Stocks App Privacy Policy
A. About Us
Unity Technologies SF (“Unity”) develops and publishes the Stocks App (the “App / Stocks App”).
We collect information from your device through the App, or through the browser you use to access the Website.
There is no account login for the App today. Because the App does not require you to create an account, the information described below is generally tied to your device rather than to an identified individual, except where noted.
B. Scope
This privacy policy describes Unity's privacy practices with respect to information it processes in relation to the App and the Website, including the App's weather and finance (stock) modules described below.
The App is meant to be used only by individuals residing in the US.
C. Information We Collect
Information collected directly through the App and Website
- Identifiers: The device's Google Advertising ID and IP address. The Google Advertising ID is a resettable persistent identifier generated by Google on Android devices that allows companies to recognize the device across non-affiliated apps, for purposes such as frequency capping, attribution, fraud detection, and personalized advertising. See “How to Control Your Information” below for information on limiting our use of your Google Advertising ID.
- General technical information about your device: time zone, total and free memory on the device, the name and version of the App, limit ad tracking status, operating system name and version, device manufacturer, operating system language, mobile carrier name, and internet connection type (e.g., WiFi).
- Approximate location: used to display weather information relevant to your general area (e.g., city-level forecasts) in the App's weather module.
- Saved locations: any locations you manually add or favorite within the App (for example, home, work, or other cities) so the weather module can show forecasts for those places.
- Stock watchlists and searches: the ticker symbols, companies, and search terms you add to, or look up in, the App's finance module.
- Ad personalization data: information used to select and personalize the ads shown to you within the App, as described further in “How We Share Your Information” and “State Privacy Rights” below.
- Your activity in connection with the App.
- Precise geo-location (if permission is granted) – not stored on our servers, and used only to display weather information relevant to your precise location.
- General technical information about your browser: time zone, operating system, language, browser type, browser version, and similar information.
- Your activity in connection with the Website.
D. How We Use the Information We Collect
We use the information we collect and store mainly to provide you with the basic services and content offered by the App and the Website, and to improve your experience. This includes, among other things:
- Providing weather forecasts based on your approximate or precise location and any locations you have saved;
- Providing stock price information, and displaying or updating your stock watchlists and searches, within the finance module;
- Improving and optimizing the App and the Website and our users' experience;
- Communicating with you about the App and the Website, including in-app updates, new Apps, and promotional offers that we think might be of interest to you;
- Allowing third parties (as specified below) to provide you with personalized ads within the App and the Website;
- Providing technical support and responding to inquiries;
- Protecting the safety and well-being of our users;
- Protecting Unity's rights and property in connection with the App and the Website;
- Preventing fraud or potentially illegal activities;
- Analytics and research purposes; and
- Complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements with third parties.
E. Maximum Information Retention Period
We will keep your information for as long as necessary to provide you with the services and content provided by the App and the Website, and to maintain our legitimate business operations, and/or exercise, defend, or establish our rights.
F. How We Share Your Information
We share your information with:
- Our corporate affiliates – from which we receive services such as IT, security, storage, and other internal operations.
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Service providers – we share your information with our
service providers for purposes such as fraud detection and
prevention, analytics, reporting, weather information,
stock/finance data, news content, and storage. This
includes:
- Weather: AccuWeather, which provides the weather content and forecast data displayed in the App's weather module.
- Stocks/Finance: a market-data aggregator (Alpha Vantage or twelvedata) that supplies the stock price and market data displayed in the App's finance module. These providers have indicated that Unity must register with Nasdaq in order to be permitted to redistribute stock price data within the finance module, and Unity will complete that registration before the finance module launches.
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Advertising partners – we share your information (except for
precise geo-location) through third-party libraries
integrated in the App, using ad personalization data, with
the following advertising partners:
- Google Ads – https://policies.google.com/privacy.
- Outbrain – https://www.outbrain.com/privacy/.
G. How to Control Your Information
- Reset or delete your Google Advertising ID – you can reset or delete the device's Google Advertising ID at any time via your device's settings.
- Scope of the reset – if you reset the Google Advertising ID through your device's settings, we will still collect data via the App, including the new Google Advertising ID generated following the reset of the previous one.
- Manage saved locations and watchlists – you can add, edit, or remove saved weather locations and stock watchlist entries at any time from within the App.
- Submit a request to access or delete your personal information – through the app settings: Settings → Apps → Application List → Stocks App → Personal Data.
H. Children
Unity does not knowingly collect or maintain personal information collected online from children under the age of 13, except to the extent the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act permits us to collect and maintain such information without parental consent. If you believe your child has provided us with personal information covered by COPPA without your required consent, please contact us at DPO@unity3d.com, and we will make reasonable efforts to delete the information from our records. Our services may link to other websites or mobile apps. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites or mobile apps, as they may have different privacy policies and terms of use and are not associated with us. You agree that we cannot control these websites and/or mobile apps and we shall not be responsible for any use of them.
