Privacy Policy

Effective Date: [INSERT DATE]

Last Updated: [INSERT DATE]

VANTA (“VANTA,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy.

This Privacy Policy explains how VANTA collects, uses, stores, shares, protects, and otherwise processes information when you use the VANTA website, applications, services, and features, including social profiles, posts, Reels, Stories, Live, messaging, comments, virtual gifts, Balance, and related services (collectively, the “Service”).

VANTA is designed for users around the world. Depending on where you live, additional privacy rights and protections may apply to you.

By using VANTA, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

1. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR DATA?

The entity responsible for processing your personal information is:

VANTA Legal Entity: [INSERT LEGAL COMPANY NAME]

Registered Address: [INSERT ADDRESS]

Country: [INSERT COUNTRY]

For privacy-related questions:

Privacy Team: [INSERT PRIVACY EMAIL]

Data Protection Officer: [INSERT DPO EMAIL, IF APPLICABLE]

Where local law requires a different data controller, representative, or privacy contact, VANTA may provide additional jurisdiction-specific information.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect information that you provide directly, information generated when you use VANTA, and information received from certain third parties.

The information we collect depends on how you use VANTA.

2.1 Information You Provide

This may include:

Account information

• Name;
• Username;
• Email address;
• Phone number;
• Password or authentication credentials;
• Date of birth or age information;
• Profile photo;
• Biography;
• Profile information;
• Verification information where applicable.

Content

When you use VANTA, you may provide:

• Photos;
• Videos;
• Reels;
• Stories;
• Live-stream content;
• Audio;
• Posts;
• Comments;
• Captions;
• Messages;
• Channel content;
• Group content;
• Other information you choose to publish or send.

Transaction information

If you purchase or use paid features, we may process information relating to:

• Purchases;
• Virtual currency;
• Balance;
• Gifts;
• Payment status;
• Refunds;
• Chargebacks;
• Transaction identifiers;
• Creator earnings or payouts, where applicable.

Payment-card details may be processed directly by third-party payment providers rather than stored by VANTA, depending on the payment method used.

Communications

If you contact VANTA, we may receive information contained in your communication, including support requests, reports, appeals, feedback, and correspondence.

3. INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

When you access or use VANTA, certain information may be collected automatically.

This may include:

• IP address;
• Device type;
• Operating system;
• Browser type;
• Application version;
• Device identifiers;
• Language and regional settings;
• Time zone;
• Network information;
• Approximate location derived from technical information;
• Login and session information;
• Pages, screens, and features accessed;
• Search activity within VANTA;
• Interactions with Content;
• Views, likes, follows, shares, comments, and other engagement;
• Performance and diagnostic information;
• Crash information;
• Security and fraud-related signals.

We use this information to operate, secure, analyze, and improve VANTA.

4. CAMERA, MICROPHONE AND MEDIA PERMISSIONS

Certain VANTA features may require access to your device camera, microphone, photos, videos, or other media.

For example:

• Creating a Reel may require camera or media-library access;
• Live streaming may require camera and microphone access;
• Uploading a profile photo may require photo-library access;
• Sending media through messages may require access to selected media.

VANTA will request permission through your device’s operating system where required.

You can generally control these permissions through your device settings.

VANTA does not access your camera or microphone merely because the application is installed.

When you actively use features that require camera or microphone access, the relevant information may be processed to provide that feature.

5. LOCATION INFORMATION

Some VANTA features may use location information.

Depending on the feature and your permissions, this may include:

• Approximate location;
• Device-derived location;
• Location information you voluntarily include in Content.

VANTA will request device-level location permission where required.

You may disable location permissions through your device settings.

We do not require precise location information for ordinary use of VANTA unless a particular feature genuinely requires it and applicable law permits such processing.

6. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We may use information for the following purposes:

Providing VANTA

To:

• Create and manage accounts;
• Authenticate users;
• Provide profiles;
• Publish and display Content;
• Deliver Reels, Stories, posts, and other Content;
• Provide messaging;
• Provide Live streaming;
• Deliver notifications;
• Process transactions;
• Provide virtual gifts;
• Provide customer support.

Improving VANTA

To:

• Understand how users interact with VANTA;
• Improve features;
• Develop new features;
• Test functionality;
• Analyze performance;
• Diagnose technical problems;
• Improve recommendations and discovery.

Safety and Security

To:

• Detect fraud;
• Prevent abuse;
• Protect accounts;
• Detect malicious activity;
• Investigate security incidents;
• Prevent spam;
• Protect users;
• Enforce our Terms and Community Guidelines.

Legal Compliance

We may process information when necessary to:

• Comply with applicable laws;
• Respond to lawful requests;
• Protect legal rights;
• Investigate suspected illegal activity;
• Meet regulatory requirements;
• Enforce our agreements.

Communications

We may use your information to send:

• Security alerts;
• Account notifications;
• Service announcements;
• Transaction confirmations;
• Feature-related notifications;
• Support responses.

Where required, we will obtain appropriate consent for marketing communications.

7. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING

Where laws such as the GDPR apply, VANTA may process personal information on one or more legal bases, including:

Contract

Where processing is necessary to provide the Service you requested.

Consent

Where you have provided consent for a particular processing activity.

You may withdraw consent where applicable.

Legitimate Interests

Where processing is necessary for legitimate interests pursued by VANTA or another party, provided those interests do not override applicable rights and freedoms.

Examples may include:

• Security;
• Fraud prevention;
• Service improvement;
• Platform integrity;
• Certain analytics;
• Protecting users and VANTA.

Legal Obligation

Where processing is necessary to comply with applicable law or legal obligations.

Vital Interests

Where processing is necessary to protect someone’s life or safety in circumstances recognized by applicable law.

The legal basis available to VANTA may vary depending on the country and circumstances.

8. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND USER CONTENT

VANTA is a social platform.

If you choose to publish Content publicly, that Content may be visible to other users and, depending on the feature, people who are not registered VANTA users.

Public information may include:

• Username;
• Profile photo;
• Biography;
• Public posts;
• Reels;
• Stories;
• Comments;
• Public follower/following information;
• Live streams.

Public Content may be copied, recorded, screenshotted, shared, or redistributed by other people.

VANTA cannot guarantee that Content made publicly available will remain exclusively within VANTA.

Please carefully consider what information you publish publicly.

9. PRIVATE MESSAGES

VANTA may provide private and group messaging.

Private does not necessarily mean that communications are inaccessible to VANTA under all circumstances.

We may process information relating to messages where reasonably necessary to:

• Deliver messages;
• Maintain the Service;
• Detect spam;
• Prevent abuse;
• Protect users;
• Investigate security incidents;
• Respond to lawful requests;
• Enforce our policies.

Where applicable, additional technical protections may apply to particular communication features.

If VANTA introduces end-to-end encrypted communications, those features will be governed by additional technical and privacy information.

10. LIVE STREAMING

When you participate in a VANTA Live stream, VANTA may process:

• Video;
• Audio;
• Comments;
• Viewer interactions;
• Gifts;
• Engagement information;
• Stream metadata;
• Technical information.

Live streams may be publicly visible depending on the streamer’s settings.

Live Content may be processed to provide, moderate, secure, and improve the Live feature.

11. PAYMENTS, BALANCE AND VIRTUAL GIFTS

If you purchase virtual currency, Balance, gifts, or other paid features, VANTA may process information relating to those transactions.

Payment information may be handled by third-party payment processors.

VANTA may receive information such as:

• Transaction ID;
• Amount;
• Currency;
• Payment status;
• Payment method type;
• Refund status;
• Chargeback information.

VANTA generally does not need to store complete payment-card information when that information is handled directly by an authorized payment processor.

12. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

VANTA may use cookies, local storage, SDKs, pixels, device identifiers, and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used for:

• Authentication;
• Security;
• Remembering preferences;
• Session management;
• Analytics;
• Performance monitoring;
• Personalization;
• Fraud prevention.

Where required by law, VANTA will request consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser or device settings.

Disabling certain technologies may affect the functionality of VANTA.

13. RECOMMENDATIONS AND PERSONALIZATION

VANTA may personalize your experience.

For example, we may use information such as:

• Content you interact with;
• Accounts you follow;
• Searches;
• Likes;
• Shares;
• Watch behavior;
• General engagement;
• Language;
• Device and technical information.

This may help VANTA recommend Reels, posts, accounts, Live streams, or other Content that may be relevant to you.

Where applicable law provides rights regarding profiling or automated decision-making, VANTA will provide the protections required by that law.

14. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATED SYSTEMS

VANTA may use automated technologies, including machine-learning or artificial-intelligence systems, to help:

• Detect spam;
• Detect fraud;
• Identify potentially harmful Content;
• Improve recommendations;
• Improve search;
• Moderate Content;
• Detect security threats;
• Improve platform performance.

Automated systems may produce inaccurate results.

Where required by applicable law, VANTA will provide appropriate information, human-review mechanisms, and rights concerning significant automated decisions.

15. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION

VANTA does not sell your personal information in the ordinary sense of selling a customer database to third parties.

We may share information with:

Service providers

Companies that help us operate VANTA, such as:

• Cloud hosting providers;
• Content-delivery providers;
• Storage providers;
• Payment processors;
• Authentication providers;
• Analytics providers;
• Security providers;
• Customer-support providers;
• Communication providers;
• Fraud-prevention providers.

These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services to VANTA and subject to appropriate contractual or legal requirements.

Other users

Information you intentionally publish or share through VANTA may be visible to other users.

Business partners

Where appropriate and permitted by law, VANTA may share limited information with partners providing services or integrations.

Legal authorities

We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with law;
• Respond to valid legal processes;
• Protect users;
• Protect VANTA;
• Investigate fraud or illegal activity;
• Protect someone’s safety.

Corporate transactions

Information may be transferred as part of:

• A merger;
• Acquisition;
• Financing;
• Restructuring;
• Sale of assets;
• Bankruptcy or similar transaction.

Where legally required, VANTA will provide appropriate notice.

16. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

VANTA is a global service.

Your information may be processed or stored in countries other than the country where you live.

Those countries may have privacy laws different from those in your jurisdiction.

Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, VANTA will use appropriate legal mechanisms and safeguards.

Depending on the jurisdiction, these may include:

• Adequacy decisions;
• Standard contractual clauses;
• Other legally recognized transfer mechanisms;
• Appropriate technical and organizational safeguards.

17. DATA RETENTION

VANTA keeps personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.

Retention periods depend on factors such as:

• The type of information;
• Why we collected it;
• Whether your account remains active;
• Legal obligations;
• Security requirements;
• Fraud prevention;
• Dispute resolution;
• Enforcement of agreements.

When information is no longer required, VANTA may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it.

Some information may remain in backups for a limited period before being securely overwritten.

18. ACCOUNT DELETION

You may request deletion of your VANTA account.

When an account is deleted, VANTA will take reasonable steps to delete or anonymize associated personal information, subject to:

• Legal retention requirements;
• Fraud prevention;
• Security investigations;
• Dispute resolution;
• Enforcement of legal rights;
• Information that has been independently copied or shared by other users.

Deletion of your account does not necessarily cause Content that other users have copied, screenshotted, downloaded, or redistributed to disappear from outside VANTA.

19. DATA SECURITY

VANTA uses reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against:

• Unauthorized access;
• Unauthorized disclosure;
• Loss;
• Destruction;
• Alteration;
• Misuse.

Security measures may include:

• Encryption in transit;
• Access controls;
• Authentication mechanisms;
• Monitoring;
• Security logging;
• Infrastructure protections;
• Backup systems;
• Internal security procedures.

No internet service can guarantee absolute security.

You are responsible for keeping your password and account credentials secure.

20. DATA BREACHES

If VANTA experiences a personal-data breach, we will assess the incident and take appropriate action in accordance with applicable law.

Where notification is legally required, VANTA will notify the relevant authorities and/or affected users within the timeframes required by applicable law.

21. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Depending on where you live, you may have rights including:

• Right to know what personal information we process;
• Right to access your information;
• Right to correct inaccurate information;
• Right to request deletion;
• Right to restrict processing;
• Right to object to certain processing;
• Right to data portability;
• Right to withdraw consent;
• Right to request information about automated decision-making;
• Right to object to direct marketing;
• Right to lodge a complaint with an applicable privacy regulator.

These rights vary by jurisdiction and may be subject to legal exceptions.

For example, GDPR rights include access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and certain rights concerning automated decision-making.

22. HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS

You can submit a privacy request by contacting:

Privacy Team: [INSERT PRIVACY EMAIL]

Your request should include enough information for us to understand what you are asking for.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

This is intended to protect your information from unauthorized disclosure.

Where GDPR applies, organizations generally must respond to valid rights requests without undue delay and, in principle, within one month.

Other jurisdictions may provide different timelines.

VANTA will comply with the applicable legal deadline.

23. CHILDREN AND MINORS

VANTA is not intended for children below the minimum age permitted under applicable law.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children where doing so is prohibited by applicable law.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to VANTA in violation of applicable requirements, contact:

Child Safety / Privacy: [INSERT EMAIL]

We may take appropriate steps to investigate and delete information where legally required.

Certain VANTA features may have additional age restrictions.

24. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES AND LINKS

VANTA may contain links to third-party websites, applications, payment services, or other services.

VANTA does not control the privacy practices of third parties.

You should review their privacy policies before providing personal information to them.

25. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

You should take reasonable steps to protect your personal information.

Do not publicly publish information such as:

• Passwords;
• Authentication codes;
• Financial credentials;
• Government identification numbers;
• Private addresses;
• Sensitive personal information;
• Other information that could put you or another person at risk.

VANTA cannot control what another user does with information you voluntarily make public.

26. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

VANTA may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

When changes are material, VANTA will provide appropriate notice where required by law.

The “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy will indicate when it was most recently changed.

Where required, VANTA may request your consent before introducing materially different processing.

27. JURISDICTION-SPECIFIC RIGHTS

VANTA is designed for a global audience.

Depending on where you live, additional privacy laws may provide additional rights or protections.

These may include laws relating to:

• Data access;
• Data deletion;
• Data portability;
• Consent;
• Marketing;
• Cookies;
• Children’s privacy;
• Sensitive personal information;
• Sale or sharing of personal information;
• International data transfers;
• Automated decision-making;
• Data breach notification.

Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to remove rights that cannot legally be waived in your jurisdiction.

28. CONTACT US

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns:

VANTA Privacy Team

Email: [PRIVACY EMAIL]

Website: [VANTA WEBSITE]

Data Protection Officer: [DPO NAME / EMAIL, IF APPLICABLE]

VANTA Legal Entity: [LEGAL COMPANY NAME]

Registered Address: [LEGAL ADDRESS]

You may also have the right to contact your local data protection or privacy regulator.

29. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

By using VANTA, you acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to review this Privacy Policy and understand how VANTA processes personal information.

VANTA — Connect. Create. Share.