Privacy Policy

Last updated April 11, 2026

Bellek LLC ("we," "us," or "our") is the company responsible for this policy. We operate the Pollcy mobile application and related online services ("Services"). This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you use Pollcy—for example when you:

• Download or use our apps (including Pollcy) or other services that link to this policy
• Vote on polls, explore content based on daily news, and view aggregated results and statistics
• Contact support, respond to surveys, receive marketing, or otherwise interact with us
• Subscribe to optional premium features, when available, via monthly subscription billed through the Apple App Store or Google Play (we describe what we receive from those purchases below)

We may create aggregated, anonymized statistics (including demographic breakdowns of how groups voted on polls) for use in the app and, separately, we may license or sell such aggregate insights to third parties in a form that does not identify you—see How we use your information and When we share personal information.

If you do not agree with this policy, do not use the Services. For privacy questions, email privacy@pollcy.com.

Contents

• What information we collect
• How we use your information
• Legal bases for processing
• When we share personal information
• Third-party sites and ads
• Cookies and similar technologies
• Artificial intelligence features
• How long we keep information
• Security
• Your privacy rights
• Do-not-track signals
• U.S. state privacy rights
• Changes to this policy
• How to contact us
• Access, correction, and deletion

What information we collect

Information you provide

When you use the Pollcy app, we collect:

• Account information: email address, username, and credentials (authentication is handled by our identity provider; we do not store your password in plain text).
• Demographic information: birth date, gender, education level, country, and region, as you provide in your profile (used to weight and display aggregate poll statistics).
• Vote history: which polls you participated in, when you voted, and your selected options (stored to power streaks, history, and aggregate results).
• Preferences: notification settings, language, theme, and marketing consent.
• Consents: whether you accepted this policy and our terms (and marketing, if you opt in), including version identifiers when we record them in your profile.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you register, when you participate in polls or other activities on the Services, or when you contact us.

Account activity (security logs). The app records security-related events (for example sign-in, sign-out, password changes, session start, and profile edits) with a timestamp, session identifier, and device or app metadata such as device model, OS version, and app user agent. These entries are stored in your account-activity log and may be used by our systems for security checks, fraud prevention, and backend operational improvements.

Aggregate poll statistics. We combine votes with demographic fields from your profile (such as age band, gender, education, or region) to compute group-level counts and percentages shown in the Services. Other users see these as aggregate results—not as how you personally voted, identified by name.

Personal Information Provided by You. Depending on how you use Pollcy, this may include:

• Email address and username

• Phone number (collected solely for account verification via SMS; stored by our identity provider, not in our application database)

• Contact or authentication identifiers managed by our identity provider

• Gender, birth date (month/year granularity as you provide), education level, country, and region

Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.

Payments and subscriptions. Purchases—including premium subscriptions billed on a monthly (or other) basis when we offer them—are processed by Apple or Google. They collect payment details (such as card or wallet information); we do not receive or store your full payment card number or security codes on our servers. We may receive limited purchase metadata from the stores (for example subscription status, product or plan identifier, renewal dates, and transaction identifiers) to unlock features and handle billing support.

Apple: Privacy Policy. Google Play: Privacy Policy.

Application Data. If you use our application(s), we also may collect the following information if you choose to provide us with access or permission:

• Mobile Device Data. We automatically collect device information (such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer), operating system, version information and system configuration information, device and application identification numbers, browser type and version, hardware model Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, and Internet Protocol (IP) address (or proxy server). If you are using our application(s), we may also collect information about the phone network associated with your mobile device, your mobile device’s operating system or platform, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device’s unique device ID, and information about the features of our application(s) you accessed.

• Push Notifications. We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or certain features of the application(s). If you wish to opt out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device's settings.

This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our application(s), for troubleshooting, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

The information we collect includes:

• Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called "crash dumps"), and hardware settings).

• Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.

• Location data. We primarily use the country and region you provide in your profile. We may also derive approximate location from IP address or device signals for fraud prevention, analytics, or compliance. If you grant permission, the operating system may provide more precise location to the app or to our analytics providers; you can revoke that permission in device settings.

