Last Updated: [26th May, 2023]
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect the personal information you provide when visiting or using our website www.biocleve.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. By using our Website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect:
1.1 Personal Information: We may collect personal information from you, such as your name and email address, when you voluntarily provide it to us through our Website, such as when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave comments, or contact us through the provided contact form.
1.2 Non-Personal Information: We may collect non-personal information about you, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website, and website usage information. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movements around the site, and gather demographic information.
Use of Information:
2.1 Personal Information: We may use your personal information to:
- Respond to your inquiries or requests.
- Provide you with information, newsletters, or updates regarding our Website, products, or services.
- Customize and improve your experience on our Website.
- Send you administrative information such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies.
- Prevent or investigate fraudulent or inappropriate behavior.
2.2 Non-Personal Information: We may use non-personal information for purposes such as analyzing trends, administering the site, improving the Website, and gathering demographic information. This information does not identify individual users and is used solely for statistical purposes.
Disclosure of Information:
3.1 Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our Website, conducting our business, or servicing you. These service providers have access to personal information only to the extent necessary to perform their functions and are obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of your information.
3.2 Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with a legal obligation, (b) protect and defend our rights or property, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Website, or (d) protect against legal liability.
3.3 Aggregate Information: We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information publicly or with third parties, such as advertisers or partners, for the purpose of analyzing trends and improving our services. This information will not identify you personally.
Security:
We take reasonable measures to protect the security of your personal information. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Third-Party Links:
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing any personal information.
Children’s Privacy:
Our Website is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 15. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 15. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 15 without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to the Privacy Policy:
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the updated policy on the Website. Your continued use of the Website after the posting of the updated policy constitutes your acceptance of the changes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Us:
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at biocleve@gmail.com