I. State Privacy Rights
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Virginia, Florida, Oregon, Texas, Montana, Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Tennessee residents have certain rights under state privacy laws with respect to personal data we collect. If you are a resident of one of these states, this section contains disclosures required by law and explains rights that may be available to you.
This section applies only to personal data that is subject to the state laws noted above.
In many cases, we act as a service provider or processor to collect personal data on behalf of the Partner. The Partner has its own privacy policies describing how it uses information. To the extent we process personal data subject to state privacy laws on behalf of a customer as a service provider or processor, we may also act as a point of contact for your rights under state privacy laws with respect to information processed by us as part of the operation of the Apps.
Personal Data Collected and Disclosed
In the past 12 months, we have collected, and disclosed for business purposes, on behalf of the Partner, the following categories of personal data. We do not knowingly sell, share, or process for targeted advertising purposes personal data about consumers under the age of 16. Although we do not sell personal data for monetary consideration, we do sell and share (as such terms are defined in applicable laws) personal data as part of the Stocks App for targeted advertising purposes, subject to users' choices.
| Categories of Personal Information | Disclosed for business purposes to: | Sold to / shared with (incl. targeted advertising): |
|---|---|---|
| Personal and online identifiers (e.g., unique online/device identifiers) | See “How We Share Your Information” | Advertising partners for the Stocks App |
| Commercial or transactions information | See “How We Share Your Information” | None |
| Internet or other electronic network activity (e.g., searches, watchlists, in-app activity) | See “How We Share Your Information” | Advertising partners for the Stocks App |
| Geolocation information (approximate and precise; saved locations) | See “How We Share Your Information” | Advertising partners for the Stocks App |
| Other information linked to the personal information above | See “How We Share Your Information” | Advertising partners for the Stocks App |
Categories of Sources
As described in the “About Us” section above, we collect personal data from the following categories of sources:
- Directly through the Apps.
- Demand partners.
- Analytics platforms.
- Advertising partners for the Stocks App.
- Weather and finance data providers (e.g., AccuWeather; the stock data aggregator, Alpha Vantage or twelvedata), to the extent they return information back to us in connection with providing their services.
Our Purposes for Processing Personal Data
We use and disclose the personal data we collect for the Partner's commercial and business purposes, as further described above in “How We Use the Information We Collect” and “How We Share Your Information.”
Recipients of Personal Data
- App developers.
- Advertising partners for the Stocks App.
- Service providers, including weather and stock/finance data providers.
Your Rights Regarding Personal Data
Subject to applicable law, you may make the following requests:
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You may request to know whether we process your Personal
Information, and to access such Personal Information. If you
are a California resident, you may request that we disclose
to you the following information covering the 12 months
preceding your request:
- The categories of Personal Information we collected about you and the categories of sources from which we collected it;
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting or sharing Personal Information about you;
- The categories of Personal Information about you that we shared and the categories of third parties to whom we shared it; and
- The categories of Personal Information about you that we otherwise disclosed, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed it (if applicable).
- You may request to correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information;
- You may request to have your Personal Information deleted;
- You may request to receive a copy of your Personal Information, including in a portable format where applicable;
- You may request to opt out of the “sale” of your Personal Information; and
- You may request to opt out of targeted advertising, including the “sharing” of your Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising your rights under applicable privacy law.
While some states provide residents with rights related to “sensitive” personal data, Unity does not collect this type of personal data.
Exercise Your Rights
To exercise any of the above rights, please contact us at DPO@unity3d.com.
You may also submit deletion and access requests through: Settings > About > Personal Data > Request deletion / Request access. Requests are processed subject to verification and authentication of your identity.
To opt out of sale or sharing of personal data, click the “do not sell” (or “do not sell/share”) link in the Stocks App settings.
Depending on your state, if you believe we have not fulfilled a request, you may appeal by replying to our response or by contacting us at DPO@unity3d.com.
Verification Process and Required Information
We may need to request additional information from you to verify your identity or process your request, although you will not be required to create an account with us to submit a request or have it fulfilled. We will require, at a minimum, your email address and state of residence, and will also collect information that identifies your device to help verify your identity.
Authorized Agent
You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf by verifying your identity and providing the agent with written permission to make the request on your behalf.
J. Open Source Software
The App may incorporate, or be built using, certain third-party open source software components. Each such open source component is licensed to Unity, and to you, under the terms of its own applicable open source license, and not under this Privacy Policy. Those open source licenses govern the use, modification, and distribution of the relevant component and may grant you rights separate from, and in addition to, the rights described in this Privacy Policy.
Use of open source components does not change or reduce the commitments Unity makes in this Privacy Policy regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your information. A list of the open source components used in the App, together with their applicable license notices, is available upon request by contacting us at DPO@unity3d.com.
K. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the policy will govern our processing of your information and can be found at Stocks App Settings → About → Privacy Policy, or by contacting the respective Partner directly. By continuing to access or use an app containing our services after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.
L. Contact Us – Data Protection and Privacy
Unity Technologies SF
DPO@unity3d.com
116 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA 94104, USA