Privacy Policy for IndustrialPCNews

Last Updated: October 26, 2023

Welcome to IndustrialPCNews (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We operate the website located at industrialpcnews.com (the “Site”). Your privacy is of paramount importance to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Site. Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

By accessing or using the Site, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.

1. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Site, including information:

Personal Identification Information: We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Site, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, or otherwise contact us. This information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, company name, job title, and any other details you choose to provide.
Automatically Collected Technical Information: As you navigate through the Site, we may automatically collect certain data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This information includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, information on your interactions with the Site (such as the pages you view, the links you click, and the searches you conduct), and the dates and times of your visits.
Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: For more detailed information on the technologies we use for data collection, please refer to the “Cookies and Tracking Technologies” section below.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect about you or that you provide to us for various business purposes, including:

To operate, maintain, and improve the Site, its content, and services.
To provide you with the information, products, or services that you request from us, such as sending you newsletters, technical articles, or whitepapers.
To personalize your experience on our Site and to deliver content and product offerings relevant to your interests.
To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries, comments, and questions.
To administer surveys, promotions, or other Site features.
To analyze trends, track user movements around the Site, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security incidents, or potentially prohibited or illegal activities.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it or with your consent.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our Site uses “cookies” and similar tracking technologies to enhance user experience and analyze Site traffic. A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site.

We use the following types of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the operation of our Site, enabling you to navigate and use its features.
Performance/Analytical Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our Site. This helps us improve the way our Site works.
Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our Site, enabling us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our Site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

We may also use web beacons (also known as “pixel tags”) and other similar technologies to track your use of our Site and interaction with our emails.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services on our behalf, such as data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. These parties are contractually obligated to use personal information only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them and to maintain its confidentiality.
For Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, we may transfer the personal information we have collected to the succeeding entity.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement or to protect the security or integrity of our Site.
With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to unaffiliated third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

5. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers behind firewalls.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to:

Access and receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
Rectify or update any inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
Request the erasure of your personal information.
Restrict or object to the processing of your personal information.
Data portability, allowing you to obtain and reuse your data for your own purposes across different services.
Withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal information.

You can exercise these rights by contacting us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

You can also opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Site. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at [email protected].

8. International Data Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you are resident. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. Specifically, our servers are located in the United States, and our service providers may operate in other jurisdictions.

However, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. When we transfer personal information to countries not deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection, we implement appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses approved by relevant authorities.

9. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will post the new Privacy Policy on this page with a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated and an updated “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy.

You are responsible for periodically visiting this Privacy Policy to check for any changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.