Privacy Policy

This privacy policy must be read along with the terms of use of this website.

Who we are

Our website address is: http://digitalspurt.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We collect data about you through a variety of different methods including:

  • Direct interactions: You may provide data by filling in forms on our site (or otherwise) or by communicating with us by post, phone, email or otherwise, including when you:
    • order our products or services;
    • create an account on our site;
    • subscribe to our service or publications;
    • request resources or marketing be sent to you;
    • enter a competition, prize draw, promotion or survey; or
    • give us feedback.
  • Automated technologies or interactions: As you use our site, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your device, browsing actions and usage patterns. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs and similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites that use our cookies. Please see our cookie policy for further details. Here are our main automated technology providers and sources:
    • analytics providers such as Google
    • advertising networks
    • search information providers such as Google, and Bing etc.
    • contact, financial and transaction data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services such as Stripe and PayPal etc.
    • identity and contact data from data brokers or aggregators
    • identity and contact data from publicly available sources

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

When you submit a contact form or a query form, we collect your information submitted in the form. We may also collect information regarding your web browser, ISP information, geographical location, Internet Protocol (IP) address, etc. When you send us a contact form, we may contact you with marketing and sales communications as well as general communications regarding our products and services.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files saved on the site visitor’s computer, to help the website analyze their use of the site. The information generated by the cookie (including the truncated IP address) about the use of the website will normally be transmitted to and stored by Google.

The website visitor may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in their browser. The website visitor can also prevent Google from collecting information (including their IP address) via cookies and processing this information by downloading this browser plugin and installing it: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

The website visitor can prevent data collection via Google Analytics on this website by clicking here. An “Opt-out Cookie” shall then be applied which shall prevent any future collection of the site visitors data when visiting this website.

Further information concerning data processing and use by Google, the settings and deactivation possibilities can be found in the Google Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) as well as in the Google Ads Settings (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).

Who we share your data with

For providing our services, we share your data with our associates, partners and service providers across different countries. We always share your personal data only with third parties in good faith. However, we cannot control any misuse or guarantee any safety.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

If you leave a comment or submit a form or interact with us in any manner, the information collected during the process is retained indefinitely. We use this data to provide our products and services, improve our products and services, and meet our legal and statutory requirements.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We may send your information to third-part websites such as email marketing tools, newsletter service providers, etc.

Your contact information

Additional information

How we protect your data

We use security measures to keep your personal data safe. All payments are processed directly through payment processors, such as PayPal and Stripe, and these payment processors deploy adequate security measures to protect your financial transactions. We do not keep your credit card or bank authorizations on this website.

Despite all precautions, we cannot guarantee safety of your data on this website. When you share your name, phone, email, address, and all other information on this website, we store them indefinitely on this website. All the data stored on this website without any guarantee or liability of safety. Any data breach or leak during transit must be seen as a possibility too.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We use your information for marketing purposes. Your personal details may be used for improving our marketing. We may use it for targeted advertising and marketing.

This privacy policy can be changed anytime and without prior notice. You are required to check the privacy policy page and any related notices posted on this website.

Updated: 15 September 2020