The Privacy Policy describes how Grixme collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (each, a ‘User’) of the https://www.grixme.com (‘Website’ or ‘Grixme’). Please read this statement carefully. Using Grixme indicates your agreement to abide by the Terms in effect. We recommend you read the Terms of Use alongside this Policy.
Terms and Definitions.
Data: the information that you submit to Grixme by visiting our Website.
Cookies. It is a non-identification user’s small text file placed on the phone/computer or other device when the User visits this Website.
The Grixme, Website, We or us
User or you. Any visitor who explores this Website but who is not employed by our editorial.
Data Protection Laws we pursue to compliance with:
GDPR- The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
CCPA – The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
The EU Cookie Directive (EU Cookie Law or the ePrivacy Directive)
The Data
While your data is in our care, our Website is fully committed to respecting and protecting it. We may collect personal identification information from Users because it helps us to understand their needs and guides how to improve our content now and in the future.
Personal identification information
Any information that identifies you as an individual, such as your name and email address, is considered Personal Identification Information. We may collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us.
Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Website-related activities. Users may visit our Website anonymously.
Non-personal identification information
In addition to personal identification information, the Website has implemented the following Google Analytics tracking features: Google Analytics Demographics, Tech, and Interest Reporting. We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Website.
Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer, and technical information about how Users connect to our Website, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers used, and other similar information.
Users can opt out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
How do we collect your Data?
We may collect information in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our Website, fill out the subscribe form, respond to a survey, send us an email, participate in discussion boards or other social media functions on Grixme, and in connection with other activities, features or resources we make available on our Website.
Data Collected and How Do We Use This Information?
Our Site collects Personal and Anonymous Data both when Users send us information or visit this Website. Non-personalized data is collected automatically, while personal information is what the User gives us.
Technical information
- To improve user experience and safety
We may collect data User’s device, the Internet browser’s type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, unique identifiers, and other device platform information. This information is non-personalized and automatically collected.
We use this information to increase Website performance, provide the User with fast navigation, and improve the Website’s safety. With this data, we can block spammers and go against inappropriate User access or abuse.
Information about the User’s visit
- To improve the Website content
We may collect information about your activity on this Website, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our site (including date and time); products or pages you viewed or searched for on the Website; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, and page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs).
This information is not personalized and automatically collected. We need this to explore which content works well and which does not. We check the analytics to determine which posts are interesting the most, and which needs to be better.
Information about Users’ interactions with our email messages
- To improve the Website’s marketing
Additionally, we may collect the information as the links Users click on, whether Users open or forward a message, the date and time of these interactions, and the device they use to read emails. It is also non-personalized information and is automatically collected. We need it for our marketing goals, to increase attention to our content.
Personal Information
- To send emails
As for the personal information, we can collect the contact information of the Users, such as email and name. It happens when a User fills out the Contact Form, comment form, or Subscribe to the Newsletter.
We may use your name and email address to respond to questions. If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
Third parties and Links to Other Websites
Using social media such as Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Reddit requires you are grant permission to the following social media to share your information. As a result, we may gain Users’ non-personal data about our content in social media impressions.
You need to know that we may include hyperlinks in our posts for non-commercial use. These head to other sites that use different policies and are out of our control.
Ads displayed on the Website include hyperlinks and head you to other sites. Our privacy policy does not cover the collection or use of the information by other sites.
Third-party sites may collect Data about Users when you move to their Website. Therefore, your movement from us to them would be the non-personalized data collecting automatically. This information is used for marketing goals to understand and attract new buyers or clients.
CCPA Disclosure
According to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), we have to disclosure the Website has collected the following categories of personal information from its consumers within the last 12 months:
| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
| A. Identifiers. | A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. | YES |
| B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). | A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. | NO |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. | Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). | YES |
| D. Commercial information. | Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. | NO |
| E. Biometric information. | Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data. | NO |
| F. Internet or other similar network activity. | Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a Website, application, or advertisement. | YES |
| G. Geolocation data. | Physical location or movements. | NO |
| H. Sensory data. | Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. | NO |
| I. Professional or employment-related information | Current or past job history or performance evaluations. | NO |
| J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)). | Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records. | NO |
| K. Inferences drawn from other personal information. | Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. | NO |
Personalized Ads and Cookies
The cookie is the text file. It doesn’t consist of the personal information data about the User, but it is needed to Website work well. All Cookies we use on the Grixme are used under the EU Cookie Law.
