Freethinkers,
which is accessible from www.freethinkers.in, one of our main priorities is the
privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of
information that is collected and recorded by Freethinkers and how we use it.
If
you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy
Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
This
Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors
to our website with regard to the information that they shared and/or collect
in Freethinkers. This policy is not applicable to any information collected
offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent
By
using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its
terms.
Information
we collect
The
personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are
asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to
provide your personal information.
If
you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such
as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or
attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to
provide.
When
you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including
items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.
How
we use your information
- We use the information we collect in various ways, including:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website
- Improve, personalize, and expand our website
- Understand and analyze how you use our website
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
- Send you emails
- Find and prevent fraud
- Log Files
Freethinkers
follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when
they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting
services' analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet
protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date
and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These
are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose
of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking
users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies
and Web Beacons
Like
any other website, Freethinkers uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store
information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that
the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users'
experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors browser type
and/or other information.
Google
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google
is one of the third-party vendors on our site. It also uses cookies, known as
DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to
www.website.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose
to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content
network Privacy Policy at the following URL –
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Our
Advertising Partners
Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has its own Privacy Policy for its policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.
- Google (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads)
Advertising
Partners Privacy Policies
You
may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising
partners of Freethinkers.
Third-party
ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web
Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear
on Freethinkers, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically
receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to
measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize
the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note
that Freethinkers has no access to or control over these cookies that are used
by third-party advertisers.
Third-Party
Privacy Policies
Freethinkers'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 for more detailed information. It may include their practices and
instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You
can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know
more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers,
it can be found on the browsers' respective websites.
CCPA
Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under
the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
Request
that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the
categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected
about consumers.
Request
that a business deletes any personal data about the consumer that a business
has collected.
Request
that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's
personal data.
If
you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to
exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
GDPR
Data Protection Rights
We
would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection
rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The
right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The
right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any
information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that
we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The
right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal
data, under certain conditions.
The
right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict
the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The
right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing
of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The
right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the
data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under
certain conditions.
If
you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to
exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Children's
Information
Another
part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the
internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or
monitor and guide their online activity.