privacy policy

Privacy Policy

Welcome to our Privacy Policy (henceforth, “this Policy”). We have compiled this Policy to help you better understand the nature of your relationship with us and enable you to make informed decisions about certain aspects of our relationship. Because of that, we encourage you to read this Policy carefully. You continued use of our website confirms your agreement with this Policy.

We understand and respect your concerns about the privacy of your personal information. Because of this and because trust is the main building block of our business, we wish to explain some of the key principles underpinning this Policy. This Policy is intended to attain the following objectives:

• ensure that you understand what kind of information about you we collect with your permission;
• explain what we do with such information; and
• hold us accountable for protecting your rights and your privacy under this Policy.

Personal Information We Collect

As used in this Policy, “personal information” is understood as all data that relates to an identifiable human being whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be inferred, from the data.

Our website does not collect your personal information, with the exception of your IP address and certain information collected by Google Analytics, as will be explained below. In addition, our website may be detecting non-personally identifiable geo-location information to optimize our service, however our website does not collect your precise geo-location or associate the detected geo-location data with a specific user. We do not sell your personal information to advertisers or other third parties. In certain instances, we may request your email address to communicate with you. If this happens, your email address will only be used to communicate with you and deleted upon your request.

Use of IP Addresses and Browser Settings

When you visit our website, we register the IP address and browser settings of your computer or other device. The IP address is the numerical address of your computer or other device used to visit our website. Browser settings can include the type of browser you use, browser language and time zone. We collect this information so that we can trace the computer or device used in cases of misuse or unlawful actions in connection with visits to or use of our website. Moreover, we may collect this information for various internal business purposes, such as:

• generating statistics;
• measuring traffic and popularity of content areas;
• gathering broad demographic data for prospective advertisers;
• identifying usage trends and expanding our business activities;
• general data analysis and administering our site and affiliated sites;
• improving or modifying our website, developing new services and functionality; and
• complying with applicable legal requirements and legal process, requests from governmental authorities, relevant industry standards and our internal policies.