privacy

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Last updated: October 21, 2023

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the website. By using the website, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Free Privacy Policy Generator.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our website or parts of our website.

  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.

  • Blog (referred to as either “this blog”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Torch of Doubt.

  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

  • Country refers to: United States

  • Device means any device that can access the website such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the Website.

  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of this blog. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by this blog to facilitate the website, to provide the website on behalf of this blog, to perform services related to the website or to assist this blog in analyzing how the website is used.

  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the website or from the website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • Website refers to Torch of Doubt, accessible from https://torch-of-doubt.neocities.org/

  • You means the individual accessing or using the website, or this blog, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the website, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our website, we collect usage data to be able to track website usage such as how many views each page receives, what types of devices are used to view the site, and where in the world viewers are located on a broad scale. We do not collect personally identifiable information such as IP addresses, names, direct addresses, email addresses, etc.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the website.

Usage Data may include information such as browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the website by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our website or when You access the website by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed 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 parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our website may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit this blog, for example, to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the Free Privacy Policy website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies

    Type: Session Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the websites that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

  • Functionality Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Usage Data

This blog may use Usage Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our website, including to monitor the usage of this website.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis and identifying usage trends.

We do not share your Usage Data with any 3rd parties under any circumstances.

Retention of Your Usage Data

This blog will retain Your Usage Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

This blog will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our website, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer, Disclosure, or Deletion of Your Personal Data

Since no personally identifiable data is collected during your usage of this website, transfer or deletion of data is not possible. We have no way to connect usage date to specific individuals.

Children’s Privacy

Our website does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13.

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. 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 have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes 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.

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.