This Privacy Policy explains how ieltskaro.com (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses information from users of our website.
1. Information We Collect
We collect the following types of information from users:
- Personal Information: When you subscribe to our newsletter through the popup builder, we may collect your email address and name (optional).
- Usage Data: We may collect information about your activity on our website, such as the pages you visit and the links you click. This information is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
1.1. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
1.2. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
1.3. Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving 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 and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
1.4. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites 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 are logged in to that website.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To send you updates about new articles and blog posts on ieltskaro.com.
- To analyze how users interact with our website in order to improve our content and services.
- To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
3. Sharing Your Information
We will not share your personal information with any third parties except in the following cases:
- With your consent: We will only share your information with third parties with your explicit permission.
- With service providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who help us operate our website and provide our services. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and only use it for the purposes we authorize.
- To comply with legal requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law, such as in response to a court order or subpoena.
4. How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
5. What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data 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 have the right to:
- Access your personal information: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Correct your personal information: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information about you.
- Delete your personal information: You can request that we delete your personal information from our records.
- Opt-out of marketing communications: You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time.
6. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no website is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the complete security of your information.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].
