Effective Date: [10/10/2024]
At Softwarediv, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our website or use our services.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://softwarediv.com.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal Information: Information that can identify you, such as your name, email address, phone number, and company name when you fill out forms or contact us.
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- Media: If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the site.
- Cookies: We use cookies to enhance your experience and analyze site traffic. If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year. If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies, containing no personal data and discarded when you close your browser. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser, which includes no personal data and expires after one day.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To provide and maintain our services
- To notify you about changes to our services
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services
- To monitor the usage of our website
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
3. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:
- With service providers who assist us in our operations (e.g., hosting, analytics, customer service).
- If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
- To comply with legal obligations or respond to valid legal requests.
- To protect the rights and safety of Softwarediv and others.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically. For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- The right to access your personal data
- The right to request correction of your personal data
- The right to request deletion of your personal data
- The right to object to processing your personal data
- The right to withdraw consent
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except for data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
7. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
8. Security of Your Information
The security of your personal information is important to us. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
9. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party sites that are not operated by us. We have no control over the content and practices of these sites and cannot accept responsibility for their privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
10. 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.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
SOFTWAREDIV LTD.
71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden,
London WC2H 9JQ
UK
Email: contact@softwarediv.com