Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 1 JANUARY 2020

At Strident News, accessible from https://www.stridentnews.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information that is collected and recorded by Strident News and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website regarding the information that they share and/or collect in Strident News. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information We Collect

The personal information you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we request your personal information.

Types of Information Collected:

Personal Information: If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as:

Name
Email address
Phone number
Contents of your message and/or attachments
Any other information you may choose to provide

Account Registration Information: When you register for an account, we may ask for contact information including:

Name
Company name
Address
Email address
Telephone number

Usage Data: We may collect information on how our website is accessed and used. This usage data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), 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, and other diagnostic data.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

Provide, operate, and maintain our website
Improve, personalize, and expand our website
Understand and analyze how you use our website
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
Send you emails
Find and prevent fraud
Comply with legal obligations

Log Files

Strident News follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites, a common practice for hosting companies. The information collected by log files includes:

Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
Browser type
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Date and time stamp
Referring/exit pages
The number of clicks

This information is not linked to any personally identifiable information and is used for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like many other websites, Strident News uses cookies. These cookies store information including visitors’ preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize user experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and other information.

Types of Cookies We Use:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly.
Performance Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features.
Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver ads that are more relevant to you and your interests.

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google is one of our third-party vendors. It uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to other sites on the internet. Visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Our Advertising Partners

Some advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below:

Google: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Third-Party Advertising Technologies:

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Strident News. These technologies are sent directly to users’ browsers and automatically receive your IP address. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

Note: Strident News has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Strident News’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Therefore, we advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information, which may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

Your Data Protection Rights

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information):

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that it has collected about consumers.
Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that it has collected.
Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights:

We would like to ensure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children’s Information

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Strident News does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will make our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

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.

Data Security

We prioritize the security of your personal information. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Any data transmission over the internet carries inherent risks, and you acknowledge that you provide your information at your own risk.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.