Privacy Policy for Industrial Computing News

Last Updated: October 26, 2023

Industrial Computing News (“we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Company”) operates the website industrialcomputingnews.com (the “Site” or “Service”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with transparency and care. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Site.

Please read this Policy carefully. By accessing or using our Site, you signify your understanding and consent to the practices described herein. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is to not use our Site.

1. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Site, which may include personal information. “Personal Information” is data that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual or household.

Information You Provide Directly

Account Registration: When you register for an account, we may collect your name, email address, professional affiliation, job title, and a password.
Newsletter Subscriptions: When you subscribe to our newsletters, we collect your email address and potentially your name and areas of professional interest.
Contact Forms and Inquiries: When you contact us via forms on our Site or by email, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your communication.
User Contributions: If you post comments, participate in forums, or submit other content to the Site, that content is collected and stored, along with associated metadata.
Survey Participation: If you participate in surveys, we may collect your responses and any provided contact information.

Information Collected Automatically

As you navigate through the Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

Log Data: Information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type and version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our Site, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
Usage Information: Details of your visits to our Site, including traffic data, location data, and the resources that you access and use on the Site.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various business purposes, including:

To operate and maintain our Site, including to authenticate your account and provide customer support.
To personalize your experience and to deliver content and product offerings relevant to your professional interests.
To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
To send you marketing and promotional communications, such as our newsletters, with information we think may interest you, in accordance with applicable law and your communication preferences.
To analyze and improve our Site and services, including monitoring and analyzing usage and trends to improve the user experience and the functionality and quality of our Service.
To protect our rights and interests, including to detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, or other illegal activity, and to enforce our Terms of Service.
For any other purpose with your consent.

Our legal basis for processing your Personal Information is typically your consent, the necessity for the performance of a contract, or our legitimate business interests as outlined above.

3. Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information.

Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

We use both session and persistent cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies: Necessary for the Site to function and cannot be switched off.
Performance and Analytics Cookies: Allow us to count visits and traffic sources to measure and improve Site performance.
Functionality Cookies: Enable the Site to provide enhanced functionality and personalization.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies: Set by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites.

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. For more detailed information, please see our dedicated Cookie Policy.

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share your Personal Information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf (e.g., hosting, data analysis, email delivery, marketing).
For Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
For Legal Reasons: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request; to enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements; and to protect the rights, property, or safety of Industrial Computing News, our users, or others.
Aggregated or De-identified Data: We may share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you, for industry analysis, demographic profiling, and other similar purposes.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your Personal Information to third parties for their commercial marketing purposes.

5. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. These measures include encryption, access controls, and secure server infrastructure.

However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your Personal Information. These may include:

Access and Portability: The right to request access to and receive a copy of your Personal Information.
Correction: The right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete Personal Information we hold about you.
Deletion: The right to request the deletion of your Personal Information.
Restriction and Objection: The right to object to our processing of your Personal Information and to request the restriction of such processing.
Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
Opt-Out of Marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any email we send you.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 16 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from Children. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a Child without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

8. International Data Transfers

Your information, including Personal Information, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Information, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place.

9. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.