At spaod.com, we deeply value the privacy of our visitors and users. This Privacy Policy is designed to inform you about the types of information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your personal data. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services. This information can be broadly categorized as follows:
- Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and any other information you voluntarily provide when you subscribe to our newsletter, create an account, participate in surveys, or contact us through our website.
- Log Files: Like many websites, spaod.com uses log files. These files log visitors when they access the site. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
- Cookies: We use cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
- Web Beacons: We may also use web beacons (also known as clear GIFs, pixel tags, or web bugs) on our site and in our email communications. Web beacons are small graphic images that allow us to monitor the activity of users visiting our site or opening our emails. Web beacons help us understand how users interact with our website and email content, which allows us to improve our services and tailor our marketing efforts.
- Usage Data: We collect information about how you use our website, including the pages you visit, the links you click, the time you spend on each page, and the referring website. This data helps us understand user behavior and improve the user experience.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on spaod.com. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to spaod.com and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Amazon Associates Program
spaod.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As part of this program, Amazon uses cookies to track the websites that refer traffic to their site. This allows Amazon to provide us with data about sales and commissions earned through our affiliate links. Be aware that clicking on Amazon affiliate links may result in tracking cookies being placed on your device.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of spaod.com.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on spaod.com, 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 spaod.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
spaod.com’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 may find a complete list of these Privacy Policies and their links here: [Insert Link to a page that lists all advertising partner privacy policies, if applicable, or state “Currently, we do not use third-party advertising partners that require explicit listing of their privacy policies.”]
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents have specific rights regarding their personal information. These rights include:
- The right to know: You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of the information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
- The right to delete: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- The right to opt-out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. spaod.com does not sell your personal information. However, if you would like to ensure that your data is not used for targeted advertising, you can adjust your browser settings to block third-party cookies. As spaod.com does not sell data, there is no “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” button displayed on the site.
- The right to non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us at [Insert email address]. We will respond to your request within the timeframes specified by the CCPA.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These rights include:
- The right to access: You have the right to request access to your personal data that we hold.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data, under certain circumstances.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain circumstances.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your personal data to another organization or directly to you, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- The right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, under certain circumstances, including processing for direct marketing purposes.
- The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, or as required by applicable law. To exercise your GDPR rights, please contact us at [Insert email address]. We will respond to your request within the timeframes specified by the GDPR.
Children’s Information
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. spaod.com does not knowingly collect any Personally Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at [Insert email address]. If we discover that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
We encourage parents and guardians to monitor their children’s online activity and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide personal information on our website without their permission.