Privacy Policy | ፖሊሲ ውልቃዊ መሰል

- **Provide and improve our services** — operate the platform, process transactions, deliver content, and develop new features

• –**Personalize your experience** — recommend content, remember your language preference, and tailor the interface to your usage patterns
• –**Communicate with you** — send account notifications, product updates, creator tips, and respond to your support requests
• –**Process payments** — handle subscriptions, tip payouts, and ad revenue distributions in ETB, USD, or EUR
• –**Ensure security** — detect fraud, prevent abuse, and protect the integrity of the platform
• –**Comply with legal obligations** — respond to lawful requests from authorities and enforce our Terms of Service
• –**Conduct analytics** — understand how creators and viewers use AdwaTimes to improve the product

- **Service providers:** Third-party vendors who assist us in operating the platform (hosting, payment processing, email delivery, analytics). These parties are contractually bound to protect your data.

• –**Creator public profiles:** Your username, profile photo, published content, and subscriber count are publicly visible by default. You can adjust visibility settings in your account.
• –**Payment partners:** To process payouts via CBE Birr, Telebirr, PayPal, or Wise, we share necessary financial details with those payment processors.
• –**Legal requirements:** We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or governmental authority, or to protect the rights and safety of AdwaTimes, our users, or the public.
• –**Business transfers:** In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may be transferred. We will notify you before your data is subject to a different privacy policy.

- **Account data:** Retained while your account is active. Deleted within 90 days of account closure upon request.

• –**Content:** Videos, posts, and uploads remain on our servers until you delete them or close your account.
• –**Transaction records:** Retained for 7 years to comply with financial regulations in Ethiopia and applicable international law.
• –**Log data:** Automatically deleted after 12 months.

- **Access:** Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you

• –**Correction:** Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• –**Deletion:** Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
• –**Portability:** Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• –**Objection:** Object to processing of your data for direct marketing purposes
• –**Restriction:** Request that we restrict processing of your data in certain circumstances

- All data transmitted between your device and our servers is encrypted using TLS/SSL

• –Passwords are hashed using bcrypt and never stored in plain text
• –Payment data is processed by PCI-DSS compliant payment processors — we do not store full card numbers
• –Access to personal data is restricted to authorized personnel on a need-to-know basis
• –We conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments

- Post the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date

• –Send an email notification to registered users
• –Display a prominent notice on the platform for 30 days after the change