Effective Date: 10.09.2022
This Privacy Policy describes how knowledgereason.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects the personal information you may provide while using this website (the “Site”).
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this Site, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page periodically to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Information You Provide Voluntarily: This includes personal information you provide when you comment, contact us via a form, or subscribe to a newsletter, such as your name and email address.
- Information Collected Automatically: When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain non-personal information, such as:
- Log Data: Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time spent on pages, and dates/times of access.
- Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Site.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: As described in the “Cookies and Web Beacons” section below.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To operate and maintain the Site.
- To improve the content and user experience of our Site.
- To respond to your comments or inquiries.
- To send you newsletters or promotional emails if you have opted-in to receive them.
- To analyze site usage and trends.
- To display advertisements, including personalized ads through third-party networks like Google AdSense.
- To protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Site.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like many other websites, knowledgereason.com uses ‘cookies’. Cookies are small files placed on your computer’s hard drive (with your permission) that help analyze web traffic or let us know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
We may also use web beacons (small graphic images or other web programming code) which may be included in our Site pages and email messages. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a page or e-mail can act as a web beacon. Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count visitors to the Site, to monitor how users navigate the Site, or to count how many e-mails that were sent were actually opened.
Google AdSense and Advertising Cookies
This Site uses Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google is a third-party vendor and uses cookies to serve ads on our Site.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies (such as the DoubleClick DART cookie or its successors) enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- These cookies collect non-personally identifiable information such as browser type, operating system, web pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data.
- The use of these cookies helps to serve ads targeted to users based on their interests (interest-based advertising).
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/
- Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices/.
For more information on how Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps, please visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You can review Google’s main privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Third-Party Privacy Policies
knowledgereason.com‘s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers (including Google) for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Your Privacy Rights & Choices
You have certain choices regarding the information we collect:
- Cookies: You can manage or disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
- Personalized Advertising: You can opt out of personalized advertising from Google by visiting the Google Ad Settings page linked above. You can also opt out of interest-based advertising from many third-party ad networks via the NAI or DAA websites (Network Advertising Initiative, Digital Advertising Alliance).
- Email Communications: If you have subscribed to our newsletter, you may opt-out at any time by following the unsubscribe link provided in every email.
Depending on your location (e.g., EEA/UK or California), you may have additional rights regarding your personal data, such as the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing. Please contact us if you wish to exercise such rights.
Data Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We use various security measures to protect your personal information. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children’s Privacy (COPPA Compliance)
Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: info@knowledgereason.com