How we use your information

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

• To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.

• To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.

• To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.

• To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.

• To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.

• To display advertisements. We display ads within the Services through third-party ad networks such as AdMob. Ads may be personalized based on information collected by the ad network. Where applicable U.S. state law requires consent or offers an opt-out, we present an in-app privacy choices prompt before serving personalized ads. You can review or change your ad personalization preferences at any time in the app under Settings → Advertising privacy.

• To protect our Services. We may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention.

• To evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.

• To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our Services to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them.

• To comply with our legal obligations. We may process your information to comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal requests, and exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights.

• To personalize poll content and recommendations.

• To display poll results and aggregate statistics.

• To provide and administer premium or paid features, including verifying subscription status and entitlements with Apple or Google when you purchase a monthly or other subscription.

• To create aggregated, anonymized analytics and research products, we may prepare datasets and reports about voting patterns and demographic trends that do not identify individuals. We may license or sell those aggregate insights to third parties (for example media, research, or business customers). This processing is aimed at group-level insights, not at selling your personal contact information or your identifiable vote record.

Legal bases for processing

We process personal information only when applicable law allows it—for example, based on your consent, to perform our contract with you, to comply with law, to protect vital interests, or where we have a legitimate interest that is not overridden by your rights.

If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.

We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.

In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:

• If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way

• For investigations and fraud detection and prevention

• For business transactions provided certain conditions are met

• If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim

• For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin

• If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse

• If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province

• If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records

• If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced

• If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes

• If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations

• We may disclose de-identified information for approved research or statistics projects, subject to ethics oversight and confidentiality commitments

When we share personal information

Vendors, consultants, and other service providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents ("third parties") who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts in place with our third parties, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any organization apart from us. They also commit to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct.

Aggregated and de-identified data. We may share aggregated or de-identified information (including demographic breakdowns of poll outcomes) that does not reasonably identify you with third parties, including in commercial arrangements—such as licensing or selling broad statistical reports—where permitted by law. If we share information that is not personal information under applicable law, additional privacy rights (for example opt-out of “sale”) may not apply to that sharing.

The third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:

• Advertising, Direct Marketing, and Lead Generation

AdMob

• Cloud Computing Services

Google Cloud Platform

• Communicate and Chat with Users

Firebase Cloud Messaging

• Functionality and Infrastructure Optimization

Cloud Functions for Firebase , Cloud Storage for Firebase and Firebase Hosting

• User Account Registration and Authentication

Firebase Authentication

• Web and Mobile Analytics

Google Analytics for Firebase

• Website Hosting

Firebase Hosting

• Website Performance Monitoring

Firebase Crash Reporting and Firebase Performance Monitoring

• Website Testing

Firebase Remote Config

• App Updates

Expo (EAS Update)

We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

• 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.

• Third-party offers or rewards. If we integrate an offer wall or similar feature, a third party may show promotions; leaving the app to complete an offer may share a pseudonymous identifier (such as an app user ID) with that provider for fraud prevention and crediting rewards. That provider’s privacy policy applies when you interact with them.

Third-party sites and ads

The Services may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, services, or applications. Accordingly, we do not make any guarantee regarding any such third parties, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of such third-party websites, services, or applications. The inclusion of a link towards a third-party website, service, or application does not imply an endorsement by us. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third-party websites. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Services. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.

Cookies and similar technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to gather information when you interact with our Services. Some online tracking technologies help us maintain the security of our Services and your account, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions.

We also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies on our Services for analytics and advertising, including to help manage and display advertisements that may be personalized (see "How we use your information" for details and how to manage your preferences).

To the extent these online tracking technologies are deemed to be a "sale"/"sharing" (which includes targeted advertising, as defined under the applicable laws) under applicable US state laws, you can opt out of these online tracking technologies by submitting a request as described below under section "U.S. state privacy rights"

You can control cookies and similar technologies through your browser or device settings and any in-app preferences we make available.

