1. Introduction & Overview
Welcome to Linko. We provide a platform designed to connect voluntary blood donors with individuals, hospitals, and coordinators facing medical emergencies across Bangladesh. This Privacy Policy details the types of information we collect, the lawful grounds for processing your data, how we safeguard your sensitive health records, and the rights available to you under applicable data privacy regulations.
- We do not sell, rent, or monetize your personal or health data to third-party commercial brokers or advertisers.
- Your donor contact details and availability status are governed strictly by your privacy preferences.
- Participation as a voluntary blood donor is entirely consensual and can be modified or terminated at any time.
2. Information We Collect
To operate an effective emergency blood matching network, Linko collects only the necessary information required for identity verification, matching accuracy, and platform safety.
- Account & Identification Data: Full name, username, email address, password hash, and optional profile image.
- Medical & Donor Attributes: Blood group (A+, A-, B+, B-, AB+, AB-, O+, O-), last donation date, and donor availability status.
- Geographic Matching Data: Division, district, upazila, and general locality coordinates used exclusively for emergency proximity matching.
- Communications & Emergency Logs: Blood request posts, donor verification logs, and community interactions.
3. Contact Number Visibility & Phone Masking
Voluntary blood donors deserve safety from spam, unauthorized solicitation, and harassment. We have implemented role-based controls and verification barriers to protect your contact numbers.
- Restricted Access: Only verified, authenticated users can request direct communication with eligible donors.
- Emergency Context: Donor contact information is only made accessible to verified creators of matching blood requests.
- Availability Controls: Setting your status to 'Unavailable' immediately hides your profile from public donor directories.
4. Purpose & Legal Basis for Processing
We process personal and health-related information exclusively for legitimate healthcare coordination and community safety purposes.
- Emergency Matching: Sending real-time push and email alerts when urgent blood requests match your blood type and locality.
- Donation Safety Schedules: Calculating safe 90-day intervals between whole blood donations to protect donor health.
- Platform Security & Integrity: Preventing spam, verifying legitimate medical requests, and enforcing community safety rules.
5. Data Security, Storage & Deletion
We implement industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. All data in transit is encrypted using TLS/HTTPS protocols.
- Account Deletion: You may request the permanent deletion of your account and associated records at any time via Account Settings.
- Data Purge: Upon account deletion, all personal identification records, session tokens, and private chat history are permanently erased.
- Server Security: Database access is restricted with strict role-based access control and continuous security monitoring.
7. Your Legal Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you have specific legal rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, rectify, port, or erase your data, and the right to withdraw consent at any time without affecting past lawful processing.
8. Contact & Data Protection Inquiries
For any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal health information, please reach out to our privacy compliance team.
- Email: privacy@linko.com
- Support: support@coderalamin.me
- Physical Address: Dhaka, Bangladesh
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