PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online.

PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS USED.

What personal information is collected when you visit our blog / website?
When you register on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, website url or other details to help you with your experience.

When do we collect information?

Your information is collected when you subscribe to a newsletter, comment on an article or enter information on our site.

How do we use and protect your information?
Your information may be used when you register, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

1. To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
2. To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.

We never ask for credit card details or private information as we mainly provide articles and information. We also use regular malware scanning.

Do we use ‘cookies’?
Cookies are small pieces of data that save information when you visit websites so you don’t have to re-enter it everytime you return. Cookies help search engines remember things like website address, email etc

This blog does not share personal information with third parties nor do we store any information about your visit other than to analyse and optimize your content and reading experience through the use of cookies.

We do not use cookies for tracking purposes. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You can do this through your specific browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you turn cookies off, Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly.

Third-Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-party links

At our discretion, we may occasionally include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies.
We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. We are not also responsible for republished content from this blog on other blogs without our permission.

Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Google
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en

We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.
Furthermore, if you want to opt out of Google’s advert, set preferences on the Google AdSense Page.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.
CAN SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
Your email address is collected in order to:

• Add to our mailing list
• Send emails to our clients.

To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

• Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
• Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
• Include reliable and current contact information.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails,

• Follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.