Privacy Policy of themarketingadvocate.com

This Website collects some Personal Data from its Users.


This document contains a section dedicated to Users in the United States and their privacy rights.


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Owner and Data Controller

CKR Digital Systems, LLC
7001 Deer Path Ridge Dr.
High Ridge, MO 63049

Owner contact email: info@ckrdigital.com

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Tracker; Usage Data; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); email address; device information; Universally unique identifier (UUID); geographic position; first name; last name; purchase history; various types of Data; gender; date of birth; phone number; physical address; country; profession; username; website; Email; name; password; company name; state; county; ZIP/Postal code; city; picture; prefix ; profile picture; workplace; budget; User ID; number of employees; Twitter handle; billing address; house number; marital status; Data communicated while using the service; payment info; shipping address; answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; metadata; Data communicated in order to use the Service; language.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Retention time

Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Traffic optimization and distribution, Advertising, Analytics, Displaying content from external platforms, Platform services and hosting, Registration and authentication, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Remarketing and behavioral targeting, Tag Management, Hosting and backend infrastructure, SPAM protection, Location-based interactions, Contacting the User, Commercial affiliation, Managing contacts and sending messages, Content commenting, Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties, Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website, Managing data collection and online surveys, Content performance and features testing (A/B testing), Handling payments and Social features.

For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

  • Advertising

    This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.
    This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
    Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Website. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
    Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.

    Google AdSense (Google LLC)

    Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC. This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Website and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
    Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.

    In order to understand Google's use of data, consult Google's partner policy.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Meta Audience Network (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

    Meta Audience Network is an advertising service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. In order to understand Facebook's use of Data, consult Facebook's data policy.

    This Website may use identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the Meta Audience Network service. One of the ways Audience Network shows ads is by using the User's ad preferences. The User can control this in the Facebook ad settings.

    Users may opt-out of certain Audience Network targeting through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Audience Network related sections of this privacy policy, if available.

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

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Facebook Lookalike Audience (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

    Facebook Lookalike Audience is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that uses Data collected through Facebook Custom Audience in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already in a Custom Audience list on the base of their past use of this Website or engagement with relevant content across the Facebook apps and services.
    On the base of these Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Facebook Lookalike Audience.

    Users can opt out of Facebook's use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Google Ad Manager (Google LLC)

    Google Ad Manager is an advertising service provided by Google LLC that allows the Owner to run advertising campaigns in conjunction with external advertising networks that the Owner, unless otherwise specified in this document, has no direct relationship with.
    In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
    This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Website and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.  

    Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Google Ads conversion tracking (Google LLC)

    Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

    Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Google Ads Similar audiences (Google LLC)

    Similar audiences is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that uses Data from Google Ads Remarketing in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already on the remarketing list due to their past use of this Website.
    On the basis of this Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Google Ads Similar audiences.

    Users who don't want to be included in Similar audiences can opt out and disable the use of advertising Trackers by going to: Google Ad Settings.

    In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Media.net (Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC)

    Media.net is an advertising service provided by Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United Arab Emirates – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    ShareThis (Sharethis Inc.)

    ShareThis is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Sharethis Inc. that displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of this Website. Users can opt out of ShareThis's use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Microsoft Advertising (Microsoft Corporation)

    Microsoft Advertising is an advertising service provided by Microsoft Corporation.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (Microsoft Corporation)

    Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking is an analytics service provided by Microsoft Corporation that connects data from the Microsoft Advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

    Personal Data processed: Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    FlexOffers.com (FlexOffers.com, LLC)

    FlexOffers.com is an advertising service provided by FlexOffers.com, LLC.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Direct Email Marketing (DEM) (this Website)

    This Website uses the User Data to propose services and products provided by third parties or unrelated to the product or service provided by this Website.

    Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana
    • a Sharing in California

    Direct marketing via SMS (this Website)

    This Website uses the User Data to propose services and products provided by third parties or unrelated to the product or service provided by this Website.

    Personal Data processed: first name; last name; phone number.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sharing in California

    Direct Advertising (this Website)

    This Website uses User Data to propose services or products provided by third parties, related or unrelated to the product or service provided by this Website.

    Direct Advertising may involve the use of Trackers to monitor Users’ behavior and serve personalized ads. Users may opt-out of ad personalization by visiting their device settings or following the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices and AdChoices.

    Besides applicable device settings, the User may also make use of the rights described under User rights in the relevant section of this privacy policy.

    Personal Data processed: device information; Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

    Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects data from the Meta Audience Network with actions performed on this Website. The Meta pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Meta Audience Network.

    Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Outbrain (Outbrain Inc.)

    Outbrain is an advertising service provided by Outbrain Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Outbrain conversion tracking (Outbrain pixel) (Outbrain Inc.)

