Privacy and Cookies Policy
This Privacy and Cookies Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you visit our website. By using our website, you agree to the terms of this policy.
What information do we collect?
We collect the following information from you:
- Information you provide directly to us: This may include your name, email address, and other information you provide when you contact us or leave a comment on our website.
- Information we collect automatically: This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, and other technical information about your device. We may also collect information about your website activity, such as the pages you visit and the links you click.
How do we use your information?
We use your information for the following purposes:
- To provide and improve our website and services.
- To analyze and optimize our website’s performance, usability, and effectiveness.
- To display relevant ads on our website and measure their impact.
- To send you marketing and promotional communications, if you have opted in to receive them.
- To communicate with you and respond to your inquiries or feedback.
- To detect and prevent fraud and abuse.
- To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
How do we share your information?
We may share your information with the following parties for the purposes described above:
- Service providers: We may share your personal information with third-party service providers who help us operate and maintain our Website and provide our services. These service providers may be located outside of your country of residence.
- Advertising partners: We may share your personal information with third-party advertising partners to deliver targeted advertising to you.
- Affiliate partners: We may share your information with affiliate partners when you click on an affiliate link on our website and make a purchase. Our affiliate partners may use your information to track commissions.
- Legal and regulatory authorities: We may disclose your personal information to legal and regulatory authorities as required by law.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our website we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. Learn more about Gravatar service privacy policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these websites before you provide them with any personal information.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, audios, 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.
How do we use cookies?
Cookies are small files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize your device and remember your preferences or settings. Cookies can also be used for various purposes, such as analytics, advertising, or tracking.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
Essential cookies: These are cookies that are necessary for the functionality and security of our website, such as remembering your consent choices or preventing fraud. You cannot opt out of these cookies, but you can disable them by changing your browser settings. However, this may affect the performance or availability of our website or some of its features.
Performance cookies: These are cookies that help us measure and improve our website’s performance, usability, and effectiveness, such as by collecting and analyzing data about how visitors use our website, what pages they view, how long they stay, the sources of traffic, or what errors they encounter. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Learn more about Google Analytics cookies.
Advertising cookies: These are cookies that are used to display relevant ads on our website and measure their impact, such as by collecting and analyzing data about our website, its users, and the ads they see or click on. We use Google Adsense and Google Ad Manager for this purpose. Learn more about Google advertising and measurement cookies.
Affiliate cookies: These are cookies that allow us to earn revenue from our website through affiliate marketing, such as by tracking your actions and attributing them to us when you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase on another website. We use various affiliate programs for this purpose.
Comment cookies: If you leave a comment on our website you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this website, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes