Privacy Policy For Softphone

“Bual dotAsia Sdn Bhd” is very concerned for the privacy of the users of our products. To this extent, no user information is collected except when necessary for using a specific feature of our products and is never shared with any third parties. The only time information is requested other than listed here is for use in troubleshooting technical issues and of course, the user has the option to refuse in that case (though that may negatively affect our ability to resolve any issues).

Social Networking Sites

Bual posts on several Social Networking sites. Bual does not collect information from any of these sites, they are only used as tools for communicating with our users. Any concerns about the privacy of information shared there should be directed to the site.

Website Links

Bual’s website contains links to other sites. Bual is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. If you have concerns about privacy, you should familiarize yourself with the site in question’s privacy policy before registering for any goods or services there.

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Privacy information access preface

For ease of use, our UCaaS products have SIP account settings preconfigured for Bual VoIP users.

This privacy policy contains the full list of features built into “Bual CloudPhone”, that in any way process user’s private information. Whether a feature is enabled or not, and thus whether the private information required for the feature to work is accessed depends solely on the SIP account configuration.

Push Notifications

In order for Push Notifications to work, we must register your account remotely when Bual CloudPhone is in the background or closed on your iOS or Android device. To accomplish this, we transmit your SIP account details to SIPIS (our server that handles push notifications) over a https – secure connection. This information is shared with no one and is erased immediately when the push instance expires (usually within 3-6 days, depending on SIP account configuration) or the user disables Push Notifications in the Application.

If the SIP account is configured to use one of our methods for multitasking instead of Push Notifications, this information is not sent to SIPIS.

Contacts Usage

This part of the privacy statement describes how Bual uses the contact information you provide by granting the contacts access permission in the “Bual CloudPhone” applications. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your information and how you can access and update this information.

We access the following personal information from your address book:

  1. Contact’s names
  2. Contact’s email
  3. Contact’s telephones

We will only use your Contacts information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us.

Mobile App Media Files and Documents usage

This part of the privacy statement describes how Bual uses media files and documents shared with the “Bual CloudPhone” applications. Depending on the operating system, you may need to grant additional file access related permissions to the application for the application to access files.

We process your files such as photos, videos, and documents; only if the SIP account is configured to do so, and only in the following use cases:

  1. When you select the option to share a media or file attachment via a multi-media message.
  2. We always access only the files that have been explicitly shared with the Application.
  3. The attached files are always being encrypted and securely uploaded to a server in order for the message recipient to download them later.

We will only use your files for the specific reason for which they were provided to us.

Security

The security of personal information is important to us. We take commercially reasonable measures and follow generally accepted standards to protect the information you provide us, both during transmission and once we receive it. For example, the information you provide is transmitted via encryption using technologies such as secure socket layer technology (SSL).

Disclosure to Third Parties

We do not share or sell your personal information to third parties.

We disclose information only in the following cases: as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, to investigate fraud, or to respond to a government request if we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice through our app of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information to any other third party with your prior consent to do so.

Privacy Statement Updates

We may update this privacy statement to reflect changes to our business or this app as it pertains to the information collected from you and our use of it. If the change impacts how we use or handle information collected from you, we will email you or post a notice where you first access this app prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Support

As a user, you can request the following:

  1. Confirmation of access of personal data concerning you.
  2. Access to the processed personal data concerning you.
    1. Please note that pieces of personal data stored in encrypted format can only be provided in its encrypted form.
    2. Please note that once data is removed it cannot be restored.
  3. Correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data concerning you
  4. Erase processed personal data concerning you
  5. Arrange how personal data concerning you should be processed in event of your death

To process a request, please send us an email to support@bual.asia with the following:

  1. Subject of request, your name(s) and first name(s);
  2. Scan of both sides of your passport or identity card to enable us to verify your identity

Bual support will respond to requests in a timely manner (within 30 days of request). Bual support might ask you for further information, such as username, phone number, or push notification selector, in order to determine what information has been collected about you.

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please contact us at support@bual.asia.

(Last revised: 30/03/2022)