Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Firstime.world, a global marketplace for first-time experiences. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website firstime.world, use our mobile applications, or engage with our services (collectively, the "Platform").

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 "Last Updated" date of this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the Platform includes:

A. Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Platform or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Platform.

• Account Registration: When you sign up, we collect your email address, username, and password.
• Profile Information: You may choose to provide additional details such as a bio, profile picture, social media links, and interests (e.g., Travel, Career, Finance).
• Referral Data: If you join via a referral link, we collect the ID of the person who referred you to facilitate our commission program.

B. Transactional & Financial Data

If you make purchases through the Platform, we collect data necessary to process your payment, such as your payment instrument number (e.g., credit card number) and the security code associated with your payment instrument. Note: All payment data is stored by our third-party payment processor (Stripe). We do not have direct access to or store your full credit card details on our servers.

C. User Content (Experiences)

As a Creator, you may upload digital products such as PDF guides, templates, audio files, or images. We collect and store this content to display it in the Marketplace and deliver it to Buyers upon purchase.

D. Derivative Data & Usage Information

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Platform, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Platform. This helps us understand user behavior and improve our services.

3. 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 Platform to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Process transactions, send receipts, and distribute earnings to Creators.
• Facilitate the Referral Program by tracking referrals and calculating commissions.
• Email you regarding your account, order, or other customer service issues.
• Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits more personalized.
• Increase the efficiency and operation of the Platform.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience.
• Notify you of updates to the Platform.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

A. 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.

B. Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. These third parties are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential and secure.

• Supabase: Used for database management and authentication.
• Stripe: Used for secure payment processing.
• Google Analytics: Used for tracking website traffic and user behavior.

C. Online Postings & Public Visibility

When you share personal information (for example, by posting comments, contributions, or other content to the Platform) or otherwise interact with public areas of the Platform, such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Platform in perpetuity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within our Platform, and view your profile.

5. Tracking Technologies: Cookies & Web Beacons

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Platform to help customize the Platform and improve your experience. When you access the Platform, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Platform.

Types of Cookies We Use:

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly (e.g., keeping you logged in).
• Analytical Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the website (e.g., Google Analytics).
• Functional Cookies: Enable enhanced functionality and personalization (e.g., remembering your language preference).
• Targeting Cookies: May be set through our site by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests.

6. 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.

We recommend using strong, unique passwords for your account and enabling two-factor authentication if available.

7. 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.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
• 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.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@firstime.world.

8. Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us.

9. Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

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.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: