Privacy Policy

Introduction

At Receive SMS ("we," "our," or "us"), we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services.

By using Receive SMS, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Please take a moment to read it carefully.

Information We Collect

Receive SMS is designed to operate with minimal data collection. Here's what we collect when you use our service:

Automatically Collected Information

• Usage Data: We collect information about how you interact with our website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and other standard log information.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience and collect information about how you use our website.

SMS Messages

We temporarily store the SMS messages received by the virtual phone numbers provided on our platform. These messages are:

• Publicly visible on our website to anyone accessing the specific phone number page
• Automatically deleted after 24 hours
• Not used by us for any purpose other than displaying them to users

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our service
• Monitor and analyze usage patterns and trends
• Detect, prevent, and address technical issues
• Protect against unauthorized access and legal liability

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your information to third parties for marketing purposes. We may share information in the following circumstances:

Service Providers

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

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the security of your information. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Data Retention

We retain automatically collected information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

SMS messages received by the virtual phone numbers are automatically deleted after 24 hours.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:

• The right to access the information we have about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate information
• The right to request deletion of your information
• The right to object to or restrict processing of your information
• The right to data portability

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this policy.

Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

[email protected]