Data Privacy Central

Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Notice explains how Data Privacy Central (“our”, “us”, or “we”) collect, use and disclose personal data about you when you use our website and/or receive our newsletters or emails (collectively, the "Services"). By using our services, you acknowledge you have read and accept this Privacy Notice.

Our Services are intended for general audiences, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors under 16 years of age.

2. Data We Collect

We may obtain information about you from a variety of sources. This includes personal data you provide to us directly, data we obtain from other sources, and data we gather through automated means.

2.1 Data You Provide to Us

We collect personal data that you provide to us when you interact with the Services, including the following:

Contact or identifier data when you sign up for the Services, such as your name and email address;
User-generated content when you participate in a community forum or otherwise post content that others can read or view, such as your comments, username or profile picture; and
Customer service information, such as messages and other information you address to us through online forms, chat, or by email.

2.2 Data Collected by Automated Means Through Our Services

We gather by automated means (such as cookies, web beacons, web server logs and similar technologies) certain information through the Services. Such data may include:

Your IP address;
Device information, such as unique identifier and connection information, including mobile device advertising IDs (e.g., Apple IDFA or Google AAID);
Your device type and settings, software used, browser type and operating system;
Language preferences;
Viewing behavior, including the content you view and for how long;
Web pages and advertisements you view and links you click on within, and search queries you may have run on, the Services;
Other usage data, such as the websites or other services you visited before visiting the Services (referring URL), access times and other details about your use and interactions on our Services; and
Location information, including the city, state and zip code associated with your IP address, information derived through wifi triangulation.

3. How We Use the Data We Obtain

We may use the personal data we collect from and/or about you for the purposes set forth below.

3.1 To Provide and Manage the Services

This may include to:

Provide our products and services, including to process and fulfill your subscription, or complete a transaction that you requested;
Create and manage online accounts;
Provide customer support, including via online chat or chat bot, and to respond to inquiries;
Send information about your relationship or transactions with us;
Provide technical support;
Deliver relevant content and suggestions (e.g., if you use multiple products, we may use your reading history or activity to personalize the content delivered to you across products);
Conduct research for potential articles if you choose to respond to a journalism survey; and
Send you our newsletter if you have subscribed via email.

3.2 To Measure and Improve Our Services

This may include to:

Operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing, enhancing, analyzing and improving our Services; managing our communications, performing data and statistical analytics, and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions); and
Monitor, and analyze, the extent of your use of the Services, to inform modifications, enhancements, or updates to Services.

3.3 To Deliver Interest-Based Advertising (aka Targeted Advertising)

We, as well as our third-party service providers, may obtain information about your online activity to provide you with advertising about products and services tailored to your individual interests. We also engage third party online advertising companies, advertisers and ad networks to help target our messaging to visitors through interest-based and contextual means. These third parties may collect information about your activities on our Services and on other websites or apps including offline purchases, for such purpose. The networks use this information to show you advertisements on the Services or other third-party websites and apps that may be tailored to your individual interests. This information also helps us track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. To the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before using your information for interest-based advertising.

3.4 To Protect The Rights Of Data Privacy Central And Others

We may use your personal data as we believe to be necessary or appropriate in order to:

Protect against, identify and prevent fraud and other unlawful activity, claims and other liabilities;
Secure, protect and defend the privacy, safety or property of the Services, and our employees and agents, or users;
Comply with and enforce legal requirements, including laws outside your country of residence, relevant industry standards, contractual obligations, and our terms of service and other policies; and
Respond to inquiries from third parties, including inquiries from law enforcement authorities.

We may combine information we obtain about you for the purposes identified in this Section 3. We may use information we collect from you in other ways for which we provide specific privacy notices at the time of collection.

4. Data Sharing

We operate a free site for informational purposes and do not "sell" your personal information in the traditional sense of the word. However, we may engage with third party advertisers to provide targeted advertising in order to maintain and run the Services. Certain trackers on our website will share automatically collected information (such as IP address and how you engage with the Services) in order to provide more tailored advertising to you. We will not, under any circumstances, share your name or email address with any third parties unless required by law, in response to legal process, or in the course of a merger or acquisition.

5. Your Choices and Rights

We offer you many choices and you may have certain rights in connection with the personal data we collect about you. For example, if you have subscribed to our newsletters, you may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email.

6. How We Protect Personal Data

We use a combination of administrative, technical, organizational and physical measures to safeguard personal data in its possession against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized loss, use, access, disclosure or modification. We make reasonable efforts to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk of the processing, taking into account the costs of implementation and nature of the processing of personal data. However, no one can guarantee the complete safety of your information. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us as set forth in the Contact Us section.

7. Other Important Information

7.1 Transfers of Personal Data

Your personal data may be stored, transferred to, and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers. These countries may be outside your country of residence, including the United States, and may have different data protection laws than in the country in which you initially provided the data. Applicable laws in the United States and/or other countries may allow the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities to access your personal data when in such country.

If you are a user located outside the United States or the country to which your information may be transferred, you understand (and, as permitted under applicable law, consent to) having any personal data processed in the United States or such country. When we transfer your data, we will protect that data as described in this Privacy Notices.

7.2 Links to Affiliates and Third-Party Sites or Apps

The Services may also be linked to sites or apps operated by third parties, and may carry advertisements or offer content, special offers, functionality, games or applications developed and maintained by third parties, using iframes, tools, or plug-ins (“Linked Services”). These third party Linked Services may use automated means to collect information about you and your use of these features.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties, and once you leave the Services or click an advertisement, or sign up for a special offer, you should check the applicable third-party privacy notice.

7.3 Updates to Privacy Notice

We may periodically update this Privacy Notice without prior notice to reflect changes in our privacy practices and the Services. If we modify the Privacy Notice, we will update the Effective Date and the changes will become effective as of the date we post such Notice. We will notify you of any material changes by posting a prominent notice on the Services indicating we have updated this Privacy Notice.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Notice or how we or our service providers handle your personal data, please contact our privacy team at info@privacyhub.com.

Last Updated: December 1, 2023