This is the Privacy Policy (the ‘Policy’) of Privacy.net (hereafter ‘Privacy.net’, ‘we’ or ‘us’). This Policy describes the ways in which Privacy.net collects and uses information about you when you use our website at www.privacy.net (the “Website”).

 

Privacy.net may change this Policy at any time in which case we shall notify you of any changes to this Policy by noting this on the Website. The changes will apply to your use of the Website after we have given notice. If you do not wish to accept the new Policy you should not continue to use the Website. If you continue to use the Website after the date on which the change comes into effect, your use of the Website indicates your agreement to be bound by the new Policy.

 

  1. Information which is collected when you use the Website: Privacy.net may collect the following information from you when you use the Website (collectively, the “Data”):
    1. any information collected by Privacy.net in relation to its use of cookies. Click here for further information on Privacy.net’s use of cookies (“Cookies Data”).
    2. certain technical/analytical information collected by Privacy.net when you use the Website such as IP addresses, times and methods of your requests, browser and operating system types and other usage data such as pages you visit, for how long and the frequency of such visitations (“Analytics Data”).
    3. information obtained via the use of Privacy.net’s privacy analyzer, including your IP address (“Tools Data“).

 

  1. How the information collected about you when you use the Website is used: The information about you described in Clause 2 may be used by  as follows:
    1. The Cookies Data and Analytics Data is collected to enable Privacy.net to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of visitor behavior on the Website.
    2. The Privacy Analyzer is used by us in terms of to help you identify privacy issues so that they can be fixed.
    3. All of the Data is shared with third parties as described further below.

 

  1. Grounds for processing: Privacy.net relies on the legitimate interests processing ground to collect the Cookies Data and Analytics Data. It is in Privacy.net’s legitimate interests to collect the Cookies Data and Analytics Data because this is necessary in order to provide and improve the Website. The items of personal data collected are extremely limited and therefore not of a nature whereby your rights and freedoms as a data subject are outweighed by such data collection.

 

  1. Sharing information with third parties: Privacy.net shall not pass your information to any third party (other than as described in this clause). Your information may, subject to Privacy.net’s obligations to comply with applicable data protection legislation, be shared with the following third parties:
    1. those entities listed in its Cookies Policy, click here for more details;
    2. the provider of Privacy.net ’s own database;
    3. with its hosting providers and assistors such as AWS, A2 and Presslabs;
    4. having taken precautions to maintain the security of such information, Privacy.net may share this information with its regulator.
    5. in anonymised form, Privacy.net may share the information with:
      1. any third party, in relation to the sale of some or all of Privacy.net ’s business, or its assets, or as part of any business restructuring or reorganization. Privacy.net will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your rights continue to be protected if your personal data is transferred in accordance with this clause;
      2. data aggregators and platform providers as part of an analysis of user metrics or sales performance; or
  • law enforcement agencies in compliance with law enforcement.

 

  1. Links to third party websites and third party adverts: Privacy.net is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them via the Website. You should check the policy of each site you visit and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions. In addition, if you link to the Website from a third party site or via a social network, Privacy.net is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners or operators of that third party site and recommends that you check the policy of that third party site and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.

 

  1. Security: Privacy.net has implemented technology and policies to safeguard your privacy from unauthorized access and improper use.

 

  1. Storage and Data Retention: Privacy.net stores the Data in various countries, including outside the EEA. However, where it does store the Data outside the EEA it takes measures to ensure that the transfer of such Data is deemed adequate under the GDPR. Privacy.net keeps the Data for the time necessary to provide the service requested by you from the Website.

 

  1. Exercising your rights: You can contact us using the details set out in Clause 10 below if you wish to: (i) access a copy of the personal data that we hold about you; (ii) correct any items of personal data that we hold about you; and/or (iii) have any items of personal data that we hold about you erased or object to our processing of such items of personal data.

 

  1. Privacy.net Details: If at any time you would like to contact Privacy.net about your views on this Policy or any enquiry relating to your personal information, you can do so by sending an e-mail to us at [email protected]