Google Analytics

We may share your information with Google Analytics to track and analyze the use of the Services. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across the Services, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.

Artificial intelligence features

As part of our Services, we offer products, features, or tools powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, or similar technologies (collectively, "AI Products"). These tools are designed to enhance your experience and provide you with innovative solutions. The terms in this Privacy Policy govern your use of the AI Products within our Services.

Use of AI Technologies

We provide the AI Products through third-party service providers ("AI Service Providers"), including OpenAI. As outlined in this Privacy Policy, your input, output, and personal information will be shared with and processed by these AI Service Providers to enable your use of our AI Products for purposes outlined in "When we share personal information" You must not use the AI Products in any way that violates the terms or policies of any AI Service Provider.

Our AI Products

Our AI Products are designed for the following functions:

• Text analysis

• Natural language processing

• AI translation

• AI insights

• AI document generation

How We Process Your Data Using AI

All personal information processed using our AI Products is handled in line with our Privacy Policy and our agreement with third parties. This ensures high security and safeguards your personal information throughout the process, giving you peace of mind about your data's safety.

How long we keep information

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

Security

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

Your privacy rights

In some regions (like Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. If a decision that produces legal or similarly significant effects is made solely by automated means, we will inform you, explain the main factors, and offer a simple way to request human review. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "How to contact us" below.

We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "How to contact us" below.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, or by contacting us using the details provided in the section "How to contact us" below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you — for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:

• Log in to your account settings and update your user account.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at privacy@pollcy.com.

Do-not-track signals

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.

California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser DNT signals. Because there currently is not an industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.

U.S. state privacy rights

Categories of Personal Information We Collect

The table below shows the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve (12) months. The table includes illustrative examples of each category and does not reflect the personal information we collect from you. For a comprehensive inventory of all personal information we process, please refer to the section "What information we collect"

We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:

• Receiving help through our customer support channels;

• Participation in customer surveys or contests; and

• Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.

We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide the Services or for:

• Category A - As long as the user has an account with us

• Category B - As long as the user has an account with us

• Category C - As long as the user has an account with us

• Category F - As long as the user has an account with us

• Category G - As long as the user has an account with us

Sources of Personal Information

Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect in "What information we collect"

How We Use and Share Personal Information

Learn more about how we use your personal information in the section, "How we use your information"

We collect and share your personal information through:

• Google Analytics for Firebase

Will your information be shared with anyone else?

We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Learn more about how we disclose personal information to in the section, "When we share personal information"

We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.

We have disclosed the following categories of personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months:

• Category A. Identifiers

• Category B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records law

• Category C. Characteristics of protected classifications under state or federal law

• Category F. Internet or other electronic network activity information

• Category G. Geolocation data

The categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information for a business or commercial purpose can be found under "When we share personal information"

Ads may be personalized via AdMob, in which case limited identifiers and usage signals may be shared with the ad network for the purpose of tailoring ads. See "How we use your information" for details on how personalized ads work and how to manage your preferences.

We may share limited identifiers and usage data with analytics providers (such as Google Analytics for Firebase) for our internal analytics purposes, which we treat as a business-purpose disclosure rather than a sale.

Your Rights

You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:

• Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data

• Right to access your personal data

• Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data

• Right to request the deletion of your personal data

• Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us

• Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights

• Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising (or sharing as defined under California’s privacy law), the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects ("profiling")

Depending upon the state where you live, you may also have the following rights:

• Right to obtain a list of the categories of third parties to which we have disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California)

• Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California)

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise these rights, you can contact us by visiting privacy@pollcy.com, by emailing us at contact@pollcy.com, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.

You can opt out of certain sales, sharing, targeted advertising, or profiling as described in U.S. state privacy rights, including through your device or browser settings where available.

Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.

Request Verification

Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.

If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request and the agent will need to provide a written and signed permission from you to submit such request on your behalf.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

How to contact us

Email privacy@pollcy.com.

Bellek LLC

2108 N ST STE N Sacramento, CA 95816 United States

Access, correction, and deletion

Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence in the US, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit: privacy@pollcy.com.