Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 2024-08-19
1. Introduction
Welcome to Geek of JavaScript ("we", "our", and "us"). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website, especially about the display of advertisements.
2. Data We Collect
We collect and process the following types of personal data:
- Personal Identification Information: Name, email address (if you voluntarily provide this information, such as when commenting or subscribing to our newsletter).
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including the pages you visit and the ads you interact with.
- Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing communications from us and third parties, and your communication preferences.
3. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- To Display Personalized Ads: We may use your data to display ads relevant to your interests. This involves cookies and similar tracking technologies (see the "Cookies" section below).
- To Improve Our Website: We analyze how users interact with our website to enhance the user experience.
- To Communicate with You: If you opt-in to receive communications from us, we may use your personal data to send you newsletters, promotional materials, or other information that may be of interest to you.
- To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may process your data where necessary to comply with legal requirements.
4. Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect data and personalize your experience on our website. Cookies are small data files placed on your device when you visit a website.
- Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often.
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website and the advertisements displayed more relevant to your interests.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to access certain features of our website.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
We only process your personal data when we have a lawful basis to do so. This includes:
- Consent: When you provide your consent to process your personal data for specific purposes (e.g., receiving newsletters).
- Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as improving our website or displaying relevant ads, and where your interests and fundamental rights do not override these interests.
- Legal Obligations: When processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
6. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your personal data to another organization or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Your Contact Information].
7. Third-Party Links
Our website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.
8. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, altered, disclosed, or accessed without authorization.
9. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
10. International Transfers
Your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). We ensure that your data is protected by requiring all our service providers to follow the same rules when processing your personal data.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and where appropriate, we will notify you by email.