PRIVACY POLICY
Our Privacy Policy was last updated on June 24, 2026.
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures for the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy was generated by TermsFeed Privacy Policy Generator.
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
INTERPRETATION
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural form.
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any
information relating to You such as a
name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or
more factors specific to the physical,
physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.
COLLECTING AND USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED
Personal Data: While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that may be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include:
· Email address
Usage Data: Usage Data may be collected when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access
the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically,
including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile
device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating
system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers
and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect
information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access
the Service by or through a mobile device.
Tracking
Technologies and Cookies: We may use Cookies and similar
tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain
information. Tracking technologies used may be beacons, tags, and scripts to
collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The
technologies may include:
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
We may use both Session
and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and these Cookies are only used to provide You with those services.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies
identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
Tracking and Performance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Third-Parties
Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. Google Blogger may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.
USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also
retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally
retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to
strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We
are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL
DATA
Your information,
including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in
any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It
means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on —
computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other
governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those
from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this
Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your
agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all
steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in
accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will
take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls
in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR
PERSONAL DATA
BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset
sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your
Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
Under certain
circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if
required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities
(e.g., a court or a government agency).
OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
The security of Your
Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission
over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We
strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We
cannot guarantee its absolute security.
DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.
EMAIL
MARKETING
We may use Your Personal
Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and
other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt out of receiving
any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link
or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us.
GDPR
(General Data Protection Regulation) PRIVACY POLICY
Laws that govern how organizations
within and outside the EU handle the personal data of EU residents . . . . .
This privacy notice
section for EU residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy
Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in
the European Union.
LEGAL
BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA UNDER GDPR
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
YOUR
RIGHTS UNDER THE GDPR
The Company
undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to
guarantee You can exercise Your rights.
You have the right under
this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:
EXERCISING YOUR GDPR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
You may exercise Your
rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us.
Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such
requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon
as possible.
You have the right to
complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your
Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area
(EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.
NOTICE
TO CANADIAN RESIDENTS:
If you are a resident of Canada, this
section applies to you.
PIPEDA
(Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) PRIVACY POLICY
CANADIAN
PRIVACY RIGHTS (PIPEDA & Provincial Laws)
If you are a
resident of Canada, this section applies to you. We process your personal
information in accordance with the Personal Information Protection and
Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and applicable provincial privacy legislation
(such as Quebec’s Law 25, Alberta’s PIPA, and British Columbia’s PIPA).
1. CONSENT
& PURPOSE OF COLLECTION
We only
collect, use, and disclose your personal information with your consent and for
the specific purposes explicitly outlined in this Privacy Policy (such as
providing blog updates, responding to comments, or analyzing site traffic). You
may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us, subject to legal or
contractual restrictions and reasonable notice.
2. DATA
RETENTION & SAFEGUARDS
Your personal
information is kept only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which
it was collected. We protect your data using technical and organizational
security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information to
prevent unauthorized access, loss, or disclosure.
3. DATA
TRANSFERS OUTSIDE CANADA
Please note
that your personal information may be stored or processed on servers located
outside of Canada (including in the United States). By interacting with our
blog, you acknowledge that your information may be subject to the laws of those
jurisdictions, including local law enforcement access.
4. YOUR
RIGHTS (ACCESS, CORRECTION, AND DELETION)
You have the
right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, request
corrections to inaccurate data, or request deletion of your information (where
applicable under laws like Quebec's Law 25).
5. CONTACTING
OUR PRIVACY OFFICER
If you have
any questions, concerns, or wish to exercise your rights regarding your
personal data, please contact our designated Privacy Officer at:
·
Name/Title:
Blog Administrator
·
Email:
cotterbass@fastmail.com
If you are
not satisfied with our response to a privacy complaint, you have the right to
contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) or your
provincial privacy authority.
CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy notice
section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our
Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who
reside in the State of California.
CATEGORIES
OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED
We collect information
that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being
associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a
particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list
of categories of personal
information which we may collect or may have been collected from California
residents within the last twelve (12) months.
Please note that the
categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the
CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal
information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects our good faith belief to
the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable
category may be and may have been collected. For example, certain categories of
personal information would only be collected if You provided such personal
information directly to Us.
· Category A: Identifiers.
Examples: A real name,
alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet
Protocol address, email address, account name, driver's license number,
passport number, or other similar identifiers.
Collected: Yes.
· Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal.Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
Examples: A name,
signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address,
telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification
card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment
history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any
other financial information, medical or health insurance information. Some
personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.
Collected: Yes.
Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).
Collected: No.
·
Category
E: Biometric information.
Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.
Collected: No.
Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.
Examples: Interaction
with our Service or advertisement.
Collected: Yes.
· Category G: Geolocation data.
Examples: Approximate
physical location.
Collected: No.
Category H: Sensory data.
Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.
Collected: No.
Category I: Professional or employment-related information.
Examples: Current or past
job history or performance evaluations.
Collected: No.
Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).
Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.
Collected: No.
Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.
Examples: Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.
Collected: No.
Under CCPA, personal information does not include:
SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
We may use or disclose
personal information We collect for "business purposes" or
"commercial purposes" (as defined under the CCPA), which may include
the following examples:
Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the "Use of Your Personal Data" section.
If We decide to collect
additional categories of personal information or use the personal information
We collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes We
will update this Privacy Policy.
DISCLOSURE
OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes:
Please note that the
categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that
all examples of that category of personal information were in fact disclosed,
but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of
that information from the applicable category may be and may have been
disclosed.
When We disclose personal
information for a business purpose or a commercial purpose, We enter a contract
that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that
personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except
performing the contract.
SALE
OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
As defined in the CCPA,
"sell" and "sale" mean selling, renting, releasing,
disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise
communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer's
personal information by the business to a third party for valuable
consideration. This means that We may have received some kind of benefit in
return for sharing personal information, but not necessarily a monetary
benefit.
Please note that the
categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that
all examples of that category of personal information were in fact sold, but
reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that
information from the applicable category may be and may have been shared for
value in return.
We may sell and may have sold in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information:
SHARE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share Your personal information identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties:
SALE
OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF MINORS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE
We do not knowingly
collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through our
Service, although certain third party websites that we link to may do so. These
third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies and we
encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet
usage and instruct their children to never provide information on other
websites without their permission.
We do not sell the
personal information of Consumers We actually know are less than 16 years of
age, unless We receive affirmative authorization (the "right to
opt-in") from either the Consumer who is between 13 and 16 years of age,
or the parent or guardian of a Consumer less than 13 years of age. Consumers who
opt-in to the sale of personal information may opt-out of future sales at any
time. To exercise the right to opt-out, You (or Your authorized representative)
may submit a request to Us by contacting Us.
If You have reason to
believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided Us with personal information,
please contact Us with sufficient detail to enable Us to delete that information
YOUR
RIGHTS UNDER THE CCPA
The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:
The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
·
The
right to request. Under CCPA, You have the right to
request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure
for business purposes and share of personal information. Once We receive and
confirm Your request, We will disclose to You:
○ The categories of personal information We
collected about You
○ The categories of sources for the personal
information We collected about You
○ Our business or commercial purpose for
collecting or selling that personal information
○ The categories of third parties with whom We
share that personal information
○ The specific pieces of personal information We
collected about You
○ If we sold Your personal information or
disclosed Your personal information for a business purpose, We will disclose to
You:
■ The categories of personal information
categories sold
■ The categories of personal information
categories disclosed
·
The
right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out).
You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information. To
submit an opt-out request please contact Us.
·
The
right to delete Personal Data. You have the right to
request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once
We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our Service
Providers to delete) Your personal information from our records, unless an exception
applies. We may deny Your deletion request if retaining the information is
necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to:
○ Complete the transaction for which We
collected the personal information, provide a good or service that You requested,
take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business
relationship with You, or otherwise perform our contract with You.
○ Detect security incidents, protect against
malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those
responsible for such activities.
○ Debug products to identify and repair errors
that impair existing intended functionality.
○ Exercise free speech, ensure the right of
another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another
right provided for by law.
○ Comply with the California Electronic
Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
○ Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific,
historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all
other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information's deletion may
likely render impossible or seriously impair the research's achievement, if You
previously provided informed consent.
○ Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably
aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us.
○ Comply with a legal obligation.
○ Make other internal and lawful uses of that
information that are compatible with the context in which You provided it.
·
The
right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not
to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer's rights,
including by:
○ Denying goods or services to You
○ Charging different prices
or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other
benefits or imposing penalties
○ Providing a different level or quality of
goods or services to You
○ Suggesting that You will receive a different
price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or
services
EXERCISING
YOUR CCPA DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us:
Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information.
Your request to Us must:
We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if we cannot:
Any disclosures We provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable request's receipt.
For data portability requests, We will select a format to
provide Your personal information that is readily usable and should allow You
to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without
hindrance.
DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the right to opt-out of the sale of Your personal information. Once We receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from You, we will stop selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right to opt-out, please contact Us.
The Service Providers we partner with (for example, our analytics or advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal information as defined by the CCPA law. If you wish to opt out of the use of Your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, you may do so by following the instructions below.
Please note that any opt out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt out on every browser You use.
WEBSITE
You can opt out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by our Service Providers by following our instructions presented on the Service:
The opt out will place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You use to opt out. If you change browsers or delete the cookies saved by your browser, You will need to opt out again.
MOBILE DEVICES
Your mobile device may give You the ability to opt out of the use of information about the apps You use in order to serve You ads that are targeted to Your interests:
You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences on Your mobile device.
“DO NOT TRACK” POLICY AS
REQUIRED BY CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (CalOPPA)
Our Service does not
respond to Do Not Track signals.
However, some third party
websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such
websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites
that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting
the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.
CHILDREN’S
PRIVACY
Our Service does not
address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally
identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent
or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal
Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal
Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent,
We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on
consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country
requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We
collect and use that information.
YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA’S SHINE THE LIGHT LAW)
Under California Civil Code
Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an
established business relationship with us can request information once a year
about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties'
direct marketing purposes.
If you'd like to request
more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a
California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided
below.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
FOR MINOR USERS (CALIFORNIA BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE SECTION 22581)
California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 allows California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted.
To request removal of
such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the
contact information provided below, and include the email address associated
with Your account.
Be aware that Your
request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information
posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain
circumstances.
LINKS
TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our Service may contain
links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third
party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise
You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over
and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of
any third party sites or services.
CHANGES
TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via
email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming
effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this
Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review
this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy
Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
CONTACT
US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
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