    Outbrain conversion tracking (Outbrain pixel) is an analytics service provided by Outbrain Inc. that connects data from the Outbrain advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

    Personal Data processed: device information; Trackers; Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Outbrain Lookalike Audience (Outbrain Inc.)

    Outbrain Lookalike Audience is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Outbrain Inc. that uses Data collected through the Outbrain pixel in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already in an Audience list on the base of their past use of this Website.
    On the base of these Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Outbrain Lookalike Audience. Users can opt out of Outbrain's use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting this page.

    Personal Data processed: device information; Tracker; Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Pinterest Ads (Pinterest, Inc.)

    Pinterest Ads is an advertising service provided by Pinterest, Inc. that allows the Owner to run advertising campaigns on the Pinterest advertising network.

    Users may opt out of behavioral advertising features through their device settings, their Pinterest personalization settings.

    Personal Data processed: device information; email address; Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data; User ID.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Pinterest Conversion Tag (Pinterest, Inc.)

    Pinterest Conversion Tag is an analytics service provided by Pinterest, Inc. that connects data from the Pinterest advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

    Users may opt out of behavioral advertising features through their device settings, their Pinterest personalization settings or by visiting the AdChoices opt-out page.

    Personal Data processed: device information; Trackers; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Quora Conversion Pixel (Quora, Inc.)

    Quora Conversion Pixel is an analytics service provided by Quora, Inc. that connects data from the Quora Platform with actions performed on this Website.

    Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Quora List Match Audience (Quora, Inc.)

    Quora List Match Audience is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Quora, Inc. that allows the Owner to provide a list of email addresses of existing Users and to then match them with existing Users on the Quora Platform so that they can be targeted with personalized ads.

    Users can opt out of receiving personalized ads by contacting Quora support via this page. Quora may still show Users contextualized ads relevant to the content they are viewing.

    Personal Data processed: email address; Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Quora Lookalike Audience (Quora, Inc.)

    Quora Lookalike Audience is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Quora, Inc. that uses Data collected through the Quora pixel in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already in an Audience list on the base of their past use of this Website.

    On the base of these Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Quora Lookalike Audience.

    Users can opt out of Quora's use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page. Quora may still show Users contextualized ads relevant to the content they are viewing.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Voluum DSP (Codewise Sp. z o.o. Sp. k)

    Voluum DSP is an advertising service provided by Codewise Sp. z o.o. Sp. k.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: Poland – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Yahoo Advertising conversion tracking (Yahoo! Inc.)

    Yahoo Advertising conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Yahoo! Inc. that connects data from the Yahoo advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

    Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Yahoo App Publishing Advertising ( Oath Inc.)

    Yahoo App Publishing is an advertising service provided by Yahoo! Inc.
    If the User chooses to opt-out, Yahoo App Publishing will stop tracking data for the device identified by the provided MAC address and/or device identifier going forward.
    Yahoo App Publishing will stop providing ads and/or recommendations to that MAC address and/or device identifier across all publishers.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Audience Network (Audience Network sp. z o.o.)

    Audience Network is an advertising service provided by Audience Network sp. z o.o.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: Poland – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) (LinkedIn Corporation)

    LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) is an analytics and behavioral targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects data from the LinkedIn advertising network with actions performed on this Website. The LinkedIn Insight Tag tracks conversions that can be attributed to LinkedIn ads and enables to target groups of Users on the base of their past use of this Website.

    Users may opt out of behavioral targeting features through their device settings, their LinkedIn account settings or by visiting the AdChoices opt-out page.

    Personal Data processed: device information; Trackers; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    AdMob (Google LLC)

    AdMob is an advertising service provided by Google LLC.
    In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

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

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Amazon Advertising (Amazon)

    Amazon Advertising is an advertising service provided by Amazon.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Verizon Media (EMEA) (Yahoo EMEA Limited)

    Verizon Media (EMEA) is an advertising service provided by Yahoo EMEA Limited.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United Kingdom – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California
  • Analytics

    The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

    Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) (Google LLC)

    Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
    Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

    In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in the United States

    Wordpress Stats (Automattic Inc.)

    Wordpress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) with anonymized IP (Google LLC)

    Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
    Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
    This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.

    In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features (Google LLC)

    Google Analytics on this Website has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyze specific behavior and interests Data (traffic Data and Users' ads interaction Data) and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).

    Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; 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.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    User ID extension for Google Analytics (Google LLC)

    Google Analytics on this Website makes use of a feature called User ID. This setup allows for a more accurate tracking of Users by associating that User with the same ID over various sessions and devices. It is set up in a way that doesn’t allow Google to personally identify an individual or permanently identify a particular device.
    The User ID extension might make it possible to connect Data from Google Analytics with other Data about the User collected by this Website.
    The opt-out link below will only opt you out for the device you are on, but not from tracking performed independently by the Owner. Contact the Owner via the email address provided in this privacy policy to object to the aforementioned tracking as well.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Analytics collected directly (this Website)

    This Website uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports (Google LLC)

    Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for this Website (demographics means age and gender Data).

    Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

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

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    YouTube Analytics and Reporting API (Google LLC)

    YouTube Analytics and Reporting API is a video content analytics service provided by Google LLC.

    Through this Service, this Website may collect Data directly or indirectly on or from Users’ devices, including by making use of trackers. Users may restrict such access to their Data via the security settings page provided by Google. Users may ask the Owner for further information about these privacy settings at any time through the contact details provided in this document.

    Data collected through the Service may also be used to help third parties deliver interest-based advertising. Users can opt out of third-party interest-based advertising through their device settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

    Personal Data processed: Data communicated in order to use the Service; Data communicated while using the service; device information; password; Tracker; Usage Data; User ID; username.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Attribution (Attribution, LLC)

    Attribution is an analytics service provided by Attribution, LLC.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Matomo (this Website)

    Matomo is an analytics software used by this Website to analyze data directly without the help of third parties.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    Meta Events Manager (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)

    Meta Events Manager is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited. By integrating the Meta pixel, Meta Events Manager can give the Owner insights into the traffic and interactions on this Website.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
  • Commercial affiliation

    This type of service allows this Website to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
    Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with this Website.
    For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.

    Awin (AWIN AG)

    Awin is a commercial affiliation service provided by AWIN AG.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: Germany – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction LLC (part of Publicis Groupe))

    CJ Affiliate is a commercial affiliation service provided by Commission Junction LLC (part of Publicis Groupe).

    Personal Data processed: purchase history; Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: commercial information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    ClickBank (Click Sales Inc.)

    ClickBank is a banner commercial affiliation service provided by Click Sales Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    eBay Partner Network (eBay, Inc.)

    eBay Partner Network è un servizio di affiliazione commerciale fornito da eBay, Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    JVZoo (BBC Systems Inc.)

    JVZoo is a banner commercial affiliation service provided by BBC Systems Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    ShareAsale (ShareAsale.com Inc.)

    ShareAsale is a banner commercial affiliation service provided by ShareAsale.com Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California
  • Contacting the User

    Contact form (this Website)

    By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Website to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

    Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.

    This processing constitutes:

    Mailing list or newsletter (this Website)

    By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website or after making a purchase.

    Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; county; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; state; Tracker; Usage Data; website; ZIP/Postal code.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information; employment related information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana
  • Content commenting

    Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Website.
    Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
    If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.

    Comment system managed directly (this Website)

    This Website has its own internal content comment system.

    Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; phone number; Tracker; Usage Data; username; website.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana
    • Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana
  • Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)

    The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of this Website.

    Google Optimize (Google LLC)

    Google Optimize is an A/B testing service provided by Google LLC ("Google").

    Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Google Optimize 360 (Google LLC)

    Google Optimize 360 is an A/B testing service provided by Google LLC ("Google").

    This service allows the Owner to target groups of Users on the base of their past use of this Website. Users that opt-out of tracking by Google Analytics will not be included in experiments created in Google Optimize 360.

    Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Visual Website Optimizer (Wingify)

    Visual Website Optimizer is an A/B testing service provided by Wingify Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in the United States
    • Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana
  • Displaying content from external platforms

    This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.
    This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

    Google Fonts (Google LLC)

    Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Google Programmable Search Engine (Google LLC)

    Google Programmable Search Engine is a search engine embedding service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Google Programmable Search Engine with AdSense (Google LLC)

    Google Programmable Search Engine is a search engine embedding service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

    Google Programmable Search Engine may display AdSense advertisements. For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of this service.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    YouTube video widget (Google LLC)

    YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Bing Maps (Microsoft Corporation)

    Bing Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Microsoft Corporation that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Google Maps widget (Google LLC)

    Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Gravatar (Automattic Inc.)

    Gravatar is an image visualization service provided by Automattic Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
    Please note that if Gravatar images are used for comment forms, the commenter's email address or parts of it may be sent to Gravatar - even if the commenter has not signed up for that service.

    Personal Data processed: email address; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    YouTube video widget (Privacy Enhanced Mode) (Google LLC)

    YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
    This widget is set up in a way that ensures that YouTube won't store information and cookies about Users on this Website unless they play the video.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
  • Handling payments

    Unless otherwise specified, this Website processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. This Website isn't involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.

    Google Pay (Google LLC)

    Google Pay is a payment service provided by Google LLC, which allows users to make online payments using their Google credentials.

    Personal Data processed: billing address; email address; first name; last name; payment info; phone number; purchase history; shipping address; Tracker; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

  • Hosting and backend infrastructure

    This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Website to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Website.

    Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

    DigitalOcean (DigitalOcean Inc.)

    DigitalOcean is a hosting service provided by DigitalOcean Inc.

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

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    Attribution Affiliates Tracking (Attribution, LLC)

    Attribution Affiliates Tracking is a commercial affiliation service provided by Attribution, LLC.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
  • Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties

    This type of service allows Users to interact with data collection platforms or other services directly from the pages of this Website for the purpose of saving and reusing data.
    If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service.

    Direct marketing via popups (this Website)

    This Website uses popups to interact with the User to propose services and products which may be provided by third parties or that are unrelated to the product or services provided by this Website.

    Personal Data processed: Email; gender; name; Tracker; various types of Data.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Mailchimp widget (Intuit Inc.)

    The Mailchimp widget is a service for interacting with the Mailchimp email address management and message sending service provided by Intuit Inc.

    Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; phone number; Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California
  • Interaction with external social networks and platforms

    This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.
    The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
    This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
    It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Website isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

    Facebook Like button and social widgets (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

    The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in the United States

    Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets (Pinterest, Inc.)

    The Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Reddit button and widgets (reddit inc.)

    The reddit button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the reddit platform provided by reddit inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (X Corp.)

    The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    YouTube button and social widgets (Google LLC)

    The YouTube button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the YouTube social network provided by Google LLC.

    Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
  • Location-based interactions

    Geolocation (this Website)

    This Website may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
    Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Website.

    Personal Data processed: geographic position.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: geolocation data.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana
    • a Sharing in California
    • Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana

    Non-continuous geolocation (this Website)

    This Website may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
    Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Website.
    The geographic location of the User is determined in a manner that isn't continuous, either at the specific request of the User or when the User doesn't point out its current location in the appropriate field and allows the application to detect the position automatically.

    Personal Data processed: geographic position.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: geolocation data.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sharing in California
  • Managing contacts and sending messages

    This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
    These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

    Mailgun (Mailgun Technologies, Inc.)

    Mailgun is an email address management and message sending service provided by Mailgun Technologies, Inc.

    Personal Data processed: country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; Tracker; Usage Data; various types of Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information; employment related information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Campaign Monitor (Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd)

    Campaign Monitor is an email address management and message sending service provided by Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd.

    Personal Data processed: company name; country; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; Tracker; Usage Data; username.

    Place of processing: Australia – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Mailchimp (Intuit Inc.)

    Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by Intuit Inc.

    Personal Data processed: company name; country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; Tracker; Usage Data; username; various types of Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in the United States
    • a Sharing in California

    OneSignal (Lilomi, Inc.)

    OneSignal is a message sending service provided by Lilomi, Inc.

    OneSignal allows the Owner to send messages and notifications to Users across platforms such as Android, iOS, and the web. Messages can be sent to single devices, groups of devices, or specific topics or User segments. Depending on the permissions granted to this Website, the Data collected may also include precise location (i.e. GPS-level data) or WiFi information, apps installed and enabled on the User's device. This Website uses identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the OneSignal service.

    The Data collected may be used by the service provider for interest-based advertising, analytics and market research. In order to understand OneSignal's use of Data, consult OneSignal's privacy policy.

    Push notifications opt-out
    Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for some or all of the apps on the particular device.

    Interest-based advertising opt-out
    Users may opt-out of OneSignal advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones. Different device configurations, or updates to devices, may affect or change how these indicated settings work.

    Personal Data processed: email address; geographic position; language; Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information; geolocation data; inferences drawn from other personal information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California
  • Managing data collection and online surveys

    This type of service allows this Website to manage the creation, deployment, administration, distribution and analysis of online forms and surveys in order to collect, save and reuse Data from any responding Users.
    The Personal Data collected depend on the information asked and provided by the Users in the corresponding online form.

    These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services to enable the Owner to take subsequent steps with the Data processed - e.g. managing contacts, sending messages, analytics, advertising and payment processing.

    Facebook lead ads (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

    Facebook lead ads is an advertising and data collection service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that allows form-based ads to be shown to Users pre-populated with Personal Data from their Facebook profiles, such as names and email addresses. Depending on the type of advertisement, Users may be requested to provide further information.

    Form submission results in the collection and processing of these Data by the Owner under this privacy policy, and only for the specific purpose outlined on the form and/or inside this privacy policy, where provided.

    Users may exercise their rights, at any time, including the right to withdraw their consent to the processing of their Data, as specified in the section containing information about User rights in this privacy policy.

    Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; marital status; phone number; physical address; profession; state; Tracker; Usage Data; ZIP/Postal code.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information; employment related information; inferences drawn from other personal information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
  • Platform services and hosting

    These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Website, therefore allowing the provision of this Website from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.
    Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

    WordPress.com (Automattic Inc.)

    WordPress.com is a platform provided by Automattic Inc. that allows the Owner to build, run and host this Website.

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

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

  • Registration and authentication

    By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
    Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Website will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
    Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.

    WordPress.com Single Sign On (Automattic Inc.)

    WordPress.com Single Sign On is a registration and authentication service provided by Automattic Inc. and is connected to the WordPress.com network.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Google OAuth (Google LLC)

    Google OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Google LLC and is connected to the Google network.

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

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in the United States

    Facebook Authentication (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

    Facebook Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Sign in with Apple (Apple Inc.)

    Sign in with Apple is a registration and authentication service provided by Apple Inc. In cases where Users are required to provide their email address, Sign in with Apple may generate a private relay address on behalf of Users that automatically forwards messages to their verified personal email account - therefore shielding their actual email address from the Owner.

    Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; phone number; User ID.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Facebook Oauth (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

    Facebook Oauth is a registration and authentication service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; various types of Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
  • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website

    By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.

    Direct registration (this Website)

    The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Website.

    Personal Data processed: billing address; budget; city; company name; country; county; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; house number; last name; number of employees; password; phone number; physical address; picture; prefix ; profession; profile picture; state; Tracker; Twitter handle; Usage Data; User ID; username; various types of Data; website; workplace; ZIP/Postal code.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information; audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information; employment related information; inferences drawn from other personal information.

    This processing constitutes:

  • Remarketing and behavioral targeting

    This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Website by the User.
    This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
    Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
    Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.

    Google Ad Manager Audience Extension (Google LLC)

    Google Ad Manager Audience Extension is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that tracks the visitors of this Website and allows selected advertising partners to display targeted ads across the web to them.

    In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Google Ads Remarketing (Google LLC)

    Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that connects the activity of this Website with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.

    In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

    Users can opt out of Google's use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Remarketing with Google Analytics (Google LLC)

    Remarketing with Google Analytics is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Trackers with the Google Ads advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Facebook Remarketing (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

    Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Facebook Custom Audience (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

    Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.

    Users can opt out of Facebook's use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.

    Personal Data processed: email address; Tracker.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Twitter Remarketing (X Corp.)

    Twitter Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Twitter advertising network.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Twitter Tailored Audiences (X Corp.)

    Twitter Tailored Audiences is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by X Corp. that connects the activity of this Website with the Twitter advertising network.

    Users can opt out from interest-based ads by going to: Personalization and Data.

    Personal Data processed: email address; Tracker.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Outbrain Custom Audience (Outbrain Inc.)

    Outbrain Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Outbrain Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Outbrain advertising network.
    Users can opt out of Outbrain's use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.

    Personal Data processed: device information; Tracker; Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Google Signals (Google LLC)

    This Website uses Google Signals, a feature of Google Analytics, which will associate the visitation information that it collects from this Website with Google information from accounts of signed-in Google-account users who have consented to this association for the purpose of ads personalization. This Google information may include User location, search history, YouTube history and Data from sites that partner with Google – and is used to provide aggregated and anonymized insights into Users' cross device behaviors.

    If a User falls under the described association, they may access and/or delete such Data via My Activity provided by Google.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California

    Quora Website Traffic Audience (Quora, Inc.)

    Quora Website Traffic Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Quora, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Quora Platform.

    Users can opt out of receiving personalized ads by contacting Quora support via this page. Quora may still show Users contextualized ads relevant to the content they are viewing.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
    • a Sharing in California
  • Social features

    Inviting and suggesting friends (this Website)

    This Website may use the Personal Data provided to allow Users to invite their friends - for example through the address book, if access has been provided - and to suggest friends or connections inside it.

    Personal Data processed: various types of Data.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

  • SPAM protection

    This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Website, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.

    Akismet (Automattic Inc.)

    Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Automattic Inc.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    This processing constitutes:

    Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)

    Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC.
    The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.

    In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

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

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information; inferences drawn from other personal information.

    This processing constitutes:

  • Tag Management

    This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Website in a centralized fashion.
    This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.

    Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)

    Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.

    Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Segment (Segment Inc.)

    Segment is a tag management service provided by Segment.io, Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California
  • Traffic optimization and distribution

    This type of service allows this Website to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
    Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Website and the User's browser.
    Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.

    Cloudflare (Cloudflare Inc.)

    Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
    The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through this Website, i.e., communication between this Website and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Website to be collected.

    Personal Data processed: Tracker; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

    • a Sale in California

    Smush (Incsub, LLC)

    Smush is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Incsub, LLC. The service optimizes images used on this Website and may serve them to Users in order to optimize the loading times on this Website.

    Personal Data processed: metadata; various types of Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

    Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

    This processing constitutes:

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.

