Privacy Policy

Last Updated: Jul 2025

Introduction

Otom World LLC ("DoDot," "we," "us," or "our") operates the DoDot mobile application and related services (collectively, the "Services"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we collect, use, and share your information.
This Privacy Policy applies to all users of our Services. By using DoDot, you agree to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you don't agree with our practices, please don't use our Services.
If you are a minor, and are not sure you understand everything in this Policy, please make sure to speak with a trusted adult before using DoDot. Please also remember that DoDot is not meant to be used if you are under 13. If you are over 13 but under 16 years old, your parent or guardian must approve your use of the app.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@otom.world.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly, information collected automatically when you use our Services, and information from third-party sources.

Information You Provide to Us

  • Account and Profile Information
    • Username and password
    • Email address
    • Date of birth
    • Phone number
    • Profile photo (optional)
    • Bio or other profile details (optional)
  • Content You Share
    • Responses - Text and photos you post in response to daily prompts
    • Privacy settings - Whether you choose to make posts public or friends-only
    • Interactions - Likes, dislikes, and comments on posts
    • Messages - Direct messages sent to other users (automatically deleted after 48 hours)
  • Connections and Social Information
    • Friends you add or invite
    • Users you block or report
    • Links you share to invite friends
    • Contact information if you choose to sync contacts
  • Communications
    • Feedback, support requests, or other communications with us
    • Survey responses or participation in research
    • Contest or promotion entries

Information We Collect Automatically

  • Device and Technical Information
    • Device type, model, and manufacturer
    • Operating system and version
    • Unique device identifiers (e.g., IDFA, Android Ad ID)
    • IP address and general location derived from IP
    • Time zone and locale settings
    • Screen resolution and device settings
    • Mobile carrier and network information
  • Usage Information
    • Features you use and actions you take
    • Time, frequency, and duration of activities
    • Posts viewed and time spent on each
    • Interaction patterns (what you like, dislike, skip)
    • Click paths and page views
    • App crashes and performance data
    • Settings and preferences
  • Location Information
    • With your permission, we collect:
    • Precise location from GPS, WiFi, or mobile networks
    • Background location (if you enable this feature)
    • Location-tagged content you create
  • Information from Cookies and Similar Technologies
    • Log files
    • Pixel tags
    • Local storage
    • Software development kits (SDKs)

Information From Third Parties

  • Third-Party Services
    • If you link third-party services or sign up using them:
    • Basic profile information
    • Friend lists (with your permission)
    • Email address
    • When you interact with third-party features on our Services, those third parties may collect information about you directly.
  • Other Users
    • When others mention you in posts or comments
    • When others send you messages
    • When others add you as a friend
    • Content others post about you
  • Third-Party Partners
    • Analytics providers
    • Advertising partners (aggregated data only)
    • Service providers who help detect fraud

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to provide, personalize, and improve our Services.

To Provide Our Services

  • Create and manage your account
  • Display daily prompts and enable responses
  • Show you content from friends and other users
  • Process and deliver your messages
  • Enable friend connections and social features
  • Provide customer support

To Personalize Your Experience

  • Curate your content feed based on your interests and behavior
  • Suggest friends you may know
  • Remember your preferences and settings
  • Show you relevant content from nearby users (with location permission)
  • Customize notifications based on your activity

To Improve and Develop Our Services

  • Analyze usage patterns and trends
  • Test new features with select users
  • Optimize content distribution algorithms
  • Fix bugs and improve performance
  • Conduct research and analytics
  • Develop new features and services

To Communicate With You

  • Send service-related announcements
  • Respond to your inquiries
  • Send push notifications (based on your preferences):
    • Daily prompt reminders
    • Friend requests and activity
    • Likes and comments on your posts
    • New messages
    • Email communications about your account
    • Marketing messages (with your consent)

To Promote Safety and Security

  • Verify accounts and activity
  • Monitor for suspicious or illegal activity
  • Detect and prevent spam, fraud, and abuse
  • Investigate violations of our Terms of Service
  • Enforce our Community Guidelines
  • Protect users from harmful or inappropriate content
  • Comply with legal obligations

For Advertising and Marketing

  • Show you personalized advertisements based on your activity
  • Measure and improve ad effectiveness
  • Create and share aggregated audience insights
  • Market our Services to you and others
  • Develop inferred interests and preferences for ad targeting
  • Enable advertisers to reach relevant audiences (without sharing your personal information directly)

