Privacy Policy for Minimalisted
Effective Date: June 30, 2025
Minimalisted ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application and website (collectively, the "Service").
We are based in Sweden and operate in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information to provide and improve our Service.
Information You Provide Directly:
- Account Information: When you register, we collect your username, email address, and password. You may also choose to provide additional profile information (e.g., profile picture, bio).
- User Content: The lists you create, import, share, and all associated text, comments, or data within those lists.
- Communication: Records of your correspondence with us (e.g., support requests).
Information We Collect Automatically:
- Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the Service, such as your activity on the platform (e.g., lists viewed, lists imported, searches performed), features used, and the time and duration of your sessions.
- Device Information: Information about the device you use to access the Service, including IP address, device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- Log Data: Server logs may include your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and timestamps.
2. How We Use Your Information (Legal Basis: GDPR Article 6)
We use the information we collect for various purposes, primarily based on the following legal grounds:
- Performance of a Contract (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)): To provide, operate, and maintain our Service, manage your account, and fulfill our obligations under our Terms of Service (e.g., allowing you to create, share, and import lists).
- Legitimate Interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)):
- To improve, personalize, and expand our Service (e.g., analyzing usage patterns to enhance features).
- To understand and analyze how you use our Service.
- To develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
- To communicate with you, including for customer support, updates, and marketing communications (where permitted).
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, or security incidents.
- Consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)): For specific purposes where we obtain your explicit consent (e.g., for certain types of marketing communications or non-essential cookies). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
- Legal Obligation (GDPR Art. 6(1)(c)): To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your information in the following situations:
- With Other Users:
- Public Lists: Lists you choose to make public, along with your username and profile picture, will be visible to other users of the Service.
- Imported Lists: When other users import your public lists, they will see your username as the original creator (where technically feasible).
- Followers: Your username and profile picture will be visible to users who follow you.
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf (e.g., hosting, analytics, customer support). These vendors are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed.
- Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
- Legal Requirements: If required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency request).
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your express consent.
4. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR Rights)
As a data subject under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to access (Art. 15): You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- Right to rectification (Art. 16): You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Right to erasure ("Right to be forgotten") (Art. 17): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to restrict processing (Art. 18): You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to object to processing (Art. 21): You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions, particularly where processing is based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
- Right to data portability (Art. 20): You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7): Where we rely on your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
- Right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. In Sweden, this is the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY).
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in the "Contact Us" section below. We will respond to your request within one month.
5. Data Retention
We only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When your personal data is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymize it.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.
- What are Cookies? Cookies are small data files placed on your device (computer, tablet, mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
- How We Use Cookies:
- Necessary Cookies: Essential for the Service to function (e.g., enabling you to log in).
- Performance/Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how users interact with our Service (e.g., which pages are most popular), allowing us to improve its performance and design.
- Functionality Cookies: Remember your preferences (e.g., language selection) to provide a more personal experience.
- Advertising/Targeting Cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertisements to you based on your interests and activity on our Service, and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
- Your Choices Regarding Cookies:
- You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
- For more information on managing cookies, please refer to your browser's help features.
- For GDPR compliance, we will implement a cookie consent mechanism that allows you to manage your preferences for non-essential cookies upon your first visit to our Service.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
By email:
minimalisted@mail.com