Users may deny consent to the placing of Cookies, but please take note that features of the Website may not function fully.
You can find out more about it in our Cookie Policy Disclosure.
With monetizing our content, we can use personalized ads, but it happens legally after your consent. Advertising on Grixme is based on the page’s context, while the personalized ads are based on your interest. This data is inferred from your browsing history.
Therefore, to personalize your experiences, we may use cookies, web, or similar technologies concerning the devices you use in purpose advertising that is more relevant to your interests. It is not personal data, and you can adjust your settings at any point.
The Website uses technology to prevent ads from showing without additional Consent Mode for Users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK. Therefore, visitors in the EA and the UK make their consent for the use of their cookies or other local storage and the collection, sharing, and use of personal data for ad personalization.
Users from the European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings https://www.google.com/settings/ads or opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
More about Personalized advertising you can find here: https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/.
Sharing Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent Users’ personal identification information to others. By the above, we may share generic aggregated demographic information regarding visitors and Users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers.
We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our business and the Website or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys.
We may share Users’ information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that Users have given us their permission:
- Data Aggregators
- Service providers
Data Aggregators
With the User’s consent via an opt-in on Subscriptions, we may use their email with data Aggregator to set the sending mails automatically with our Website updates.
If you are not satisfied with our approach to email, you have the right to unsubscribe at any time.
Service providers
With the User’s consent, we use data to analyze user behaviors on our Website to improve our content to be more interesting to fans.
With the User’s consent, we use data to provide relevant advertisements to you and to make effective use of advertising inventory.
We use the following providers:
Brevo and Mailchimp – provide the CRM and Email marketing platform that we use to send our emails. As a data processor, the company cannot use the data for its purposes.
Facebook we use in our marketing goals to promote and advertise on Facebook. You can check Facebook’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
Google Ad Manager – ad server that we use to sell advertising inventory on our site in a targeted manner. We recommend checking Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en-US.
Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you. For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
Partners
We may share your data anonymized and aggregated with partners including Advertisers – to convey insights on the Website’s audience and improve advertising targeting on and off Grixme.
Vendors
We may add other vendors over time to provide additional services. As the data processors, these cannot use the data for their purposes.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 old for marketing purposes. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please get in touch with us immediately in the contact details provided.
If we come to know that children below 18 years have provided personal information, we will delete the information from our servers immediately.
Sensitive Information
We do not collect any information that is sensitive or potentially sensitive, either now or in the future.
How do we keep your Privacy secure?
We are taking all reasonable steps to meet our obligations and responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 1998 and other privacy legislation, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
To ensure that your data is kept as secure as possible, our servers are protected using HTTP and SSL technologies.
We store your data on secure servers. Users’ data is securely stored on an encrypted database, with automated scanning tools built in to detect fraudulent activity.
We have security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, such as email.
Additionally, we use spam protection services to ensure the safety of the Users. Our connection is proxied with web application security, while the forms to submit, whether it is a Subscription, Contact, or comments form, are protected with CAPTCHA and other methods.
However, if you have a question or if you suspect the inappropriate use of your data, please let us know by contacting us at privacy@grixme.com
Data retention
We hold Users’ data on our system, which varies on their needs but has no longer than two years. You have the option to request to delete all your data.
User Rights
- The user has the right to get detailed information on how their data is been used.
- Under the Data Protection (Articles 17 & 19 of the GDPR), User has the right to erasure to have their data erased. We will delete or remove your Data from our systems if you request it.
- User has the right to correct their Data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The user has the right to refuse data collecting on the website, instead of those that have no personal information, and get used for the Website functionality and security.
- Right to restrict our use of your Data – the right to ‘block’ us from using your Data, or limit how we can use it.
- The User has the right to withdraw the Consent on personalized advertising.
- Users from California have the right to choose to opt out of the ‘sale’ of their ‘personal information’ (as the law defines those terms), with the opt-out offered via a prominent ‘Do Not Sell My Personal Information’
- User has the right to ask questions on the processing of their Data. To make inquiries, contact us at privacy@grixme.com.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time, or as may be required by Data Protection Laws. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page.
If we make any significant changes in the way that we collect, store, and use personal data, we may notify you by sending an email to your last known email address.
We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect.
You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of any changes.
Your acceptance of these terms
By using this Website, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Website. Your continued use of the Grixme following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes. You may contact us by email at privacy@grixme.com.
