task. A task may require particular characteristics, conditions, languages, locations, subjects, environments, or other attributes necessary to produce useful data.

You should review the task instructions before submitting material and should not provide information that you are not authorized to collect or submit.

6. Information About Other People

Some tasks may involve collecting information that relates to another person. This may include a person's image, voice, written response, or other information.

Where a task requires permission or authorization from another person before collecting their information, you are responsible for obtaining the necessary permission before making the submission.

You must not knowingly submit another person's private, confidential, or protected information unless the task expressly permits its collection and you have the necessary authorization or legal basis to provide it.

7. Payment and Withdrawal Information

When you earn money through Dabbies or request a withdrawal, we may collect and process information required to record earnings, verify eligibility, process payments, prevent abuse, and maintain transaction records.

Depending on the payment method available, this may include payment-account details, transaction identifiers, withdrawal history, verification information, and related records.

Payment information may also be processed by third-party payment providers where Dabbies uses their services. Information handled by those providers may be subject to their own privacy policies and terms.

8. Referral and Bonus Information

If you participate in Dabbies' referral or bonus programs, we may collect and maintain information relating to your referral code, referral activity, qualifying events, bonus claims, and associated transactions.

This information may be used to determine eligibility, attribute referrals, issue qualifying rewards, prevent abuse, and maintain accurate financial and account records.

9. Technical Information

When you access Dabbies, certain technical information may be collected automatically by Dabbies or by services that support the platform.

This may include information such as device type, browser type, operating system, network information, approximate location information derived from technical data, IP address, timestamps, pages or features accessed, and information relating to errors or security events.

Technical information helps us operate, secure, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the platform.

10. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Dabbies may use cookies, local storage, session technologies, or similar technical mechanisms to maintain sessions, remember necessary preferences, improve functionality, and support security.

Some technologies may be provided by third-party services that support the operation of Dabbies.

Where applicable, you may be able to control certain browser or device storage settings through your device or browser. Disabling necessary technologies may affect the functionality of some parts of the platform.

11. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to create and maintain accounts, authenticate users, provide tasks, receive and review submissions, calculate earnings, process withdrawals, administer bonuses and referrals, communicate with contributors, and provide customer support.

We may also use information to detect and prevent fraud, duplicate accounts, manipulation, unauthorized access, security threats, abuse of bonuses or referrals, and other activity that may compromise Dabbies or its users.

We may use information to monitor platform performance, investigate errors, maintain security, improve our services, develop operational processes, and understand how our platform is being used.

We may also use information where necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or lawful requests.

12. Data Processing and Dataset Preparation

Dabbies may process submitted materials after they are received from contributors.

Processing may include quality review, validation, organization, categorization, annotation, formatting, transformation, removal of unusable material, and other activities reasonably necessary to prepare data for a project.

These activities may be performed using automated systems, human reviewers, or both.

The purpose of this processing is to help produce data that satisfies the requirements of a particular project or customer.

13. Use of Submitted Data by Customers

Dabbies may provide eligible collected data or resulting datasets to authorized customers, partners, or service recipients where this is part of the applicable project.

Customers may use data provided by Dabbies for purposes such as research, development, evaluation, machine learning, artificial intelligence, product development, testing, or other purposes permitted under the applicable agreement.

The particular uses of a dataset depend on the project and the contractual arrangements governing that dataset.

Dabbies does not publish every submitted piece of data publicly merely because it was submitted to the platform. Public use, demonstrations, marketing use, or other separate uses may be subject to additional requirements or permissions where applicable.

14. Information We Share

We may share information with service providers that help us operate Dabbies. These providers may support services such as cloud hosting, databases, storage, authentication, email delivery, payment processing, security, analytics, or other technical operations.

We may share applicable collected data with authorized customers or partners when required to provide the services associated with a project.

We may also disclose information where necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful requests, protect the rights or safety of Dabbies or others, investigate suspected fraud or abuse, or protect the security and integrity of the platform.

