Privacy Policy
Last updated September 2023
Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to protecting the privacy of our users and the information that you share in connection with our website. This Privacy Policy identifies: (i) what information we collect; (ii) how we process and manage such information; (iii) your rights with respect to the use and disclosure of the same.
How We Use Cookies:
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to Third Party Websites:
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Information Gathering:
We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. If you choose to subscribe to our email newsletter we will collect your email address. We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
What we do with the Information we Gather:
To better serve you and develop our products we may gather data for purposes of:
- Internal record keeping
- Improve our products and services
- Periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided
- Periodically use your information to contact you for market research purposes
Google Analytics:
We use Google analytics to record information about the pages a user has seen, for example the URL of the page, time of day, device used, etc. The information that we collect anonymized and sent to Google Analytics for analysis.
Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on visitor interactions on this website. Users may disable cookies or delete any individual cookie. Learn more
In addition, Google Analytics supports an optional browser add-on that – once installed and enabled – disables measurement by Google Analytics for any site a user visits. Note that this add-on only disables Google Analytics measurement.
Google Analytics also collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to provide and protect the security of the service, and to give website owners a sense of which country, state, or city in the world their users come from (also known as “IP geolocation”).
Hotjar Website Session Data:
We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (eg how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device’s IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.
For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site or learn how to turn tracking off in your browser.
Your Data & User Age Restrictions:
You may unsubscribe from our email list and have your email address removed at any time. You can do this directly from any email we send you by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link or contact us.
Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of Interest Based Advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
Our Services are not directed to and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Data, we will take steps to remove such data. If you become aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data without your consent, please contact us. By using the Services, you are representing to us that you are not under the age of 13.
We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect personal data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and risks involved in processing that information.
Facebook and Other Ad Pixels:
Our website may utilize tracking pixels from Facebook and other third-party advertising providers such as Bing and Google. These pixels allow us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns, optimize ad targeting, and collect data for statistical and market research purposes. The collected data is used to serve targeted advertisements to website visitors on various platforms and websites.
The data collected through these pixels may include information such as your device’s IP address, browser type, referring website, pages visited on our site, and interactions with our website content. This data is anonymized and does not personally identify you. Please note that the information collected by these pixels is governed by the privacy policies of the respective advertising providers. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of Facebook and other advertising providers to understand how your data is collected, used, and protected by them.
You have the option to control the use of cookies and ad personalization through your browser settings and ad preferences on platforms like Facebook, Google, and Bing. You can adjust your preferences to limit the data collected and the personalized ads you see. However, please be aware that disabling or opting out of these features may impact your experience on our website and the relevancy of the ads you encounter.
Third Party Ads:
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Top Clef Publishing and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any third-party websites linked to from our site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites for more information on their data collection and usage practices.
Privacy Policy Changes:
Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change our Privacy Policy from time to time, and at our sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Feedback & Questions:
You may contact us with any questions about this privacy policy.