Last Updated: 12 July, 2024

Introduction
Information We Collect
Use of Personal Information
Disclosure of Personal Information
Cookies and Log Files
Children’s Privacy
Do-Not-Track Signals
Data Security Measures
Your Data Protection Rights
Third-Party Websites and Services
International Data Transfers
Data Retention Policy
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Contact Information

1. Introduction

Welcome to TempSMSS.com, your trusted provider of temporary SMS services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This comprehensive Privacy Policy is designed to inform you about our practices regarding the collection, use, and safeguarding of your data when you use our website and services.

Important Notice Regarding Temporary Phone Numbers:
Our service provides temporary, shared phone numbers. It is crucial to understand that:

Messages received on these numbers are accessible to all users.
These numbers should not be used for receiving sensitive information, important messages, PINs, or any confidential data.
Any use of our services for illegal activities is strictly prohibited.

By using TempSMSS.com, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by its terms. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please refrain from using our website and services.

2. Information We Collect

At TempSMSS.com, we collect various types of information to provide and improve our services. The data we collect can be categorized as follows:

2.1 Information You Provide

Account Information: When you create an account, we may collect your name, email address, and chosen password.
User-Generated Content: Any messages or data you input or receive through our temporary phone numbers.
Communication Data: Information you provide when contacting our customer support team.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

Usage Data: We collect information about how you interact with our website, including pages visited, time spent on pages, and other analytical data.
Device Information: We may collect data about the device you use to access our services, including device type, operating system, and browser type.
Location Data: With your consent, we may collect and process information about your actual location using various technologies to determine location, including IP address.

2.3 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third-party sources, such as social media platforms, if you choose to link your account with these services.

3. Use of Personal Information

TempSMSS.com uses the collected information for various purposes aimed at providing, maintaining, and improving our services. We process personal information for the following purposes:

3.1 Providing and Managing Services

To operate and maintain the TempSMSS.com platform.
To create and manage your account.
To provide the temporary SMS services you request.
To process and complete transactions.
To send administrative information, such as updates, security alerts, and support messages.

3.2 Customer Support and Communication

To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests.
To provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance.
To send you important notices and announcements related to our services.

3.3 Improving User Experience

To personalize your experience on our website.
To conduct research and analysis to better understand how users access and use TempSMSS.com.
To develop new features, products, and services based on user trends and preferences.

3.4 Marketing and Promotional Efforts

To send promotional communications about new services, special offers, and other information we think may be of interest to you.
To measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

3.5 Legal and Security Purposes

To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraudulent activities, or other potentially illegal activities.
To protect the rights, property, or safety of TempSMSS.com, our users, or others.
To comply with legal obligations and respond to law enforcement requests.

3.6 Business Operations

To perform data analysis, audits, and other business intelligence activities.
To identify usage trends and determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns.
To enhance, improve, or modify our website and services.

4. Disclosure of Personal Information

TempSMSS.com is committed to maintaining your trust, and we want you to understand when and with whom we may share the information we collect. We may disclose personal information in the following circumstances:

4.1 Service Providers

We may share your personal information with third-party service providers who perform various functions to enable us to provide our services and help us operate our business, such as:

Website hosting and maintenance providers
Analytics companies
Customer service software providers
Email service providers
Payment processing providers

These service providers are obligated to protect your information and may be located wherever we operate.

4.2 Business Transfers

In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, or similar event, personal information may be part of the transferred assets. We may also share your personal information with our subsidiaries and affiliates for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

4.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation or process, including, but not limited to, in response to court orders, subpoenas, or other legal processes.
Protect and defend the rights or property of TempSMSS.com.
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our services.
Protect the personal safety of users of our services or the public.
Protect against legal liability.

4.4 Consent

We may share your personal information with third parties when we have your consent to do so.

4.5 Aggregated or De-identified Data

We may share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you, with third parties for various purposes, including data analysis, research, and improving our services.

5. Cookies and Log Files

5.1 Cookies

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device to store information about your browsing session and preferences. TempSMSS.com uses cookies to enhance user experience and analyze website traffic. We use the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems.
Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site.
Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization.
Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionalities may not work.