15. Service Providers

Dabbies may use third-party providers to support its infrastructure and operations.

These providers may process information on behalf of Dabbies for specific services. We seek to use providers that are appropriate for the services they perform and may impose contractual or operational requirements governing their handling of information.

Third-party providers may have their own privacy practices and legal obligations.

16. Security

Dabbies uses reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect information against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.

Security measures may include authentication controls, access restrictions, secure infrastructure, monitoring, verification procedures, and other safeguards appropriate to the information and systems involved.

No internet-based service can guarantee absolute security. You should therefore use appropriate precautions when protecting your account credentials and personal information.

17. Fraud Prevention and Account Integrity

Dabbies may analyze account activity, device information, transaction records, referral activity, submission patterns, and other relevant signals to identify suspected fraud, duplicate accounts, manipulation, or other abuse.

Information may be retained or reviewed for these purposes even after a particular task or transaction has ended where reasonably necessary to protect the platform and its users.

Where suspicious activity is identified, Dabbies may restrict account functionality, request additional verification, delay certain transactions, reject submissions, or take other measures permitted by applicable law and the Dabbies Terms.

18. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including maintaining accounts, providing services, maintaining financial records, resolving disputes, preventing fraud, enforcing agreements, maintaining datasets, and complying with legal obligations.

Different categories of information may be retained for different periods depending on their purpose and legal or operational requirements.

The deletion of an account does not necessarily mean that every record associated with that account can immediately be deleted. Certain information may need to be retained for legitimate operational, security, legal, financial, or contractual reasons.

19. Account Deletion

You may request deletion of your Dabbies account through the available account or support channels.

When an account-deletion request is processed, Dabbies may delete or anonymize information that is no longer required for legitimate purposes, subject to applicable legal, security, financial, contractual, and operational requirements.

Information that has already been incorporated into datasets, processed outputs, transaction records, security records, or other systems may not always be capable of immediate removal where retention is permitted or required.

20. Children's and Young Users' Privacy

Dabbies currently permits individuals who are at least 13 years old to use the contributor platform, subject to the applicable eligibility and task requirements.

Certain tasks may impose higher age requirements or additional restrictions depending on the nature of the project.

We do not knowingly permit individuals below the applicable minimum age to create or maintain contributor accounts. If we become aware that an account has been created in violation of the applicable age requirement, we may take appropriate action, including restricting or terminating the account.

21. International Data Processing

Dabbies and its service providers may operate across different locations, and information may therefore be processed or stored in countries other than the country in which you live.

Where information is transferred across borders, Dabbies will seek to handle those transfers in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

22. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and the laws that apply to you, you may have rights relating to your personal information. These may include rights to request access to certain information, request correction of inaccurate information, request deletion where applicable, object to or restrict certain processing, or exercise other rights provided by applicable law.

The availability and scope of these rights depend on the applicable legal framework and the nature of the information involved.

To make a privacy-related request, contact Dabbies through the available official contact channels. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

23. Data Accuracy

You are responsible for keeping the information associated with your account accurate and up to date.

If you discover that information associated with your account is incorrect, you should update it through the platform where that functionality is available or contact Dabbies for assistance.

24. Communications

Dabbies may send service-related communications to the contact information associated with your account. These communications may include verification codes, account notices, security alerts, task information, withdrawal notifications, and other messages necessary to operate the service.

You may also receive promotional or informational communications where permitted and where applicable preferences or consent requirements have been satisfied.

25. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Dabbies may update this Privacy Policy when our services, technology, data practices, legal requirements, or operational processes change.

When material changes are made, we may provide notice through the platform, email, or another reasonable method.

The "Last updated" date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy indicates when the policy was most recently revised.

26. Contact Us

If you have a privacy question, want to make a privacy request, or believe that your information has been handled improperly, you can contact Dabbies through our official contact channel.

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