This document governs the privacy notice of our websites in KA Publishing Limited

At KA Publishing Limited, we take data privacy seriously and are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users. This Privacy Notice outlines the ways in which we collect, use, and protect your personal information. This Notice applies to all users of our website, products, and services.

Definitions

Personal Data (PD) - means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Processing - means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

Your Rights

You have the following rights with respect to your PD:

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Filing a complaint with authorities

If you believe that we have not complied with applicable data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us at [email protected].

Personal information includes:

Personal information that we collect may include your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, credit card information, and other information that you provide to us.

Topics Covered in Our Privacy notice

Information We Collect Our Use of Cookies How Your Information Is Used Retaining and Destroying Your PD Updating Your PD Revoking Your Consent for Using Your PD Protecting the Privacy Rights of Third Parties Do Not Track Settings Links to Other Websites Protecting Children’s Privacy Our Email Policy Our Security Policy Use of Your Credit Card Transferring PD from the European Union Changes to Our Privacy Notice

Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in various ways, including:

Our Legal Basis for Collecting and Processing Personal Data (PD)

We will only collect and process your PD if we have a legal basis to do so, including:

What Happens If You Don’t Give Us Your PD

If you choose not to provide us with your PD, we may not be able to provide you with our products or services or respond to your inquiries.

We Collect Your PD in the Following Ways:

Website Chat and Support Software

Our Use of Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. We use cookies to improve your browsing experience, understand how you interact with our website, and to provide personalized advertising. The types of cookies we use are:

Google Analytics Privacy Notice

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how visitors use our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of our website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

Facebook Remarketing

We use Facebook remarketing to advertise our products and services to you on Facebook. Facebook uses cookies to show you personalized advertising based on your browsing activity on our website. If you do not want to see personalized advertising on Facebook, you can opt-out by changing your Facebook ad settings.

Microsoft Clarity

We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.


How Your Information Is Used

We use the information we receive from you to:

Communications and Emails

If you have provided us with your email address, we may use it to contact you with information about our products and services, special offers, and other marketing materials that we believe may be of interest to you. You may opt-out of receiving marketing emails from us at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.

Sharing Information With Third Parties

We may share your personal information with third parties who provide services to us, such as website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, order fulfillment, and customer service. These third parties may have access to your personal information only to the extent necessary to perform their services.

Sharing Information With Business Partners

We may share your personal information with our business partners for joint marketing and promotional purposes. If you do not want us to share your personal information with our business partners, you can opt-out by contacting us.

Sharing Information With Facebook and Google for Marketing Purposes

We may share your personal information with Facebook and Google for the purpose of showing you personalized advertising

Legally Required Releases of Information

We may be legally required to disclose your Personal Data if such disclosure is (a) required by subpoena, law, or other legal process; (b) necessary to assist law enforcement officials or government enforcement agencies; (c) necessary to investigate violations of or otherwise enforce our Legal Terms; (d) necessary to protect us from legal action or claims from third parties, including you and/or other users or members; or (e) necessary to protect the legal rights, personal/real property, or personal safety of KA Publishing Limited, our users, employees, and affiliates.

Disclosures to Successors

We may disclose your Personal Data to any successor-in-interest of ours, such as a company that acquires us.

Community Discussion Boards

Our website may offer publicly accessible community discussion boards. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.

Retaining and Destroying Your PD

We retain information for as long as required, allowed, or we believe it useful, but do not undertake retention obligations. We may dispose of information in our discretion without notice, subject to applicable law.

Updating Your PD

You can update your Personal Data by contacting us at the email address below.

Revoking Your Consent for Using Your PD

You have the right to revoke your consent for KA Publishing Limited to use your Personal Data at any time. You can do so by contacting us at the email address below.

Protecting the Privacy Rights of Third Parties

If we are notified that any content you provide violates the rights of any third party, we may remove such content and investigate the complaint.

Do Not Track Settings

Some web browsers have settings that allow you to request that our website does not track your movement within our website. Our website does not obey such settings when transmitted to and detected by our website.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects their Personal Data.

Protecting Children’s Privacy:

Our website is not intended for use by children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect or use PD from children under 18. If we become aware that we have collected PD from a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete that information as soon as possible.

Our Email Policy:

We are committed to keeping your e-mail address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties, and we will not provide your personal information to any third-party individual, government agency, or company at any time, unless compelled to do so by law.

Our Security Policy:

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your PD against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

Use of Your Credit Card:

You may have to provide us with your credit card information in order to purchase products or services from us. We will not store your credit card information, and we will only use it to process your payment.

Transferring PD From the European Union:

We do not transfer PD outside the European Union.

Changes to Our Privacy Notice:

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Notice at any time, and any such changes will be posted on our website. Your continued use of our website after such changes have been posted will constitute your acceptance of the new Privacy Notice.

Questions About Our Privacy Notice:

If you have any questions about our Privacy Notice or the way we collect, process, or use your PD, please contact us at [email protected].