5.2 Log Files

Like many websites, we automatically gather certain information about our website traffic and store it in log files. This information may include:

Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
Browser type
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Referring/exit pages
Operating system
Date/time stamp
Clickstream data

We use this information to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movements around the site, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically collected data to personally identifiable information.

5.3 Web Beacons and Tracking Pixels

We may use web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, or web bugs) on our website or in our emails to track the actions of users on our site and interactions with our emails. Web beacons help us measure the effectiveness of our content and how visitors use our site. We do not tie the information gathered by web beacons to our customers’ personally identifiable information.

6. Children’s Privacy

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important to TempSMSS.com. For that reason, we do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from persons under 13 years old, and no part of our website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use or access TempSMSS.com at any time or in any manner.

If we learn that personal information of persons under 13 has been collected on TempSMSS.com without verified parental consent, we will take appropriate steps to delete this information. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Information section of this policy.

7. Do-Not-Track Signals

Some web browsers may transmit “Do Not Track” signals to the websites and other online services with which your browser communicates. There is currently no standard that governs what, if anything, websites should do when they receive these signals. TempSMSS.com currently does not take action in response to these signals. If and when a standard is established, we may revise our policy on responding to these signals.

8. Data Security Measures

At TempSMSS.com, we take the security of your personal information seriously and use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage. We have implemented various security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information, including:

8.1 Encryption

We use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged with our site. Sensitive data is encrypted both in transit and at rest.

8.2 Secure Networks

We maintain all sensitive information collected on secure servers protected by firewalls and other advanced security systems.

8.3 Access Control

We limit access to personal information to employees, contractors, and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop, or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination, if they fail to meet these obligations.

8.4 Regular Audits

We conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to ensure that our systems remain secure and up-to-date with the latest security standards.

8.5 Employee Training

Our employees undergo regular training on privacy and data protection to ensure they understand the importance of protecting personal information and the practices they must follow.

8.6 Incident Response Plan

We have developed and maintain an incident response plan to quickly address any potential data breaches or security incidents.

While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our website, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Information section.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

TempSMSS.com respects your privacy rights and provides you with reasonable access and rights to the personal data that you may have provided through your use of the Services. Depending on your location and applicable laws, these rights may include:

9.1 Right to Access

You have the right to request information about the personal data we hold about you and to obtain a copy of that personal data.

9.2 Right to Rectification

You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data we maintain about you.

9.3 Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten)

You may request the deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances, such as when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

9.4 Right to Restrict Processing

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.

9.5 Right to Data Portability

Where technically feasible, you have the right to request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

9.6 Right to Object

You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, including for direct marketing purposes.

9.7 Right to Withdraw Consent

Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

9.8 Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that our processing of your personal data infringes applicable data protection laws.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Information section. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. In certain cases, we may ask you to verify your identity before we can act on your request.

10. Third-Party Websites and Services

The TempSMSS.com website may contain links to third-party websites, products, or services that are not owned or controlled by TempSMSS.com. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party sites. When you navigate away from our website or share information with these third parties, their privacy statements and practices will apply.

We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by TempSMSS.com through our website and services.

10.1 Social Media Plugins

Our website may include social media features, such as the Facebook Like button or Twitter widgets. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.

10.2 Analytics Services

We use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how users engage with our website. These services may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of our website and other websites. You can learn more about how Google uses data when you use our website by visiting “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps”.

10.3 Advertising Partners

We may work with third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. To learn more about this practice and your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative or the Digital Advertising Alliance.

11. International Data Transfers

TempSMSS.com is a global service, and your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries other than the country in which you are resident. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from those of your country, and in some cases, may not be as protective.

We have taken appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal information remains protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy when transferred internationally. These safeguards include:

11.1 Standard Contractual Clauses

When transferring data from the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries that have not been deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection, we implement standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

11.2 Privacy Shield

For transfers to and from the United States, we comply with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States.

11.3 Consent

In some cases, we may obtain your explicit consent for the transfer of your personal information to recipients in other countries.

