General Provisions
The Privacy Policy, as well as the Terms of Use governing your use of Republic Bugle website, henceforth titled the ‘website’ are developed after careful and thoughtful consideration and cooperation with our partners, henceforth referred to as ‘us’, ‘we’, ‘our’.
The Privacy Policy is dedicated to setting forth the terms of collection, storage and usage of your information by us. There are also provisions with respect to the possibility of disclosure of your information to third parties.
As such, we ask you to periodically review this page, as we reserve the right to modify our Privacy Policy at any time, without prior notification. All modifications are made available here and signaled with a date stamp. All modifications enter into force and are effective immediately after being posted on this page. Continuing access and use of the website implies your agreement with the possible modifications of our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Provided you do not agree with the provision herein, your sole remedy is to discontinue access to and using our website and services.
This Privacy Policy covers solely information collected via our website and does not refer to information collected from other sources.
Types of Information Collected
We are striving to offer you personalized interactions and experiences when accessing and using our website and services. Hence, we may ask you for information that allows us to accomplish this goal. Particularly in the case of registering on our website, we may ask you for information that is directly linked to you.
Personally Identifying Information
Personally identifying information is information provided by you and that we can use in order to contact you and identify you as an individual. This information may include, but is not limited to your full name, your address, your e-mail address, your telephone number.
Upon submitting personally identifying information via our website, you agree to the terms set forth in our Privacy Policy. You consent to the collection, storage use and disclosure of your personally identifying information to third parties as set out in our Privacy Policy.
You can choose not to provide personally identifying information. If you choose to do so, you will not have access to certain features or services provided on our website. We inform you that no personally identifying information will be collected by the website.
You must be above the 13 years of age in order to access and use our website and services provided on our website. By accessing the website, you acknowledge that you are above 13 years of age. We do not knowingly solicit, collect and store personally identifying information of users under this age.
Non-Personally Identifying Information
Non-personally identifying information includes but is not limited to your IP address, the browser you use when accessing our website and services, the operating system you use when accessing our website, the type of device you are accessing our website from, specific landing/exit pages or pages you visit while on our website, the domain name of your Internet provider. There is non-personally identifying information that is automatically collected upon accessing the website. Moreover, some personally identifying information becomes non-personally identifying information by declassifying and becoming anonymous.
In addition:
- Cookies: These are small amounts of data sent to your browser from the computers of a website. It is stored on your hard-drive and includes a unique identifier. There are more types of cookies, including session cookies and flash cookies. We may set as well as access cookies and/or similar technologies on your hard drive. Flash cookies are local shared objects. Session cookies expire as soon as your web browser is closed. Persistent cookies are those that remain on the hard drive until you delete them. We use cookies in order to understand how you use our website and services and tailor your experience accordingly. We may also use cookies for aggregate statistics that constitutes anonymous information. These aggregate statistics such as, but not limited to demographic statistics or usage information may be shared with third parties for business purposes. Provided you wish to disable cookies, you will find the option in your web browser’s settings. Some features of our website or services may not function properly if you choose to disable cookies.
- Web beacons/Gifs/Pixel tags: These are similar technologies that allow us to track which pages you have visited while using our website, or if you have received a message from us via your registered account. We do not collect any personally identifying information via web beacons. These may also be used by third parties in order to present advertisements on our website. The information thus collected is used to personalize advertisement content in relation to you and to measure how efficient the process is. We do not control web beacons used by third parties, nor are they subjected to the same Privacy Policy terms.
- Log Files: IP addresses, information on your browser, information on your platform, information on landing/exit pages you visit, the domain name of your service provider, date and time stamps, or number of clicks on a certain page are all included in log files. These are non-personally identifying information. Log files included, but are not limited to the above. We use log files for system administration or to create aggregate information that may be shared with third parties. Information thus collected is not linked to any personally identifying information.
Information Usage
We use the personally identifying information you provide to us in order to provide you the services and features you have subscribed for. E-mail addresses may be used to send you information, newsletters or confirmation notices. We use your personally identifying information in order to register you and identify you as a user, improve your experience with our website and services.
All your personally identifying information may be deleted upon your request. We may be required by law to keep your personally identifying information for longer. As such, the deletion will not be immediate; as soon as we are relinquished of other lawful obligations, we will comply with your request. We inform you that all information is deleted from our active database. However, it may remain in the archives. We may store your information for in such cases as, but not limited to fraud.
We may share the information we collect with third parties, such as but not limited to our business partners, marketing partners or service providers. IP addresses or aggregate information may be shared to tailor your experience with our website and services.
We may be compelled under certain circumstances to disclose information we collect, both personally identifying information and non-personally identifying information to agencies such as, but not limited to governmental or law enforcement agencies. Non-compliance with the Terms of Use governing your use of our website and services may require information disclosure. It is at our sole discretion to share this information.
Information Storage and Security
All personally identifying information and non-personally identifying information that is collected by us is stored in our secured database. Despite our best efforts to maintain the high levels of security, all technology is prone to security breaches.
In the eventuality of a security breach, we are not liable for any and all losses or damages.
Your information may only be accessed by us, as well as our service providers. In the eventuality that the information transmitted or submitted to us is intercepted in the process of transmitting or submission, we are not liable for any and all losses or damages.
We are also not liable and we do not warrant the security and safety of your own devices or software used when you access and use our website and services.
Children and Parents
Our website is not intended for use by children. You must be above the 13 years of age in order to access and use our website and services provided on our website. By accessing the website, you acknowledge that you are above 13 years of age. We do not knowingly solicit, collect and store personally identifying information of users under this age.
Last update: 14.08.2015
