Your privacy matters to us at VellaTimes. Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our website(VellaTimes). This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and data gathered on our site, not information collected offline or through other channels.
Consent
By using our website, you agree to both our Privacy Policy & Terms and Conditions.
Definitions
- Account: A unique account you create to access our service.
- Cookies: Small files placed by our website on your device that track your browsing history on our site.
- Personal Data: Any data that identifies or can identify an individual.
- Website: Refers to VellaTimes, available from “https://vellatimes.com“.
- You: The individual accessing or using our website, or the company “VellaTimes”.
Information We Collect
We request personal information when needed and clarify why we collect it. If you contact us, we may gather more information such as your name, email, phone number, messages and attachments you send us.
Usage of Your Information
We use the collected data in various ways:
- Operate and maintain our website.
- Improve, personalize, and develop our website.
- Analyze how you use our site.
- Develop new products and services.
- Communicate with you or through our partners, provide updates, customer service, and marketing strategies.
- Send emails and prevent fraud.
Data Retention
All comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely, enabling us to approve follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, we also store personal information provided in their user profiles.
Security Measures
Your personal information’s security is a priority for us. We protect your data from unauthorized access or alteration by using industry-standard security measures and storing your data on secure servers.
Log Files
Like other websites, VellaTimes uses log files to track visits. Log files may include your IP address, browser type, ISP, date and time, reference/exit pages, and click numbers, but is not personally identifiable, instead, it is used to analyze trends, manage the site, track user activity and collect demographic data.
Comments
When a comment is left, we acquire data from the comment form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help with spam detection.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Website visitors can access and extract location data from website images.
Cookies
Like most websites, VellaTimes uses cookies and tracking technologies to save your preferences and track your activity on the site to customize the content for an optimized user experience.
Embedded Content
This site may feature embedded content from other websites. That content behaves exactly as if you visited the other website, potentially collecting your data, using cookies, third-party tracking, and tracking your interactions with the content (only if you have an account and are logged in to that website).
Advertisers and Third-Party Privacy Policies
Google, one of our third-party vendors, uses DART cookies to serve ads based on your site visits and other online activity. You can opt-out of DART cookies by visiting Google’s Privacy Policy.
Some of advertising partners on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Each of our advertising partners maintains their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to the Google’s Privacy Policy below.
Third-party ad servers use cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons in their ads and links on VellaTimes, which are sent to your browser. These technologies assess their advertising campaigns effectiveness and personalize the ad content visible to you on sites visited.
Please note, VellaTimes cannot access or control these cookies used by third-party advertisers. You can adjust your browser settings to disable cookies. For more information, refer to your browser’s official website.
CCPA and GDPR Rights
Under the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), users have the right to access, rectify, erase, and request portability of their personal data. Californian users can also request businesses not to sell their personal information. To exercise these rights or request more information, kindly contact us immediately via email copyright@vellatimes.com.
Children’s Information
VellaTimes does not knowingly collect Personally Identifiable Information from under-13 children. If you believe your child shared any information on our site, kindly contact us immediately for prompt removal.
Links to Other Websites
Our site may contain links to third-party sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be redirected to that party’s site. We strongly recommend you to review their Privacy Policy for information about their data use. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of these sites.
Privacy Policy Revisions
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time and will notify you via email or a notice on our site. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
For additional questions or more information about our Privacy Policy, feel free to Contact Us.