3. How We Share Your Information

We share information about you in the following circumstances:

With Other Users

  • Public Information
    • When you create public posts: All users can view, like, and comment
    • Your username and profile photo appear with your content
    • Posts may appear in other users' feeds based on our algorithms
    • Other users can share links to your public content
  • Friends-Only Information
    • When you create friends-only posts: Only accepted friends can view and interact
    • Friends can see your activity status
    • Friends receive notifications about your posts (based on their settings)
  • Direct Messages
    • Recipients can view messages for 48 hours
    • We don't store message content after deletion
    • Message status (sent, delivered, read) is visible to participants

With Our Service Providers

  • We use third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Services, provide the Services on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Services are used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

With Business Partners

  • Companies we partner with to offer joint features
  • Integration partners (with your consent)
  • Measurement partners to assess our Services

With Advertisers and Third Parties

  • We work with advertising partners and other third parties to show you relevant content and advertisements:
    • Advertisers and Advertising Networks - We share aggregated or de-identified information about audiences and ad performance. We don't share information that directly identifies you (like your name or email) with advertisers unless you give us permission.
    • Measurement Partners - To help us understand how our Services are used and the effectiveness of ads
    • Marketing Partners - To help us promote our Services
    • Research Organizations - For demographic research and improving our Services (de-identified data only)
  • These partners may collect information directly from your device, including:
    • Device identifiers and information
    • Usage data and interactions
    • Inferred interests and preferences
    • Location data (if permitted)
  • You can control ad personalization through your device settings and our in-app privacy controls.

For Legal Reasons

  • We may preserve or share your information when we believe it's necessary to:
    • Comply with applicable law, regulation, or legal process
    • Respond to valid government requests, including from law enforcement
    • Protect the safety of any person
    • Address fraud, security, or technical issues
    • Protect our rights, property, or the integrity of our Services
    • Investigate potential violations of our Terms of Service

With Your Consent

  • When you explicitly agree to sharing
  • When you participate in joint features with other services
  • When you request we share your information

In Connection with Business Transfers

  • If we're involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We'll notify you before your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Aggregated or De-identified Information

  • We may share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably identify you with third parties for research, marketing, analytics, or other purposes.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (EEA, UK, and Brazil)

If you are in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Brazil, we process your information under these legal bases:

  • Consent: Location services, push notifications, marketing communications, cookies and similar technologies
  • Contract Performance: Account creation and management, providing core Services features, processing transactions, customer support
  • Legitimate Interests: Ensure network and information security, provide and improve our Services, conduct analytics and research, direct marketing (where consent not required), prevent fraud and abuse, enforce legal claims
  • Legal Obligations: Comply with applicable laws, respond to lawful requests, preserve evidence
  • Vital Interests: Protect someone's life or physical safety

You can object to processing based on legitimate interests. Contact us at privacy@otom.world.

5. Your Rights and Choices

Your Privacy Rights

  • Access - Request a copy of your information
  • Correction - Update inaccurate information
  • Deletion - Request we delete your information
  • Portability - Receive your information in a portable format
  • Restriction - Limit how we use your information
  • Objection - Object to certain processing
  • Withdrawal of Consent - Withdraw previously given consent
  • Complaint - Lodge a complaint with supervisory authorities

To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@otom.world or use in-app settings.

Managing Your Information

  • In-App Controls: Edit or delete your posts, change privacy settings, manage friend connections, block or report users, delete your account
  • Device Permissions: Location, camera/photos, notifications, contacts
  • Communication Preferences: Push notifications, email preferences, marketing opt-out, ad personalization controls
  • Advertising Choices: Opt-out of personalized ads, limit ad tracking, industry opt-out tools
  • Download Your Information: Request a copy in a machine-readable format
  • Account Deletion: Delete your account at any time; your profile is deactivated, content removed, and personal info deleted within 30 days (some info may be retained for legal/safety reasons)

6. Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide our Services and fulfill the purposes described in this policy.

