Privacy Policy for Automationnewstoday

Last Updated: October 26, 2023

Welcome to Automationnewstoday (“we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Website”), accessible from https://automationnewstoday.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with transparency and care. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our Website and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

By accessing or using Automationnewstoday, you signify your understanding and acceptance of the practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is to not use our Website. This Policy may change from time to time (see “Updates to This Privacy Policy”). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

1. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

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

By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as your IP address, browser type, and usage details; and/or
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

Directly from You: When you voluntarily provide it to us, such as by filling in forms on our Website (e.g., when subscribing to our newsletter, submitting a contact form, or posting a comment).
Automatically as You Navigate the Site: Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
From Third Parties: For example, from analytics providers (like Google Analytics) and advertising networks.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present our Website and its contents to you.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us, such as sending you our email newsletter.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
To improve our Website, products, or services, and to personalize your user experience.
For any other purpose with your consent.

The legal basis for processing your personal information is typically your consent, the necessity for the performance of a contract, or our legitimate business interests, such as operating and improving our Website.

3. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Our Website uses “cookies” and similar technologies to enhance user experience, analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

What are cookies? Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We may use the following types of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the operation of our Website.
Performance/Analytical Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our Website. This helps us improve the way our Website works.
Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website, enabling us to personalize our content for you.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed to deliver advertising more relevant to you and your interests.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. If you disable cookies, some features of our Website may be disabled or not function properly.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

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

To Our 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 and require access to such information to do that work (e.g., email service providers, analytics providers, hosting providers).
For Legal Purposes: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To Protect Our Rights: If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Automationnewstoday, our customers, or others.
With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide users with advance notice.

5. 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.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.

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 Website. 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 Website.

6. Your Rights Regarding Your Information

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 a copy of your personal information.
Rectification: The right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): The right to request the deletion of your personal information.
Restriction of Processing: The right to request that we limit the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
Objection to Processing: The right to object to our processing of your personal information.
Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

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

7. Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website. 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 at [email protected].

8. International Data Transfers

Automationnewstoday is operated from the United States. If you are located outside the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to and processed in the United States. By using our Website and providing your information, you consent to this transfer. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including implementing appropriate contractual clauses to protect your data.

9. Third-Party Links

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites. Any access to and use of such linked websites is not governed by this Policy but instead is governed by the privacy policies of those third-party websites. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party sites.

10. Updates to This Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

11. Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, or to exercise your legal rights regarding your personal data, contact us at:

Email: [email protected]