Effective Date: 26th October, 2023.
1. Introduction
Thank you for visiting [examministry.com]. Your privacy is important to us and this Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.
2. Information We Collect
2.1. Personal Information:
We may collect personal information such as your name, email address, and similar data when you provide it voluntarily, for example, when subscribing to our newsletter.
2.1.1. 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.
2.1.2. 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.
2.2. Non-Personal Information:
We may also collect non-personal information such as your IP address, browser type, and the date and time of your visit. This information is collected for analytics and optimization purposes.
3. 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.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Improve our website and user experience.
- Send newsletters, notifications and updates if you have subscribed.
- Analyze data to understand our audience.
5. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites. Please review their privacy policies.
5.1. 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.
5.2. Google and its partners
5.2.1. Ad Personalization:
We use Google AdSense to display third-party advertisements on our website. Google and its partners may collect data to personalize these ads based on your interests.
5.2.2. Data Collection by Google:
Google and its partners may collect information through cookies and similar technologies. This data may include:
- Your IP address
- Browser and device information
- Location data
- Interaction with ads
- Website visits
SEE MORE ON HOW GOOGLE USES YOUR DATA
5.3. Web Push notifications
We provide news and updates on our sites via web push notifications. To benefit from this free service, operated with our push provider WonderPush, you must first subscribe by clicking on an authorization request controlled by your browser and your device when you visit our website.
The navigation data that we could store and process in order to operate this service and send you relevant messages is anonymized and kept on WonderPush servers for a maximum of 90 days and never shared to third parties.
We do not store any recognizable data, neither IP address about you or your device in connection with the push notification service. You can stop receiving our web push notifications at any time by unsubscribing.
HERE IS HOW TO MANAGE YOUR WEB PUSH SUBSCRIPTION AND TO DELETE ASSOCIATED DATA.
6. Security
We implement security measures to protect your data. However, no method of transmission over the internet is entirely secure.
6.1. Comments
Avoid sharing personal information like bank details, phone number or email in the public space like comment section or post.
6.2. 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.
7. Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
8. 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.
9. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as necessary. We will post the revised policy on our website with the updated effective date
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please CONTACT US NOW.