1. Overview
Dave Groups Inc. ("Dave Groups," "we," "us," or "our") is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada and operates the website www.Softwares.Club (the "Site") and the related application directory and installation services (the "Services"). This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect personal information when you visit the Site, request an application installation, contact our team, or otherwise interact with our Services.
We are committed to protecting your personal information in accordance with the laws of Canada (including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA) as well as the privacy laws of the regions in which our users reside, including but not limited to the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (India DPDP), the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (Brazil LGPD), the Australian Privacy Act 1988, the Personal Data Protection Act (Singapore PDPA), the Personal Information Protection Law (China PIPL), the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Japan APPI), and the Protection of Personal Information Act (South Africa POPIA).
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information you provide
- Installation request data: Your name, email address, and phone number, submitted via the "Get This App" form on the Site.
- Communications: Any messages you send us (email, contact form, support tickets) and our replies.
- Account data (if you create one): Username, password (hashed), profile preferences.
- Payment data: If you purchase a paid service, our payment processor collects card or banking details. We do not store full card numbers ourselves.
2.2 Information collected automatically
- Device & usage data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring page, pages visited, time on page, and approximate location (city/country level) derived from IP.
- Cookies and similar technologies: See Section 5 below.
- Server logs: Standard web server logs for security, debugging, and abuse detection.
2.3 Information from third parties
If you connect via a third-party service (e.g. clicking through from a partner site or signing in with a social account in the future), we may receive limited profile information from that service in accordance with their privacy policies and your settings.
3. How We Use Information
We use personal information for the following purposes:
- To deliver our Services: respond to your installation request, send you the technical details required for installation/configuration, and complete the work you've engaged us for.
- To communicate: reply to your inquiries, send service announcements, and (with your consent where required) marketing emails about new applications, services, or offers, you can unsubscribe at any time.
- To improve the Site: analyze usage patterns, troubleshoot bugs, and develop new features.
- To prevent abuse: detect spam form submissions, fraud, security incidents, and violations of our Terms.
- To comply with the law: meet legal obligations under PIPEDA, GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable laws, and respond to lawful requests from authorities.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Where applicable (notably for users in the EU/UK under the GDPR and similar regimes), we rely on the following legal bases:
- Consent: when you accept cookies or opt into marketing communications.
- Contract: to provide the installation and support services you request.
- Legitimate interests: to operate, secure, and improve our Site and Services, where these interests are not overridden by your rights.
- Legal obligation: to comply with laws, regulations, court orders, and government requests.
7. International Data Transfers
Dave Groups Inc. is headquartered in Canada. The personal information we collect may be processed in Canada, the United States, the European Union, India, or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate. Where we transfer personal data out of the EU/UK, we rely on adequacy decisions, EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), the UK International Data Transfer Addendum, or other lawful mechanisms. For India DPDP transfers, we comply with restrictions notified by the Government of India. For Brazil LGPD, we use SCCs or other approved safeguards.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law:
- Installation request data: up to 24 months after the request, unless you become a customer (in which case for the duration of the relationship plus 7 years for tax/audit purposes under Canadian law).
- Server & security logs: typically 90 days.
- Marketing preferences: until you withdraw consent.
- Anonymized / aggregated data: indefinitely, as it no longer identifies you.
9. Security
We use industry-standard administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information, including TLS/HTTPS encryption in transit, encryption at rest where appropriate, access controls, employee training, and regular reviews. No method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security but commit to notifying affected users and regulators of personal-data breaches as required by applicable laws.
10. Your Rights
Subject to your jurisdiction's law, you may have rights to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Delete your data ("right to be forgotten" / right to erasure).
- Restrict or object to certain processing.
- Port your data to another service.
- Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
- Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority.
- Not be subject to solely-automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
To exercise these rights, email [ enable JavaScript to view email ]. We will respond within the timeframes required by your applicable law (typically 30 days under GDPR, 45 days under CCPA, 30 days under PIPEDA).
11. Country-Specific Notices
This section provides additional disclosures and rights for users in specific regions. The general policy above applies to everyone; the following supplements it.
Canada, PIPEDA
Dave Groups Inc. is a Canadian company subject to PIPEDA and applicable provincial privacy laws (Quebec Law 25, Alberta PIPA, BC PIPA). Our Privacy Officer can be reached at . You may file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (priv.gc.ca).
EU & UK, GDPR
If you are in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, the GDPR (and UK GDPR) apply. You have rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict, port, and object. You may lodge a complaint with your national supervisory authority. International transfers rely on SCCs/IDTA. Where required, we appoint an EU/UK representative on request.
United States, CCPA / CPRA & State Laws
If you are a California resident, the CCPA/CPRA grant you rights to know, delete, correct, and limit use of sensitive personal information, plus the right to opt out of "sales" and "sharing", though we do not sell personal data. Similar rights apply under Virginia VCDPA, Colorado CPA, Connecticut CTDPA, Utah UCPA, and other state laws. Submit requests via [ enable JavaScript to view email ].
India, DPDP Act, 2023
If you are in India, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 applies. You have rights to access, correction, erasure, grievance redressal, and to nominate another individual to exercise rights in case of incapacity. Our Grievance Officer can be reached at . Complaints may be escalated to the Data Protection Board of India.
Brazil, LGPD
If you are in Brazil, the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) applies. You have rights to confirmation, access, correction, anonymization, portability, deletion, information about sharing, and to revoke consent. Complaints may be filed with the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD). Our DPO contact: .
Australia, Privacy Act 1988
We comply with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). You may request access to or correction of your personal information, and complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) if dissatisfied with our response.
Other Regions
For users in Singapore (PDPA), China (PIPL), Japan (APPI), South Africa (POPIA), South Korea (PIPA), UAE (PDPL), and other jurisdictions with applicable data protection laws, we honour the rights granted under those laws. Contact with the specific law and rights you wish to exercise.
12. Children's Privacy
Our Services are intended for businesses and adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or under the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction, typically 13 to 16 under GDPR, 18 under India DPDP). If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other reasons. We will post the updated version on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. For material changes, we will notify you by email (where we have your address) or through a prominent notice on the Site before they take effect.
14. Contact & Data Protection Officer
For any privacy-related questions, requests, or complaints, please contact:
- Dave Groups Inc., Privacy Office
- Email: [ enable JavaScript to view email ]
- Mailing address: Dave Groups Inc. [Street Address], [City], [Province], Canada [Postal Code]
- Website: www.Softwares.Club
We aim to respond to all enquiries within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact your local data protection authority.