  • Unique device identification

    This Website may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences.

  • 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.

  • Push notifications for direct marketing

    This Website may send push notifications to the User for the purpose of direct marketing (to propose services and products provided by third parties or unrelated to the product or service provided by this Website).

    Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for this Website or all of the apps on the particular device.

    Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of this Website.

    Besides applicable device settings, the User may also make use of the rights described under User rights in the relevant section of this privacy policy.

  • Push notifications based on the User's geographic location

    This Website may use the User's geographic location to send push notifications for the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

    Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for some or all of the apps on the particular device.

    Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of this Website.

  • Push notifications

    This Website may send push notifications to the User to achieve the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

    Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then change those settings for this Website, some or all of the apps on the particular device.
    Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of this Website.

  • Analysis and predictions based on the User’s Data (“profiling”)

    The Owner may use the Personal and Usage Data collected through this Website to create or update User profiles. This type of Data processing allows the Owner to evaluate User choices, preferences and behaviour for the purposes outlined in the respective section of this document.
    User profiles can also be created through the use of automated tools like algorithms, which can also be provided by third parties. To find out more about the profiling activities performed, Users can check the relevant sections of this document.
    The User always has a right to object to this kind of profiling activity. To find out more about the User's rights and how to exercise them, the User is invited to consult the section of this document outlining the rights of the User.

  • The Service is intended for adults

    Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Minors may not use this Website.

Further Information for Users

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

  • Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
  • provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
  • processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
  • processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
  • processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner 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.

Further information about retention time

Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.

Therefore:

  • Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
  • Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:

  • Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
  • Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
  • Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
  • Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
  • Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
  • Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
  • Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
  • Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.

Further information for Users in the United States

This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running this Website and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).

The information contained in this section applies to all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are residents in the following states: California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana.

For such Users, this information supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.

This part of the document uses the term Personal Information (and Sensitive Personal Information).

Notice at collection

The following Notice at collection provides you with timely notice about the categories of Personal Information collected or disclosed in the past 12 months so that you can exercise meaningful control over our use of that Information.

While such categorization of Personal Information is mainly based on California privacy laws, it can also be helpful for anyone who is not a California resident to get a general idea of what types of Personal Information are collected.

  • Internet or other electronic network activity information

    Personal Information collected or disclosed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service, Tracker, Usage Data, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example), Trackers, email address, device information, Universally unique identifier (UUID), purchase history, various types of Data, first name, last name, gender, date of birth, phone number, physical address, country, profession, website, Email, name, company name, state, county, ZIP/Postal code, city, picture, prefix , profile picture, workplace, budget, User ID, number of employees, Twitter handle, billing address, house number, Data communicated while using the service, shipping address, answers to questions, clicks, keypress events, motion sensor events, mouse movements, scroll position, touch events, metadata, Data communicated in order to use the Service, geographic position, language

    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username, password, marital status, payment info

    Purposes:

    • Traffic optimization and distribution
    • Advertising
    • Analytics
    • Displaying content from external platforms
    • Platform services and hosting
    • Registration and authentication
    • Interaction with external social networks and platforms
    • Remarketing and behavioral targeting
    • Tag Management
    • Hosting and backend infrastructure
    • Further information about Personal Data
    • Commercial affiliation
    • Managing contacts and sending messages
    • Content commenting
    • Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties
    • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website
    • Contacting the User
    • Managing data collection and online surveys
    • Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
    • Handling payments
    • SPAM protection
    • Social features

    Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes

    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes

    Third-parties: Cloudflare Inc., Google LLC, Automattic Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc., Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC, DigitalOcean Inc., X Corp., Outbrain Inc., Pinterest, Inc., reddit inc., Sharethis Inc., AWIN AG, Commission Junction LLC (part of Publicis Groupe), Click Sales Inc., eBay, Inc., BBC Systems Inc., ShareAsale.com Inc., Microsoft Corporation, FlexOffers.com, LLC, Mailgun Technologies, Inc., Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd, Intuit Inc., Segment Inc., Quora, Inc., Incsub, LLC, Codewise Sp. z o.o. Sp. k, Wingify, Yahoo! Inc., Oath Inc., Audience Network sp. z o.o., Attribution, LLC, LinkedIn Corporation, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Amazon, Lilomi, Inc., Yahoo EMEA Limited

    Service providers or contractors: this Website

  • Identifiers

    Personal Information collected or disclosed: Tracker, Usage Data, 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, email address, device information, Universally unique identifier (UUID), first name, last name, Trackers, various types of Data, gender, date of birth, phone number, physical address, country, profession, website, Email, name, company name, state, county, ZIP/Postal code, city, picture, prefix , profile picture, workplace, budget, User ID, number of employees, Twitter handle, billing address, house number, Data communicated while using the service, purchase history, shipping address, Data communicated in order to use the Service, geographic position, language

    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username, password, marital status, payment info

    Purposes:

    • Advertising
    • Analytics
    • Remarketing and behavioral targeting
    • Contacting the User
    • Managing contacts and sending messages
    • Content commenting
    • Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties
    • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website
    • Registration and authentication
    • Managing data collection and online surveys
    • Handling payments
    • Displaying content from external platforms

    Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes

    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes

    Third-parties: Meta Platforms, Inc., Google LLC, X Corp., Outbrain Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Mailgun Technologies, Inc., Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd, Apple Inc., Intuit Inc., Automattic Inc., Pinterest, Inc., Quora, Inc., Lilomi, Inc.

