WEBSITEGUIDELINES. PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated June 21, 2023.

In order to ensure transparency and give you more control over your Personal Information, we provide this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy“) which governs how we, WebsiteGuidelines (together, “Websiteguidelines” “I“, “we“, “our” or “us“) use, collect and store the personal information we collect or receive from or about any individual who uses our website, websiteguidelines.com (the “Website”) and/or with whom we need to communicate in order to deliver our services.

This Privacy Policy applies to visitors to our site and the personnel of our business partners (“you“). On this Website, we provide information about our services. Our Website provides reviews about vendors in the tech field. If you are a visitor to our Website, you do not need to register on our Website in order to read the reviews; and we do not require you to provide us with your contact information such as your name, email, etc.

You must provide your name and email only if you wish to write a review. Otherwise, we will only collect about you the information mentioned in Sections 8 and 9 below. If you click on a link leading to the website of one of the vendors reviewed on our Website, you will be directed to that Vendor’s website and subject to its terms and privacy policy. These vendors do not share your information with us, and we do not use it in any way.

This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information we received and collected from WebsiteGuidelines.com, how it is used when we disclose it, and how you can manage it.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT, AND WHY DO WE COLLECT IT?

We might collect various types of information about users, including personal information. Personal information is any info related to an identifiable person, including references to location data, name, email address, phone number, or other factors specific to a person. We want you to understand how we handle your information. We can’t process data without the necessary information.

  1. You may provide an email when you subscribe to our blog then we will send you an email.
  2. Browsing our website with your browser’s cookies.
  • We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
  • We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the ongoing operation of our site.
  • We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.

WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH?

We can’t collect any data directly from our website. We are using a Secured Web Hosting server (Hostinger) and CDN service (Cloudflare), so all your data is secured and always private between you and us.

WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA?

You can’t create an account with us so we can’t store any data from our readers. But, if you have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you; also, you can delete your comment by yourself, including any information you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

You can simply reply to this comment and mentioned that you want to remove that comment or contact us via our email [email protected] to remove that comment, we’re here to help you!

ALL YOUR BROWSER DATA IS SAFE WHEN YOU VISIT US?

Yes, you are safe! SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private for all your data.

COMMENTS

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

MEDIA

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

COOKIES

Cookies collect standard internet log info and visitor behavior information. If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Will remove the login cookies.

An additional cookie will be saved in your browser if you edit or publish an article. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES

Articles on this site may include embedded content or store owner content (e.g., videos, images, primary articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves similarly as if the visitor has visited the other website. We may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and to the website.

INTERACTION WITH THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS

We enable you to interact with third-party websites, mobile software applications, and products or services that are not owned or controlled by us (each a “Third Party Service”). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Third Party Services. Please be aware that Third Party Services can collect Personal Information from you. Accordingly, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of each Third Party Service.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • External transfers: Where we transfer your Personal Information outside of EU/EEA (for example to third parties who provide us with services), we will obtain contractual commitments from them to protect your Personal Information, as required by applicable laws.

Any information collected and transferred by websiteguidelines.com is done by our technology partners including hosting, CDN, analytics, content management system, plugins, themes, comments, and contact forms.

ANALYTIC TOOLS

We use the Google Analytics tool to improve our system.

  • Google Analytics: The Website uses a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of the Website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this Website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other websites they used prior to coming to this Website. We use the information from Google Analytics to maintain and improve the Website and our products. We do not combine the data collected through Google Analytics with the Personal Information we collect. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service, available at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/, and the Google Privacy Policy, available at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You may learn more about how Google collects and processes data specifically in connection with Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You may prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

We reserve the right to remove or add new analytic tools.

USE BY CHILDREN

We do not offer our products or services for use by children and, therefore, we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from, and/or about children under the age of eighteen (18). If you are under the age of eighteen (18), do not provide any Personal Information to us without the involvement of a parent or a guardian. For the purposes of the GDPR, we do not intend to offer information society services directly to children. In the event that we become aware that you provide Personal Information in violation of applicable privacy laws, we reserve the right to delete it.

If you believe that we might have any such information, please contact us at [email protected].

LOCATION INFORMATION

We collect and process your device’s source IP address that may disclose your general geolocation at the time of access. Ads and certain promotional content might be promoted to you because of it.

LOG FILES

Like many other Web sites, WebsiteGuidelines.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and several clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any personally identifiable information.

SPECIFIC PROVISIONS APPLICABLE UNDER CALIFORNIA PRIVACY LAW

  • California Privacy Rights: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits our customers who are California residents to request certain information regarding our Disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to [email protected].
  • Our California Do Not Track Notice (Shine the Light): Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in specific web browsers. We do not respond to or honor DNT signals transmitted by web browsers. Still, we may allow third parties, such as analytics tool providers, to collect personally identifiable information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across different websites when a consumer uses the services.
  • Deletion Of Content From California Residents: If you are a California resident under 18 and a registered user, California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits you to remove content including Personal Information you have publicly posted. To remove it, please send an email to [email protected]. After removal, you will not be able to restore removed content. We cannot ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content if prohibited by the law.

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

Although most changes are likely to be minor, we change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at the Website Guideline’s sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

DO NOT SELL MY CONTENT

WebsiteGuidelines.com do not collect any information or disclose it and does not sell anything online or offline.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding our compliance with this notice and the data protection laws, or if you wish to exercise your rights, we encourage you to first contact us at [email protected].