Boom Technologies (UK) Ltd (“BOOM”, “us”, “we”) knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). By visiting www.boom.market and/or downloading the BOOM mobile application (the “Service”), you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Boom treats personal data it receives through its mobile and web applications, websites, portals and any other means with due care and is dedicated to safeguarding them according to European Union regulation. Boom is bound by the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Our Privacy policy explains in a simple and transparent way, what personal data we gather about you and how we process it.
This Privacy Policy covers BOOM's treatment of personal information that it gathers when you are on the BOOM website and/or when you use the BOOM mobile application (“App”). Also, this Privacy Policy covers BOOM's treatment of any personal information that BOOM's partners share with BOOM. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that BOOM does not own or control, or to individuals that BOOM does not employ or manage.
As part of EU government regulation regarding Know-Your-Customer (“KYC”), we are required to validate the identity of all users at signup. That is why we require all users to provide their personal social account information such as their legal first name and last name as well as their date of birth. We also require users to take a selfie photograph with a Government issued identity card that validates their provided names and date of birth. We only use this data for the sole purpose of validating users’ identities and never use them for any other purpose nor share them with any third parties. Once a user passes KYC, the data is stored in an encrypted format that secures it. As always, we require your consent to proceed with KYC.
All Boom user data are stored only in Boom data centres within the European Union and are thus protected by the EU’s strict data protection policies.
We receive and store any information you provide us via the Service. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then, you may not be able to take full advantage of many of the features of the Service. The personal information you provide is used for such purposes as responding to your requests for certain products and services, customising the content you see, and communicating with you about new features and functionalities.
BOOM enables communication and commerce amongst verified people and businesses, at places. Accordingly, in order for you to use our Service, you must first sign up with a unique username, provide your full legal name and verify your factual postal address.
If you choose to invite your address book contacts to BOOM, we may use this information to enhance your experience in various ways, including, but not limited to, notifying you when a contact has joined the Service. In addition, other users who have your contact information and have chosen to upload, sync, or import it from their device may be notified of when you join our Service.
Confidentiality of user information is an integral part of BOOM's values. As such, we do not share, rent nor sell your personal information to anyone.
We are affiliated with a variety of businesses and work closely with them. In certain situations, these affiliated business may sells products and services via the Service. We will only share personal information that is necessary for the affiliate to complete the transaction (for example, a postal/package delivery company may need your address in order to fulfil a purchase you made via the Service). We require our affiliates to provide the same level of privacy protection that we do and they do not have the right to share or use personal information for any purpose other than for an authorised transaction.
Your BOOM Account Information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You need to work to protect against unauthorised access to your password and to your mobile phone. We use industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) software to protect the security of your Personal information during transmission, which encrypts all of the information you input. For utmost data security, BOOM stores all user data on its dedicated servers within the European Union only.
No. To use BOOM, you must be at least 18 years old.
You may elect to terminate your account at any time and/or delete information you have entered or uploaded thereon. If you cancel your account or delete any content or if BOOM elects to do so, any personal information included therein will also be deleted, unless a continued storage is required by applicable law. In some cases, there may continue to be residual copies of personal information on our computer system due to the nature of the computer system's operation and ongoing data back-up and archiving.
If you decide to visit BOOM site and/or download the App, your use and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the laws of the Netherlands.
The Service may permit you to link to other websites on the Internet, and other websites may contain links to the Site. These other websites are not under BOOM’s control. The privacy and security practices of websites linked to or from the Site are not covered by this Privacy Policy, and BOOM is not responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of such websites.
BOOM may amend this Privacy Policy at will.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy at BOOM site, please send us a detailed message to: privacy AT BOOM DOT world. Your privacy is important to us and we will make every effort to resolve your concerns.
2 June 2021