We understand privacy is important and take it seriously. We will not share any of your information with third parties unless otherwise mentioned in this Privacy Policy and we will NEVER sell your information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information collected offline or from other sources.
Information We Collect
While browsing this website, we may collect and store non-personal information such as your IP address, referring URLs, etc. This information is used for analytics, website maintenance, targeted advertisements, and affiliate programs. This information may be shared with third party service providers such as Google for targeted advertisements and analytics or Amazon to in conjunction with their affiliate program. Your information may also be shared in accordance with the law or a subpoena, a legal investigation, security or technical issues, to protect Techi Lens’ rights or property, or as part of a merger, sale, or business transfer.
We may also collect personal information you willingly provide when you contact us. This information will not be shared with any third party other than our email service provider and will only be used to assist you with inquiries, etc.
If you wish, you may opt out of Google Analytics and targeted advertisements by using the links below:
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.
Cookies
Our Site uses cookies for analytics purposes, targeted advertisements, and in conjuction with affiliate programs. You may disable and delete cookies through your browser settings, but this may limit certain functionalities of this website.
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
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.
Data Retention
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.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
California Consumer Privacy Act
In accordance with the CCPA, California residents have the right to request their collected personal information and request its deletion, and we will do so upon request.
Changes to this Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted to this page and are effective upon update. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