    Service providers or contractors: this Website

  • Geolocation data

    Personal Information collected or disclosed: geographic position, Tracker, Usage Data, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example), email address, language, various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    Purposes:

    • Location-based interactions
    • Managing contacts and sending messages

    Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes

    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes

    Third-parties: Lilomi, Inc.

    Service providers or contractors: this Website

  • Commercial information

    Personal Information collected or disclosed: Tracker, Usage Data, purchase history, first name, last name, gender, date of birth, phone number, physical address, email address, company name, profession, country, state, county, ZIP/Postal code, city, picture, prefix , profile picture, workplace, website, budget, User ID, number of employees, Twitter handle, billing address, house number, various types of Data, Data communicated while using the service, various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service, shipping address

    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username, password, marital status, payment info

    Purposes:

    • Commercial affiliation
    • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website
    • Managing contacts and sending messages
    • Contacting the User
    • Managing data collection and online surveys
    • Handling payments

    Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes

    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes

    Third-parties: Commission Junction LLC (part of Publicis Groupe), Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd, Intuit Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc., Google LLC

    Service providers or contractors: this Website

  • Biometric information

    Personal Information collected or disclosed: email address, various types of Data, Tracker, Usage Data, first name, last name, gender, date of birth, phone number, physical address, country, profession, Email, name, company name, state, county, ZIP/Postal code, city, picture, prefix , profile picture, workplace, website, budget, User ID, number of employees, Twitter handle, billing address, house number, Data communicated while using the service

    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username, password, marital status

    Purposes:

    • Managing contacts and sending messages
    • Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties
    • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website
    • Contacting the User
    • Managing data collection and online surveys

    Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes

    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes

    Third-parties: Mailgun Technologies, Inc., Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd, Intuit Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc.

    Service providers or contractors: this Website

  • Employment related information

    Personal Information collected or disclosed: email address, various types of Data, Tracker, Usage Data, first name, last name, gender, date of birth, phone number, physical address, country, profession, company name, state, county, ZIP/Postal code, city, picture, prefix , profile picture, workplace, website, budget, User ID, number of employees, Twitter handle, billing address, house number, Data communicated while using the service

    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username, password, marital status

    Purposes:

    • Managing contacts and sending messages
    • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website
    • Contacting the User
    • Managing data collection and online surveys

    Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes

    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes

    Third-parties: Mailgun Technologies, Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc.

    Service providers or contractors: this Website

  • Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information

    Personal Information collected or disclosed: Tracker, Usage Data, first name, last name, gender, date of birth, phone number, physical address, email address, company name, profession, country, state, county, ZIP/Postal code, city, picture, prefix , profile picture, workplace, website, budget, User ID, number of employees, Twitter handle, billing address, house number, various types of Data

    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username, password

    Purposes:

    • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website

    Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes

    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes

    Service providers or contractors: this Website

  • Inferences drawn from other personal information

    Personal Information collected or disclosed: Tracker, Usage Data, first name, last name, gender, date of birth, phone number, physical address, email address, company name, profession, country, state, county, ZIP/Postal code, city, picture, prefix , profile picture, workplace, website, budget, User ID, number of employees, Twitter handle, billing address, house number, various types of Data, Data communicated while using the service, answers to questions, clicks, keypress events, motion sensor events, mouse movements, scroll position, touch events, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example), geographic position, language, various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username, password, marital status

    Purposes:

    • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website
    • Managing data collection and online surveys
    • SPAM protection
    • Managing contacts and sending messages

    Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes

    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes

    Third-parties: Meta Platforms, Inc., Google LLC, Lilomi, Inc.

    Service providers or contractors: this Website

ℹ️ You can read the definitions of these concepts inside the “Definitions and legal references section” of the privacy policy.

To know more about your rights in particular to opt out of certain processing activities and to limit the use of your sensitive personal information (“Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information”) you can refer to the “Your privacy rights under US state laws” section of our privacy policy.

For more details on the collection of Personal Information, please read the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” of our privacy policy.

