My Blog PRIVACY POLICY
LAST UPDATED: AUGUST 13, 2020
This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how My Blog (“Company”, “we”, and “our”) collects, uses, and shares personal information when you use this website {$site} (the “Site”). Please carefully read the information below to understand our practices regarding how we handle your personal information and how we treat that information.
PURPOSE OF PROCESSING
What is personal data?
We collect information about you in various ways, including personal data. As described in this Policy, “personal data,” as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation, includes any information that, combined with additional data or on its own, identifies you as an individual, such as your name, postal code, email, and phone number.
Why do we need this personal information?
We will only process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. We need certain personal data to provide you with access to the site. If you have registered with us, you were required to check a box to agree to provide this information to access our services, such as purchasing our products or viewing our content. This consent provides us with the legal basis we require under applicable law to process your data. You have the right to withdraw such consent at any time. If you do not agree to the use of your personal data in accordance with this Policy, please do not use our website.
COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We collect information in the following ways:
Information you provide to us includes:
- Personal data that you provide when you register to use our website, including your name, address, email, phone number, username, password, and demographic information;
- Personal data that may be contained in any comments or other posts you make on our website;
- Personal data that you provide when participating in our affiliate programs or other promotions we run on our website;
- Personal data that you provide when you report a problem with our website or require customer support;
- Personal data that you provide when making purchases on our website;
- Personal data that you provide when contacting us by phone, email, or otherwise.
Information we collect automatically: We automatically log information about you and your computer or mobile device when you access our website. For instance, when visiting our website, we log your computer’s or mobile device’s name and version, the manufacturer and model, browser type, browser language, screen resolution, the website you visited before our site, pages viewed and for how long, access times, and information about your usage and actions on our website. We collect this information through cookies.
COOKIES
What are cookies?
We may collect information from you using “cookies.” Cookies are small data files stored on your computer or mobile device by your browser. We may use both session cookies (which expire after you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your computer or mobile device until you delete them) to provide you with a more personalized and interactive experience on our website. We use two types of cookies: first-party cookies that we place on your computer or mobile device, which we use to recognize you when you return to our website; and third-party cookies, which are provided by services on our website and may be used to recognize your computer or mobile device when visiting other websites.
Cookies we use
Our website uses the following types of cookies:
Essential cookies: These cookies are necessary to provide the services available on our website so that you can use some of its features. For example, they allow you to log in to the member areas or load website content quickly. Without these cookies, many services on our website may not function correctly, and we use these cookies only to provide you with good service.
Functionality cookies: These cookies allow us to remember the choices you make on our website, such as language preferences, login details, and other customizable options. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personalized experience without re-entering your information each time.
Analytics and performance cookies: These cookies collect information about traffic to our website and how users use and navigate it. The information collected does not identify individual users. It includes the number of visitors to our website, the websites that referred them, the pages they visited, the websites they visited before, and other similar information. We use this information to improve and monitor the activity on our website. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Google Analytics uses its own cookies, solely for improving how our website functions. You can learn more about Google Analytics cookies here: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies. Learn how Google protects your data here: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html. You can prevent Google Analytics from using your browser by installing a browser extension available here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
Advertising cookies: These cookies track your browsing activity to show you relevant advertisements. They use your browsing history information to display relevant third-party ads based on your interests. You can disable cookies that track your browsing history by visiting http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices. If you choose to remove these cookies, you will still see ads, but they will not be relevant to your interests.
Social media cookies: These cookies are used when you share information on social media platforms or access our content through social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, or Google+.
Disabling cookies
You can remove or reject cookies through your browser settings. To do this, follow your browser’s instructions (typically found under “Settings,” “Help,” or “Tools”). Most browsers accept cookies automatically until you change their settings.
If you do not accept our cookies, your experience on our site may not be as enjoyable. For example, we may not recognize your computer or mobile device, and you may need to log in each time you visit our website.
ADVERTISING
We may use third parties to display ads when you visit our website. These companies may collect information such as your browser type, time and date of visits, and the type of ads clicked on this and other websites to show relevant ads to you. These companies typically use their own cookies to collect data, which are subject to their own privacy policies.
USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may use your personal data in the following ways:
- To operate and improve our website, products, and services;
- To manage your account, including communications related to your account if you have one with us;
- To run our affiliate program and other promotions that you may participate in on our website;
- To respond to your comments and questions and provide customer support;
- To send information, including technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages;
- With your consent, to send marketing emails about promotions and other news, including information about our products or services offered by us or our affiliates. You can opt-out of receiving this information at any time, as every email includes an “unsubscribe” option. Even if you opt-out of our marketing emails, we may still send non-marketing emails related to your account or transactions with us;
- To process payments you have made on our website;
- When we believe it is necessary and appropriate to (a) comply with the law; (b) comply with requests and legal processes, including from public and governmental authorities; (c) enforce our Policy; and (d) protect your rights, privacy, and safety, and those of others;
- To analyze and study services;
- As described below in “Sharing your personal data.”
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may share your personal data in the following ways:
- To third parties designated by you. We may share your data with third parties where you have given your consent.
- Third-party service providers. We may share your personal data with third-party service providers who perform services such as (data analysis, payment processing, customer support, email marketing, and similar services).
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. This Policy does not cover the privacy policies of third parties. These third-party websites have their own privacy policies, and we do not accept any responsibility for these websites, their functions, or their privacy policies. Please read the privacy policies of these third-party websites before submitting any information.
USER-GENERATED CONTENT
You may share your personal data with us when you submit and generate content on our website, including comments on blogs and support messages on our website. Please be aware that any information you post on our website becomes public knowledge and will be accessible to all users of our website, including visitors. We recommend exercising caution when deciding to disclose your personal data or any other information on our website. Any personal data you publish on our website will not remain private or confidential.
If you provide a review or comment, we may make that information public on our website.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Your information, including personal data that we collect from you, may be transferred to, stored in, and processed by us outside the country where you reside, where data protection and privacy regulations may not offer the same level of protection as in other countries. By agreeing to this privacy policy, you consent to the transfer, storage, and processing of your data. We will take all necessary steps to ensure that your data is handled securely and in accordance with our policies.
SECURITY
We take reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect your personal data. Unfortunately, no system is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data. If you believe your data is no longer secure with us (for example, if your account has been compromised), please contact us immediately and report the issue.
RETENTION
We will only retain your personal information for 30 days unless a longer period is required or permitted by law. OR We will only retain your personal data for the time necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Policy.
OUR POLICY ON CHILDREN
Our website is not directed to individuals under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we discover that a child under 16 has provided us with personal data, we will promptly delete such data from our systems. If you believe a child under 16 may have provided us with their personal information, please contact us.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access, correct, update, or request the deletion of your personal data. You can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details below.
- The right to object to the processing of your personal data, to ask us to restrict processing of your personal data, or to request portability of your personal data. Again, you can exercise these rights by contacting us via the details below.
- You have the right to opt-out of receiving marketing emails from us. You can exercise this right by clicking the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in the marketing emails we send you.
- Similarly, if we collect and process your personal data with your consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal or the processing of your personal data conducted on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
- You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.
We respond to all requests from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, please contact us at:
Email Address: admin@officialwebsiteproducts1.com