As professionals who have been working in the internet industry for more than decades, DataFeature.com understands the importance of privacy. We also understand that merely stating the importance of privacy is not enough these days. Therefore, considering the sheer need for transparency in terms of privacy, we have created this privacy policy document for DataFeature.com. This document will cover the many ways in which DataFeature.com collects and shares information from users and this legal document is applicable to the transactions that you make when you visit DataFeature.com.
Like other legal documents, the minute changes in the privacy policy documents cannot be always intimated to the users. However, major changes would be notified. So, considering the limitations in this situation, readers of the website are requested to keep an eye on this privacy policy document as long as they use the services rendered via DataFeature.com.
Information Collected by DataFeature.com
The following section of the Privacy Policy Document will talk about the different types of information that are collected by DataFeature.com when a user interacts with the website.
Personally Identifiable Information
Personally identifiable information refers to the type of information that can be traced to a particular individual. Even though the website does not directly collect this information, some forms of identifiable information are collected by DataFeature.com during different transactions. For instance, when a user fills out online forms or provides a comment for one of the blogs, the information from the user, such as the email ID and the name, would be collected.
This information will be stored on the website as long as the content linked with the identifiable information is maintained. For instance, if the information is collected for maintaining a comment, as long as the comment is active, the information will be stored on secure servers. However, users have the complete right to not provide the information if it suits their convenience, but the refusal to provide such information may result in the inefficient functioning of certain features.
Non-personally Identifiable Information
Non-personally identified information means the type of information that cannot be traced back to a particular individual and different types of this information such as the internet protocol address, ISP information, number of clicks on the website and the users’ movement across the website are collected by DataFeature.com whenever there is an interaction within the website.
Because the information cannot be traced back to a particular user, it could be used for improving the user experience and providing a better website in the future. Even in this case, DataFeature.com makes sure that the information collected, however non-personally identifiable it is, is stored in the best way possible, away from security concerns.
Web Browser Cookies
Web Browser Cookies are digital tokens that are used to improve the user experience, especially when you visit the website multiple times. For instance, when you visit DataFeature.com for the first time and mark your preferences, some of these web cookies may be stored on your hard drive, and these are retrieved when you visit the website again. However, we make sure that these cookies are removed from your system at a proper interval so that it cannot hamper the speed or security. It needs to be noted that DataFeature.com does not use these web cookies for any kind of tracking purposes and that user privacy is of the ultimate concern whenever these are being used. Instead, web cookies are only used in order to improve the website experience, especially when dealing with specific features.
How Does DataFeature.com Use Collected Information?
Here are the ways in which DataFeature.com uses the non-personally identifiable and personally identifiable information that could be collected from the users.
- The information is primarily used to improve the experience provided by the DataFeature.com website. And it could help in improving not only the content but also the design and the UX of the website. For instance, as a website that provides on-demand content, we might use the collected information to understand what the users are looking for.
- DataFeature.com also understands that users may come across a couple of issues while using the website. So, the information collected, regardless of its being personally identifiable or not, will be helpful in creating a customer service experience that gets the job done. It will help the company to understand the common issues and resolve them as soon as possible.
- In some parts of the website where personalization of the content is required, the collected information would be used to provide a personalized user experience for the user. For instance, if there is a personal dashboard where an account signing is required, the collected information will be used to personalize the way in which the content is presented.
- Some information collected through DataFeature.com is also used to send emails and newsletters to our readers. However, this is done only in the case where users have voluntarily subscribed to the email newsletter. In this case, the email ID and some other user details will be collected. This information will only be used to send the mailing list. Users will always have the option to withdraw from one of these mailing lists, thereby not receiving them from that point onwards.
In addition to this, DataFeature.com has the right to use this information as long as it comes under the purview of our ethical and fair use policy.
Protection of Collected Information
DataFeature.com follows a multitude of methods to ensure that the collected information regardless of its personal nature is stored with the highest level of security and privacy. It means that the information will not be made visible to parties that don’t have access to the same.
Disclosure of Information to Third-parties
DataFeature.com does not sell, trade or rent any kind of personally identifiable information with third parties. It needs to be noted that information of this kind will always be secure and private on our end and that it is only shared with a third party when the third party has a demand from the law enforcement or authority in question. However, in the case of non-personally identifiable information, they can be used for elite purposes such as offering a personalized user experience or for marketing purposes.
Advertising
As a form of revenue generation, DataFeature.com uses native advertising and network-based advertising options and these services may use web cookies and store them on your website, store them on your hard drive. However, the website is not responsible for how these cookies are stored or maintained.
Ads via Google AdSense
As mentioned earlier, Google AdSense is an ad delivery network that DataFeature.com uses, and it uses web cookies to collect and use non-personally identifiable information from the reader, such as IP address as we mentioned earlier. However, Google AdSense does not use these cookies for tracking, and DataFeature.com does not have control over how these cookies are used. Therefore, if you are worried about how Google AdSense cookies are used on your system, you are requested to check the privacy policy of Google AdSense.
Changes to Privacy Policy
As mentioned in the introduction, there will be gradual changes in the privacy policy, and major changes to the privacy policy will be intimated to the users, especially when the change has to deal with the collection or use of the information. However, it is impractical and impossible to let users know the minute changes in the document. Therefore, users are requested to keep visiting the privacy policy page to stay aware of how their information is used and collected.
Acceptance and Acknowledgement of Privacy Policy
The earlier parts of the documents have clearly shown how the privacy policy system of DataFeature.com works. So, by continuing to use the website DataFeature.com, you willingly agree with the privacy policy and acknowledge the same. The terms and conditions mentioned in the document above will be working as a cornerstone for how the aspect of privacy is maintained throughout the website and throughout the websites only.
DataFeature.com is not responsible, and the document does not represent the actions of any third party that may be involved in the process. The policy is applicable for the collection of data, and offline data collection methods are not covered in this aspect.
Contact DataFeature.com
If you have any concerns or queries about the concepts or ideas mentioned in this document, you can feel free to contact DataFeature.com, and you can use the following method to do it.
- Contact Us page of DataFeature.com
The document was updated on 14th November 2023.