Your privacy is very important to us, this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, and protect your information. This statement only applies to this Website.
INFORMATION YOU VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT TO THE WEBSITE
We may collect personal information from you such as your name, email address, and website address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, entering a promotion, or submitting a contact form/inquiry form. If you have provided your email address to us, we promise to use it only for the purposes for which it is provided. We will not use your email address to contact you for unrelated reasons and we will not share your email address with any third parties.
AUTOMATICALLY-COLLECTED INFORMATION
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you leave a comment on the Website, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website (or social media platforms). Users may see your username, avatar, profile description, and website information.
COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, and customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein. Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in their Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Articles on the Website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
ANALYTICS
The Website currently uses third-party service provider Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. (Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US) Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.
NEWSLETTERS
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for promotion purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
AFFILIATE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes (but is not limited to) your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Select Exit – You can choose to exit future email communication by following the unsubscribe link in our email. You can also notify our contact and we will remove them from the mailing list.
Access – You can contact us by submitting a request to access your personal information.
Modify – You can contact our contact person to modify or update your personal information.
Forgot – In some cases, you may request us to delete or forget your personal information. To do so, please submit a request to contact us
FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA RESIDENTS
If you are a resident of a country in the EEA, you have the rights, among others, to:
(i) Access your personal data
(ii) ensure the accuracy of your personal data
(iii) the right to have us delete your personal data
(iv) the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and
(v) the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused
If you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to:
CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 24 Jan 2023. We may change this policy from time to time. Please check this page periodically for updates to the Privacy Policy.