Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 1, 2024

Welcome to Gossip Chronicle ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website gossippanorama.sbs (the "Site") or use our services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Site.

1. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Site, including:

1.1 Personal Data

When you use our Site, we may collect personally identifiable information, such as:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Mailing address
• Information you provide when filling out forms on our Site
• Information provided when subscribing to our newsletter
• Records of correspondence if you contact us
• Comments or feedback you provide

1.2 Non-Personal Data

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

• Details of your visits to our Site, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data
• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type
• Information about the device you use to access our Site

2. How We Collect Information

2.1 Direct Collection

We collect information directly from you when you:

• Register on our Site
• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Fill out a form
• Submit a comment
• Contact us
• Participate in surveys or promotions

2.2 Automatic Collection

We automatically collect certain information using:

• Cookies: Small data files stored on your device that help us improve our Site and your experience, understand which areas and features of our Site are popular, and count visits.
• Web Beacons: Electronic files used to track how users navigate through our Site.
• Log Files: Track actions occurring on the Site and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
• Analytics Tools: Third-party services (like Google Analytics) that collect, monitor, and analyze this information.

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.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect about you for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our Site
• Process transactions and send related information
• Send administrative information, such as updates, security alerts, and support messages
• Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
• Provide customer support
• Send you promotional communications, such as newsletters, special offers, or other information we think you may find interesting
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Site
• Detect, prevent, and address technical issues
• Personalize your experience on our Site
• Improve our marketing and promotional efforts

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

• Service Providers: To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential.
• Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
• Legal Requirements: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• Protection of Rights: To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Gossip Chronicle, our customers, or others.

5. Third-Party Links and Services

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites, services, or advertisements that are not owned or controlled by Gossip Chronicle. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site.

We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We cannot and do not guarantee the adequacy of the privacy policies of any third parties.

6. Social Media Features

Our Site includes social media features, such as the Facebook Like button, Twitter sharing button, and other interactive mini-programs that run on our Site. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

7. Advertising

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Site. These companies may use information about your visits to our Site and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. These targeted advertisements may appear on our Site or on other websites that you visit.

We use the following third-party advertising services:

• Google AdSense
• Facebook Pixel

These third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site or other websites. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to you based on your visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

8. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers behind firewalls.

Unfortunately, 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.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not provide any information on this Site. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us using the information provided below.

10. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• The right to access personal information we hold about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate personal information
• The right to request deletion of your personal information
• The right to withdraw consent at any time, where we rely on consent to process your information
• The right to object to our processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below.

10.1 Email Marketing

You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list; however, we may still communicate with you regarding administrative or transactional matters.

10.2 Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Site.

11. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will post the new Privacy Policy on this page and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.

You are responsible for periodically visiting our Site and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes. Your continued use of the Site after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.

12. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

13. International 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 Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the information, including personal information, to the United Kingdom and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.