By using this Pineapple app you acknowledge and agree to the Privacy Policy of the app which is set out below. The Privacy Policy relates to the collection and use of personal information you may supply to us through your use of the service channels on the Pineapple app and such policy therefore governs the manner in which your personal information will be dealt with.

Personal information for the purposes of this document means all information specific to you, which is provided to us through the use of our app. In other words, information that identifies you. This includes but is not limited to the following personal information that you may provide to us when using the app:

- Your name and surname;
- RSA identity number or date of birth;
- Contact numbers;
-E-mail address.
-Behavioural data

By using any of the services on our app you hereby consent that we may send you promotional material or details which we think may be of interest to you.

Pineapple is allowed to contact you via email, push notification, Whatsapp, phone calls, SMS or other forms of communication to inform you of offers, product information, special offers, discounts and competitions.

Please note that you will not be allowed to use the services unless you consent to us using your information for marketing purposes in the future.

By using Pineapple you consent that select information relating to your insurance, performance, asset-register, personal information and connectivity will be shown to other users in the interest of transparency and treating other community members fairly. If you wish to adjust what other users can see, you can do so from privacy settings on your profile.

By using Pineapple you further consent to Pineapple’s cross-border transfer of your personal information as may be required.

All information collected is processed solely for the purpose it is obtained, namely offering and providing Pineapple services, products and ancillary processes enabling Pineapple services and product

Pineapple may use the data you provide to determine product and service eligibility and fulfil necessary ancillary processes required to administer such products and services.

Data collected is done so in accordance with the POPI Act and is processed and utilized in accordance with POPIA requirements.
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User generated content:

‍You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, files, information, usernames, images, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, links and other content or materials (collectively, "Content") that you submit, post or display on or via the Service.

You must not create or submit unwanted email, comments, likes or other forms of commercial or harassing communications (a/k/a "spam") to any Pineapple users.

By using our Service you understand and agree that we are providing a platform for you to post content, including photos, comments and other materials ("User Content"), to the Service and to share User Content publicly. This means that other Users may search for, see, use, or share any of your User Content that you make publicly available through the Service, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use Finding friends on Pineapple:

- If you choose, you can use our "Find friends" feature to locate other people with Pineapple accounts either through (i) your contacts list, (ii) third-party social media sites or (iii) through a search of names and usernames on Pineapple.

- If you choose to find your friends through (i) your device's contacts list, then Pineapple will access your contacts list to determine whether or not someone associated with your contact is using Pineapple.

- If you choose to find your friends through a (ii) third-party social media site, then you will be prompted to set up a link to the third-party service and you understand that any information that such service may provide to us will be governed by this Privacy Policy.

- If you choose to find your friends (iii) through a search of names or usernames on Pineapple then simply type a name to search and we will perform a search on our Service.

Note about "Invite Friends" feature: If you choose to invite someone to the Service through our "Invite friends" feature, you may select a person directly from the contacts list on your device and send a text or email from your personal account. You understand and agree that you are responsible for any charges that apply to communications sent from your device, and because this invitation is coming directly from your personal account, Pineapple does not have access to or control this communication


Automatically Collected Information

‍In addition, the Application may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile devices unique device ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browsers you use, information about the phone you are using and information about the way you use the Application.

When you visit the application, we may use GPS technology (or other similar technology) to determine your current location in order to determine the city you are located within.

If you do not want us to use your location for the purposes set forth above, you should turn off the location services for the mobile application located in your account settings or in your mobile phone settings and/or within the mobile application.

We use third-party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent by your device or our Service, including the web pages you visit, add-ons, and other information that assists us in improving the Service. We collect and use this analytics information with analytics information from other Users so that it cannot reasonably be used to identify any particular individual User.

Do third parties see and/or have access to information obtained by the Application? Yes. We will share your information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement.

We may disclose User Provided and Automatically Collected Information:
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‍as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process; when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request; with our trusted services providers who work on our behalf, do not have an independent use of the information we disclose to them, and have agreed to adhere to the rules set forth in this privacy statement.


Obtaining credit information from 3^rd parties

‍By using the Pineapple app you are consenting we may obtain your credit, ITC, and vehicle details from selected 3^rd party service providers. We may also collect and use publicly available data relating to you or your assets.


Data Retention Policy, Managing Your Information

‍There may be links from the Service, or from communications you receive from the Service, to third-party web sites or features. There may also be links to third-party web sites or features in images or comments within the Service. The Service also includes third-party content that we do not control, maintain or endorse. Functionality on the Service may also permit interactions between the Service and a third-party web site or feature, including applications that connect the Service or your profile on the Service with a third-party web site or feature. For example, the Service may include a feature that enables you to share Content from the Service or your Content with a third party, which may be publicly posted on that third party's service or application.


Data protection:

‍We will retain User Provided data for as long as you use the Application and for a reasonable time thereafter. We will retain Automatically Collected information for up to 72 months and thereafter may store it in aggregate. If you’d like us to delete User Provided Data that you have provided via the Application, please contact us at info@Pineapple.co.za and we will respond in a reasonable time. Please note that some or all of the User Provided Data may be required in order for the Application to function properly.

Children
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We do not use the Application to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us at info@Pineapple.co.za We will delete such information from our files within a reasonable time.

Security

We are concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. We provide physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect information we process and maintain. For example, we limit access to this information to authorized employees and contractors who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our Application. Please be aware that, although we endeavour to provide reasonable security for information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.

Your privacy is important to us. We will therefore not sell, rent or provide your personal information to unauthorised entities or other third parties, for their independent use, without your consent, excluding in app information relating to your insurance/ asset activity.

If at any stage, after you have given us your consent, you no longer wish that we use your personal information, you may at any stage withdraw your consent by uninstalling the Pineapple app from your mobile device and notify us either telephonically or by email of the withdrawal of your consent.

We have the highest regard for the privacy of the personal information obtained through the use of our app, and therefore will only use the personal information obtained subject to the Terms and Conditions of this agreement and for the purpose for which it was collected and only for the purposes of positively identifying the user when the app is accessed as well as in order to quote you.

We value the information you chose to provide and which we collect from you and will take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or unauthorised alteration. The information we maintain concerning you is stored in databases that have built-in safeguards to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of that information.

In this regard however, we cannot guarantee the security of any personal information that you disclose through our app. You therefore accept the inherent risk of providing information when using our app and will not hold us, our directors, employees or agents responsible for any breach of security.

The following are the instances when we will be entitled to disclose the personal information obtained from you:

- When any regulatory authority for the various financial sectors requests same; To comply with any regulation passed under relevant legislation, or any legal process; To enforce and protect our rights and property(including intellectual property)

- When you have expressly authorised us to do so.

Please ensure that you have read and understood the Terms and Conditions of this Privacy Policy before you provide us with your personal information.

We reserve the right in our sole discretion to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. You agree to review the Privacy Policy whenever you visit our app for any such amendments. Save as expressly provided to the contrary in this Privacy Policy, the amended version of the Privacy Policy shall supersede and replace all previous versions thereof