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Food Africa App Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 24/2/2017

PURPOSE

Food Africa App handles sensitive user or device information (user data) and requests sensitive permissions from the app user.

1. CONTACT BOOK DATA

The app interacts with your phone book data. In the app, you can find a module named ‘QR-reader’ used to read QR codes and transform them into readable data.
After that, the data is stored in your app database as individual contact information. It can be transferred to your phone book data thus interacting with the latter.

The Process is described below:

  1. Click ‘QR Reader’ Button
  2. Scan a Barcode
  3. Save the read information into the app database
  4. Transfer the data information to your phone book when clicking ‘Add to Contacts’

2. CALENDAR DATA

The app interacts with your phone calendar when saving the date of the event. After clicking on the ‘Save the Date’ button, the event is saved in your phone calendar with its corresponding dates.

3. CAMERA SENSOR DATA

The app interacts with your phone camera. In the app, you can find a module name ‘QR- reader’ used to read QR codes and transform them into readable data. To allow this to happen, the app accesses your phone camera sensor to read the barcode.

The Process is described below:

  1. Click ‘QR Reader’ Button
  2. Scan a Barcode using the phone camera

4. GOOGLE MAP & GEOLOCATION

When clicking on ‘Location Map’ or ‘Location’ buttons on the App, you can preview the venue location Via Google Map.

5. EMAIL & SMS

The app interacts with native phone apps of emailing and SMS.
The Process is described below:

  1. Click ‘Exhibitors’
  2. Select an Exhibitor from the List
  3. Click ‘Send Email’ Button

6. FORMS DATA

Data is collected from forms on the app only after the user chooses to fill in the latter.

7. YOUR FEEDBACK

We welcome your input regarding our Privacy Policy and any comments concerning the services we provide to you. You may send us your comments by email at ifpgroupit@gmail.com.

We would like to reassure that personal data is only collected from our side when the user chooses to fill in the forms on the app. Other data on the app is saved into the user’s phone database and not collected from our side.