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Privacy Policy

Our Cookie Policy

In compliance with European Union legislation, we inform you that our website will store certain information about your preferences on your own computer in a small file called a ‘cookie’.

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to « remember » your actions or preferences over time.

You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer, and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionalities may not work.

Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline them and can delete them whenever they like. A third-party website called aboutcookies.org has been set up to help you with instructions on how you can do that on various browsers.

We use cookies to:

  1. Identify you as a returning user and to count your visits in our traffic statistics analysis;
  2. Remember your custom display preferences;
  3. Suggest any recent searches you’ve made on our site;
  4. Other usability features including tracking whether you’ve already given your consent to cookies.

Enabling cookies from our website is not strictly necessary for the website to work, but it will provide you with a better browsing experience.

The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally, and the pattern data is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here.

There may also be other types of cookies created after you’ve visited our website. We use Google Analytics, a popular web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google undertakes not to associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

Third-Party Advertising

We may have third-party advertising companies serving ads to you when you visit our website. These companies may store information about your visits to our website and to other websites in order to provide you with relevant advertisements about goods and services.

These companies may employ cookies and other identifiers to gather information which measures advertising effectiveness. The information is generally not personally identifiable unless, for example, you provide personally identifiable information to them through an ad or an email message.

Information Gathered by Third-Party Advertisers

Cookies enable advertisers to learn about what ads you see, what ads you click, and other actions you take on our site and other sites. This allows advertisers to provide you with more useful and relevant ads. For example, if they know what ads you are shown while visiting our site, they can be careful not to show you the same ones repeatedly. They do not associate your interaction with unaffiliated sites with your identity in providing you with interest-based ads.

We do not provide any personal information to advertisers or to third-party sites. Advertisers and other third-parties (including the ad networks, ad-serving companies, and other service providers they may use) may assume that users who interact with or click on a personalized ad or content are part of the group that the ad or content is directed towards (for example, readers in the Pacific Northwest who read certain types of articles). Also, some third-party cookies may provide them with information about you (such as the sites where you have been shown ads or demographic information) from offline and online sources that they may use to provide you more relevant and useful advertising.

If you would like to learn more about what options you have about limiting the gathering of information by third-party ad networks, you can consult the website of the Network Advertising Initiative.

You can opt out of participating in interest-based advertising networks, but opting out does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It does mean that the companies from which you opted out will no longer customize ads based on your interests and web usage patterns using cookie-based technology.

Type and Purpose of Collection

We collect information at various points on the Website to facilitate its use by our customers.

Non-Personal Information: Upon accessing the Website, certain non-personal information will be automatically collected without your knowledge or consent, such as your IP address, location data (which is anonymous), and the referring website (« Non-Personal Information »).

We use Non-Personal Information to examine our traffic and to view how our customers use the Website. This type of information will not allow you to be personally identified. For example, we use « cookies », which contain only certain statistical information. You can instruct your computer to inform you whenever a cookie is being sent, or you can disallow cookies through your web browser. If you do choose to disallow cookies, your experience on the Website may be diminished, or your ability to choose some of the options on the Website may be limited.

Sharing Information

We will not sell, rent, or disclose to outside parties the information we collect, save and except that we may share the collected information with other parties as follows:

(a) Affiliated Service Providers: We have agreements with various affiliated service providers to facilitate the functioning of the Website, with whom we may share the information we have collected. For example, we may share your credit card information with the credit card service provider to process your purchase. All administrative service providers that we use are required to have the same level of privacy protection as we have, and therefore we expect that your information will be handled with the same level of care that we employ. Additionally, for example, we may use analytic or marketing services such as Google Analytics, Google Adsense, Taboola, or RevContent, to which collection you hereby unconditionally consent.

(b) Where required by law: We may share the collected information where required by law, specifically in response to a demand from government authorities where such demand meets the legal requirements.

(c) Statistical Analysis: We may share Non-Personal Information and aggregated information with third parties, including but not limited to for advertising or marketing purposes. No Personal Information will be shared in this manner.

(d) Transactions: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition, or in any other situation where Personal Information may be disclosed or transferred as one of our business assets.

Choices and How To Opt Out Of Interest-Based Advertising

(a) Opting Out of Interest-Based Advertising Services: This website is a member of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and adheres to the NAI Codes of Conduct as described on the NAI website. This website also adheres to the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Self-Regulatory Principles. As described above, this website may use or transfer Device Data that it directly collects or that it receives from this website’s Customers, who may use cookies or non-cookie technologies, to enable advertising that is more tailored to Consumers’ inferred interests, preferences, and locations. This practice is known as interest-based advertising.

(b) Opting Out of Interest-Based Advertising by Third Parties: This website may permit third parties to collect information on its Site and combine that information with other information collected on non-affiliated websites or applications over time. These third parties may use technologies, including cookies and web beacons, to collect information about Consumers’ or Customers’ use of the Site in order to analyze, report on, or customize content or advertising on the this website or on other sites, or to help us operate and improve the Site. To find out more about interest-based advertising in the web environment, and how to opt-out of information collection for this purpose by companies that participate in the Network Advertising Initiative or the Digital Advertising Alliance, visit NAI’s opt-out page or DAA’s Consumer Choice Page.

GDPR Compliance

Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you are entitled to the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

  1. Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  2. Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
  3. Right to Erasure: Under certain conditions, you have the right to request that we delete your personal data.
  4. Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit the processing of your personal data.
  5. Right to Data Portability: You can request that your personal data be transferred to another organization or directly to you.
  6. Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, especially if we are processing it based on our legitimate interests.
  7. Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  8. Right to Lodge a Complaint: If you believe your data is being misused, you have the right to file a complaint with your local data protection authority.

For requests regarding any of these rights, you can contact us at info@maniabits.com. We may need to verify your identity before we fulfill your request.

Data Processing Legal Basis

We process personal data under the following legal bases:

CCPA Compliance

Your Rights Under CCPA

If you are a California resident, you are entitled to the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

  1. Right to Know: You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal data we have collected about you.
  2. Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete any personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
  3. Right to Opt-Out: You can request that we do not sell your personal data to third parties. If we sell data, we will provide an opt-out mechanism.
  4. Right to Non-Discrimination: You will not be discriminated against for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA.

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights, you can contact us at info@maniabits.com. We will need to verify your identity before processing your request.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

Under CCPA, California residents can opt out of the « sale » of their personal information. If you wish to exercise this right, please contact us directly.

Information We Collect

Under the CCPA, we are required to disclose the categories of personal information we collect, which may include:

Data Retention and Security

We store personal information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our compliance with GDPR or CCPA, please feel free to contact us at info@maniabits.com

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