Xkaliber OS Website Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 11. May 2025
Welcome to the Xkaliber OS website ("Site"). Xkaliber OS ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Site, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the "Site"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Effective Date" of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:
a. Personal Data You Provide to Us:
- Contact Information: When you contact us via our Site's contact page, express interest in the Xkaliber Insider Program, partnership opportunities, or request support, we may collect your name, email address, and any message content you provide.
- Purchase Information: If you purchase a "pro" version of Xkaliber OS or other software products from us, we will collect personal information necessary to process your order, such as your name and email address. Financial information (like credit card numbers) is processed by our third-party payment processors, and we do not store this information on our servers.
- Insider Program Communication: If you join the Xkaliber Insider Program or become a registered tester, we will collect information necessary to communicate with you, such as your chosen method of contact (which may include email address or social media profile if you opt to communicate through those channels).
- Community Interactions: If you engage with us through our official forums (if hosted by us), or third-party platforms like Reddit or Facebook groups, we may collect information you voluntarily share. Please note that information shared on third-party platforms is also subject to their respective privacy policies.
- Testimonials: If you provide a testimonial, we may collect your name and the content of the testimonial, and will seek your consent before publishing it.
b. Automatically Collected Information:
- Log and Usage Data: Our servers automatically collect standard log information when you access the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, pages viewed, files downloaded (e.g., ISOs, .deb packages, scripts), and the referring URL.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Site.
- Website Analytics: We may use third-party analytics services to collect and analyze usage data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity. This data is typically aggregated and anonymized.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:
- Operate and maintain our Site.
- Process your transactions and manage your orders for any purchased products or services.
- Respond to your comments, questions, and provide customer service via our contact page.
- Communicate with you as part of the Xkaliber Insider Program or tester activities, using your preferred contact method.
- Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Site and services to improve our Site and the Xkaliber OS.
- Facilitate the download and update process for Xkaliber OS and its components.
- Personalize and improve the Site, and provide content or features that match user interests.
- Gather feedback to improve Xkaliber OS and develop new features.
- Notify you of updates to Xkaliber OS or our services, if you have opted into such communications.
- Address custom development service inquiries.
3. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We are committed to not sharing your personal data with third parties for their marketing purposes. We may share information we have collected about you only in the following limited situations:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service
contractors,
and other third parties who perform services for us or on our behalf. This includes:
- Payment Processors: To process payments for purchases, we share necessary information with our payment processing partners. They are responsible for securely handling your payment information according to their own privacy policies.
- Other operational services such as website hosting, data analysis, and email delivery (if applicable).
- By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
- Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. You will be notified via a prominent notice on our Site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent (e.g., publishing a testimonial).
- Third-Party Social Media: If you choose to communicate with us or other users via third-party social media platforms (e.g., for the Insider Program or general community engagement), your interactions on those platforms are governed by their respective privacy policies.
4. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. 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 Site.
5. DATA SECURITY
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
6. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: 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.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us via our Site's contact page.
7. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including payment processors, social media platforms, and external services that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website.
8. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Our Site and services are not intended for individuals under the age of 13 (or a higher age threshold as required by applicable law). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
9. ANDROID APPLICATION
This Privacy Policy primarily covers our website. Our official Xkaliber OS Android application (currently in development) may have its own specific privacy notice or may fall under this policy if data handling practices are similar. Any specific data collection or usage by the app will be detailed in the app's privacy information.
10. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this 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.
11. CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our Site's contact page.