Privacy Policy of www.withablast.net

This Website collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services:

    • Advertising

      • Amazon Mobile Ads, Google Ad Manager, AppNexus, Google AdSense and Comscore

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) and Shareaholic

        Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data

      • Mediavine

      • Mediavine and Prebid

        Personal Data: Tracker; Usage Data

      • WhatsApp Business direct marketing

        Personal Data: answers to questions; contents of the email or message; Data communicated while using the service; date of the message; first name; last name; phone number; profile picture; sender of the message; time the message was sent; user content

    • Analytics

      • Alexa Metrics, ComScore Analytics, StatCounter, SumoMe Content Analytics, WordPress Stats and Analytics collected directly

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features

        Personal Data: Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Google Analytics for Firebase

        Personal Data: Cookies; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data

      • User ID extension for Google Analytics

        Personal Data: Cookies

      • Google Analytics 4

        Personal Data: number of Users; session statistics; Trackers; Usage Data

      • Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports

        Personal Data: Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example)

    • Backup saving and management

      • Amazon Glacier

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Building and running this Website

      • WordPress (self-hosted)

        Personal Data: Data communicated while using the service; username

    • Commercial affiliation

      • Amazon Affiliation and Booking.com Affiliate Partner Programme

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • Amazon Omakase

        Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data

    • Contacting the User

      • Contact form

        Personal Data: email address; first name; last name

      • Mailing list or newsletter

        Personal Data: Cookies; country; email address; first name; last name

    • Content commenting

      • Comment system managed directly

        Personal Data: Cookies; email address; first name; username

    • Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)

      • Firebase Remote Config

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Google Optimize and Google Optimize 360

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • Displaying content from external platforms

      • Google Fonts

        Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data

      • Google Programmable Search Engine and Vimeo video

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • Hosting and backend infrastructure

      • Google App Engine and Amazon Web Services (AWS)

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Firebase Cloud Functions

        Personal Data: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Agathon Hosting

    • Infrastructure monitoring

      • Firebase Crash Reporting, Firebase Performance Monitoring and Uptime Robot

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Web Performance

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties

      • MailerLite widget

        Personal Data: Cookies; email address; first name

    • Interaction with external social networks and platforms

      • Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets, Twitter Tweet button and social widgets, Facebook Like button and social widgets and Tumblr sharing button and social widgets

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • YouTube button and social widgets

        Personal Data: Usage Data

    • Interaction with live chat platforms

      • WhatsApp Business Chat widget

        Personal Data: answers to questions; contents of the email or message; Data communicated while using the service; date of the message; first name; last name; phone number; profile picture; sender of the message; time the message was sent; user content

    • Location-based interactions

      • Non-continuous geolocation

        Personal Data: geographic position

    • Managing contacts and sending messages

      • Firebase Cloud Messaging and Firebase Notifications

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

        Personal Data: email address

    • Managing support and contact requests

      • WhatsApp Business customer support

        Personal Data: country; device information; username

    • Platform services and hosting

      • WordPress.com

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Amazon Appstore

        Personal Data: Usage Data

    • Registration and authentication

      • WordPress.com Single Sign On

        Personal Data: Trackers; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website

      • Direct registration

        Personal Data: country; email address; username

    • Remarketing and behavioral targeting

      • Facebook Remarketing

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • RSS feed management

      • Feedburner

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • SPAM protection

      • Akismet

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Google reCAPTCHA

        Personal Data: answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data

      • hCaptcha

        Personal Data: Data communicated in order to use the Service

    • Tag Management

      • Google Tag Manager

        Personal Data: Usage Data

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar initiatives. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.

Users may also opt out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

    • The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13

      Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Minors may use this Website only with the assistance of a parent or guardian. Under no circumstance persons under the age of 13 may use this Website.

    • User identification via a universally unique identifier (UUID)

      This Website may track Users by storing a so-called universally unique identifier (or short UUID) for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences. This identifier is generated upon installation of this Application, it persists between Application launches and updates, but it is lost when the User deletes the Application. A reinstall generates a new UUID.

    • Selling goods and services online

      The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
      The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Website depends on the payment system used.

Contact information

    • Owner and Data Controller

      Linda Nortje - With A Blast
      Brits Street
      Johannesburg, 2000
      South-Africa

      Owner contact email: linda@withablast.net