We won’t process your Information for unexpected purposes, or for purposes that are not reasonably necessary to and compatible with the purposes originally disclosed, without your consent.

What are the sources of the Personal Information we collect?

We collect the above-mentioned categories of Personal Information, either directly or indirectly, from you when you use this Website.

For example, you directly provide your Personal Information when you submit requests via any forms on this Website. You also provide Personal Information indirectly when you navigate this Website, as Personal Information about you is automatically observed and collected.

Finally, we may collect your Personal Information from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service or with the functioning of this Website and features thereof.

Your privacy rights under US state laws

You may exercise certain rights regarding your Personal Information. In particular, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you have:

  • the right to access Personal Information: the right to know. You have the right to request that we confirm whether or not we are processing your Personal Information. You also have the right to access such Personal Information;
  • the right to correct inaccurate Personal Information. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate Personal Information we maintain about you;
  • the right to request the deletion of your Personal Information. You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information;
  • the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information. We will provide your Personal Information in a portable and usable format that allows you to transfer data easily to another entity – provided that this is technically feasible;
  • the right to opt out from the Sale of your Personal Information; We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
  • the right to non-discrimination.

Additional rights for Users residing in California

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in California, you have:

  • The right to opt out of the Sharing of your Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising;
  • The right to request to limit our use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information to only that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods, as is reasonably expected by an average consumer. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our service.

Additional rights for Users residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana you have

  • The right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for Targeted Advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you;
  • The right to freely give, deny or withdraw your consent for the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer. In Maryland, your Sensitive Personal Information will be collected or processed only if strictly necessary to provide or maintain a specific product or service requested by you.

In Minnesota and Maryland Users also have the right to obtain a list of the specific third parties to which the controller has disclosed the consumer's personal data

* Note that in some states like Minnesota you have the following specific rights connected to profiling:

  • The right to question the results of the profiling;
  • The right to be informed of the reason that the profiling resulted in the decision; if feasible
  • The right to be informed of what actions the consumer might have taken to secure a different decision and the actions that the consumer might take to secure a different decision in the future;
  • The right to review personal data used in the profiling;
  • If inaccurate, the right to have the data corrected and the profiling decision reevaluated based on the corrected data;

Additional rights for users residing in Utah and Iowa

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Utah and Iowa, you have:

  • The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for Targeted Advertising;
  • The right to opt out of the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer.

How to exercise your privacy rights under US state laws

To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document.

For us to respond to your request, we must know who you are. We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity and therefore confirm the Personal Information in our possession relates to you. You are not required to create an account with us to submit your request. We will use any Personal Information collected from you in connection with the verification of your request solely for verification and shall not further disclose the Personal Information, retain it longer than necessary for purposes of verification, or use it for unrelated purposes.

If you are an adult, you can make a request on behalf of a child under your parental authority.

How to exercise your rights to opt out

In addition to what is stated above, to exercise your right to opt-out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising you can also use the privacy choices link provided on this Website.

If you want to submit requests to opt out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising activities via a user-enabled global privacy control, such as for example the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), you are free to do so and we will abide by such request in a frictionless manner.

How and when we are expected to handle your request

We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases within the timeframe required by applicable law. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need.

Should we deny your request, we will explain to you the reasons behind our denial (where envisaged by applicable law you may then contact the relevant authority to submit a complaint).

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive and in all other cases where it is permitted by the applicable law. In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act on the request. In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind them.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Website or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Website and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data) / Personal Information (or Information)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Sensitive Personal Information

Sensitive Personal Information means any Personal Information that is not publicly available and reveals information considered sensitive according to the applicable privacy law.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party services employed in this Website), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.

User

The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Processor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Website.

This Website (or this Application)

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

Sale

Sale means any exchange of Personal Information by the Owner to a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the applicable law, does not constitute a Sale of your Personal Information.

Sharing

Sharing means any sharing, 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 cross-context behavioral advertising, whether for monetary or other valuable consideration, including transactions between a business and a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising for the benefit of a business in which no money is exchanged, as defined by the California privacy laws. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the California privacy laws, does not constitute sharing of your Personal Information.

Targeted advertising

Targeted advertising means displaying advertisements to a consumer where the advertisement is selected based on Personal Information obtained from that consumer’s activities over time and across nonaffiliated websites or online applications to predict such consumer’s preferences or interests, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookie

Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.

Tracker

Tracker indicates any technology - e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting - that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.

Email

Provides access to the User's primary email address.


Legal information

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations.

This privacy policy relates solely to this Website, if not stated otherwise within this document.

Latest update: March 08, 2024

This document has been created with the iubenda Privacy and Cookie Policy Generator. See also the Terms and Conditions Generator. iubenda hosts this content and only collects the Personal Data strictly necessary for it to be provided.

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