Zivvy News (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website zivvynews.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our site, how we use it, and the choices you have. By using Zivvy News, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information in the following ways:
Information you provide directly
You may give us information when you:
- Leave a comment
- Contact us by email or through a contact form
- Subscribe to a newsletter or updates
- Participate in surveys, polls, or other site features
- Create an account, if account features are available
This information may include your name, email address, message content, and any other information you choose to provide.
Information collected automatically
When you visit Zivvy News, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages you view
- Time spent on pages
- Referring website or link
- General location based on IP address
- Cookie data and similar tracking information
Comments
If comments are enabled, when visitors leave comments on the site we may collect the information shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection and site security.
An anonymized string created from your email address may be sent to a third-party service to check whether you are using that service’s profile image or related account features. After your comment is approved, your profile picture, if any, may be visible to the public next to your comment.
Media
If you upload images or other files to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data. Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from uploaded media.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on Zivvy News may include embedded content such as videos, images, articles, maps, or social media posts. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited those other websites directly.
Those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, especially if you are logged in to their services.
2. How We Use Information
We may use the information we collect to:
- Publish and improve our news content
- Respond to comments, messages, and inquiries
- Send newsletters or site updates you requested
- Monitor and analyze site performance and readership
- Prevent spam, abuse, fraud, and security issues
- Maintain and improve the website
- Comply with legal obligations
- Support advertising, analytics, and site administration, where applicable
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Zivvy News may use cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience, remember preferences, measure readership, and support website functionality.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We may use them for:
- Site preferences
- Comment convenience features
- Login or session functionality, if applicable
- Analytics and performance measurement
- Advertising and audience measurement, if applicable
You can usually set your browser to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable cookies, some parts of the site may not work properly.
4. Analytics, Advertising, and Third Parties
We may use third-party services to help us understand how people use Zivvy News and to support the operation of the site. These may include analytics providers, advertising partners, content delivery tools, spam prevention tools, and social media platforms.
These third parties may collect information such as:
- IP address
- Device information
- Browser information
- Pages visited
- Time of visit
- Referring pages
- Approximate location
- Cookie identifiers
- Interaction with ads or embedded content
If we display advertisements, ad partners may use cookies, pixels, tags, or similar technologies to deliver, measure, and optimize ads. Some of these partners may use information collected from this site and other sites to build interest-based advertising profiles, subject to their own privacy policies and your browser or device settings.
We do not control the privacy practices of third-party websites, services, or advertisers. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
5. How We Share Information
We may share information in the following situations:
- With service providers who help us operate the website, such as hosting, analytics, spam protection, email delivery, and ad technology providers
- When required by law, legal process, or government request
- To protect our rights, property, users, or the public
- In connection with a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets
- With your consent or at your direction
We do not sell your personal information unless we clearly disclose otherwise and provide the choices required by applicable law.
6. How Long We Keep Information
We keep personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Examples:
- Comments and their metadata may be retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- Contact form submissions may be retained for a reasonable period for customer service, recordkeeping, or legal purposes.
- Analytics data may be retained in aggregated or anonymized form for trend analysis.
- Account information, if accounts are available, may be retained until the account is deleted, subject to legal or security obligations.
7. Your Privacy Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights related to your personal information. These may include the right to:
- Request access to the personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of your personal information
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request a copy of your data in a portable format
- Opt out of certain cookies, targeted advertising, or profiling, where applicable
If you have left comments or have an account on this site, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase personal data we hold about you, subject to any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To make a privacy request, contact us at [Insert Contact Email].
8. Children’s Privacy
Zivvy News is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to remove it.
9. Data Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to help protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
No method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we work to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. International Visitors
If you access Zivvy News from outside the United States, please note that your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.
By using the site, you understand that your information may be processed in jurisdictions that may have different data protection laws than your own.
11. Do Not Track and Browser Signals
Some browsers offer a Do Not Track setting or similar privacy signal. Because there is no common industry standard for responding to these signals, Zivvy News may not respond to every such request. Where required by law, we will honor applicable privacy controls and consent choices.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or site features.
When we update the policy, we will revise the effective date at the top of the page. Your continued use of the website after any changes means you accept the updated policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact us at:
contact@zivvynews.com