  • Account information: 30 days after the account deletion
  • Posts and content: 30 days after the account deletion
  • Messages: 48 hours (automatic deletion)
  • Friend connections: Until removed by either party
  • Usage analytics: Up to 2 years
  • Location data: 30 days
  • Security logs: 6 months
  • Legal preservation: As required by law

After deletion, some information may remain in backup systems (deleted within 90 days), legal or safety archives, or aggregated/de-identified datasets.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information:

Technical Safeguards

  • Encryption in transit (TLS/SSL)
  • Encryption at rest
  • Secure data centers
  • Access controls and authentication
  • Regular security testing
  • Intrusion detection systems

Organizational Safeguards

  • Limited employee access
  • Confidentiality agreements
  • Security training
  • Vendor security assessments
  • Incident response procedures

Your Role in Security

  • Use a strong, unique password
  • Enable two-factor authentication (when available)
  • Keep your app updated
  • Report suspicious activity

Despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

Data Breach Response

  • If a breach affects your personal information:
    • We'll notify affected users within 72 hours
    • Provide information about what happened
    • Explain steps we're taking
    • Offer guidance on protecting yourself
    • Notify regulators as required

8. International Data Transfers

We're based in the United States and process information globally.

Transfers from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland

  • We transfer information from these regions based on:
    • Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission
    • Your explicit consent
    • Other valid legal mechanisms

Global Operations

  • Your information may be:
    • Stored on servers in multiple countries
    • Accessed by staff in our global offices
    • Shared with service providers worldwide
  • By using our Services, you understand your information will be transferred to and processed in countries that may have different data protection laws than your country.

9. Children's Privacy

DoDot is not intended for children under 13 (or higher age in some jurisdictions). We don't knowingly collect information from children under 13. If we learn we've collected information from a child under 13, we'll delete it. Parents who believe their child provided information should contact us. Some regions require parental consent for users under 16 or 18.

10. Third-Party Links and Services

Our Services may contain links to third-party websites, services, or features. We're not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. Review their privacy policies before providing information. We don't control third-party data collection. Integration with third-party services is at your own risk.

11. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, new features or services, legal requirements, or user feedback. When we make changes, we'll update the "Last Updated" date. For significant changes, we'll notify you via in-app notification, email, or a prominent notice in the app. Continued use after changes means acceptance.

12. Additional Disclosures

California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

  • California residents have additional rights:
    • Right to Know: Categories of personal information collected, sources, purposes, third parties, specific pieces of information
    • Right to Delete: Request deletion of personal information (subject to exceptions)
    • Right to Correct: Correct inaccurate personal information
    • Right to Limit Use: Limit use of sensitive personal information
    • Right to Opt-Out: We don't sell personal information; you can opt-out of sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising and targeted advertising in app settings
    • Non-Discrimination: We won't discriminate for exercising rights
  • To exercise rights: privacy@otom.world
  • Categories of Information We Collect: See Section 1 of this Privacy Policy
  • Shine the Light: California residents can request information about disclosures to third parties for direct marketing.

Nevada Residents

  • Nevada residents can opt-out of the sale of personal information. We don't sell personal information, but you can register your preference at privacy@otom.world.

European Economic Area, UK, and Switzerland

  • See Section 4 for legal bases and Section 5 for your rights. You can lodge complaints with your local supervisory authority.

Brazil (LGPD)

  • Brazilian residents have similar rights to EEA residents. Contact our Data Protection Officer for Brazil-specific inquiries.

13. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Try to Resolve Informally First

Contact us at privacy@otom.world with concerns. We'll try to resolve issues directly.

Binding Arbitration Agreement

  • If we can't resolve informally, disputes will be resolved through binding individual arbitration, except:
    • Small claims court cases
    • Injunctive relief for IP violations
  • Arbitration Rules: American Arbitration Association (AAA) Consumer Rules, single arbitrator, location: Delaware or mutual agreement, each party bears own costs (we pay filing fees)
  • Class Action Waiver: You waive the right to participate in class actions, class arbitrations, or representative actions. You can opt-out of arbitration within 30 days of first use by emailing legal@otom.world.
  • Governing Law: This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles.

14. Accessibility

We're committed to making our Privacy Policy accessible to everyone. If you need this policy in an alternative format, please contact accessibility@otom.world

15. Contact Information

Data Controller

Otom World LLC
8 The Green STE B, Dover, DE 19901
United States

Contact Methods

Response Time: We aim to respond to privacy requests within 30 days.

Thank you for trusting us with your information. We're committed to protecting your privacy and giving you control over your data.