By using our services, you acknowledge that your personal information may be transferred to countries outside of your country of residence. If you have questions about our international data transfers, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Information section.

12. Data Retention Policy

TempSMSS.com retains personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. The specific retention periods for different types of data depend on the nature of the information and the purposes for which it is used.

12.1 Account Information

We retain your account information for as long as your account is active and for a reasonable period thereafter in case you decide to reactivate your account. If you request that we delete your account, we will delete your account data within 30 days, unless we are required to retain it for legal reasons.

12.2 Usage Data

We retain usage data for a shorter period, typically not more than 12 months, unless this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

12.3 Communication Data

If you contact our customer support, we retain those communications for as long as necessary to resolve your query and for a reasonable time thereafter to address any follow-up questions or issues.

12.4 Marketing Data

If you have opted in to receive marketing communications, we retain your contact information and preferences until you opt out. After you opt out, we retain minimal information to record your opt-out preference.

12.5 Legal Requirements

We may retain certain information for extended periods when required by law, for fraud prevention, to comply with tax and accounting rules, or to enforce our terms of service.

When we no longer have a legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it. 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.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

TempSMSS.com reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) or by means of a prominent notice on our website prior to the change becoming effective.

13.1 Notification of Changes

When we post changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make significant changes to the policy that affect your rights or how we use your personal information, we will provide a more prominent notice, such as:

Sending an email notification to users
Displaying a banner on our website
Showing a pop-up notification when you next log in to your account

13.2 Review of Changes

We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. Your continued use of our website and services after we make changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

13.3 Archive of Previous Versions

For your reference, we maintain an archive of previous versions of our Privacy Policy. If you would like to review a previous version, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Information section.

14. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us using the information below:

TempSMSS.com Privacy Office
3012 Calif Str.
California 00112,
Los Angeles

Email: [email protected]

For urgent matters, you can reach our Data Protection Officer directly at [email protected].

15. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regarding your personal information. This section provides additional details about these rights and how to exercise them.

15.1 Right to Know

You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months, including:

The categories of personal information we collected about you
The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you
Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information
The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information
The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you

15.2 Right to Delete

You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.

15.3 Right to Opt-Out of Sale

If we sell your personal information, you have the right to opt-out of that sale at any time.

15.4 Right to Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

To exercise your California privacy rights, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by contacting us using the information in the Contact Information section.

16. European Union (EU) Privacy Rights

If you are a resident of the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This section provides additional information about these rights and how we comply with the GDPR.

16.1 Lawful Basis for Processing

We process personal data only when we have a lawful basis for doing so. The lawful bases we rely on for processing personal data include:

Consent
Performance of a contract
Compliance with a legal obligation
Protection of vital interests
Public interest
Legitimate interests pursued by us or a third party

16.2 Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO) responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this Privacy Policy. You can contact our DPO using the information provided in the Contact Information section.

16.3 Cross-Border Data Transfers

When we transfer personal data outside of the EU/EEA, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

16.4 Data Breach Notification

In the event of a personal data breach that is likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify you and the relevant supervisory authority without undue delay.

17. Glossary of Key Terms

To help you better understand our Privacy Policy, we’ve provided definitions for some key terms:

Personal Information: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Processing: Any operation performed on personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
Data Controller: The entity that determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
Data Processor: The entity that processes personal data on behalf of the data controller.
Cookies: Small text files placed on your device to store data that can be recalled by a web server in the domain that placed the cookie.
IP Address: A unique address that identifies a device on the Internet or a local network.
SSL/TLS: Security protocols designed to provide communications security over a computer network.

18. Commitment to Privacy

At TempSMSS.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. We continuously review and update our privacy practices to comply with changing legal requirements and to meet the evolving expectations of our users.

We believe in transparency and aim to provide you with clear, comprehensive information about how we collect, use, and protect your data. If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, we encourage you to contact us. Your trust is important to us, and we are dedicated to maintaining it by adhering to these privacy principles and continuously improving our data protection measures.

Thank you for choosing TempSMSS.com. We appreciate the trust you place in us and are committed to being responsible stewards of your personal information.

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