Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 23 July 2024

We recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit www.thiselection.org and how we safeguard your information.

We never sell your personal information to third parties.

Here at www.thiselection.org, we process personal, relevant data from website visitors and subscribers. This data is collected for the purpose of providing services and/or content, as well as to compliment the experience of those visiting www.thiselection.org.

Data Collection

We collect two types of data:

  • Personal data when explicitly provided by you:
    • Name and Email if you sign up for our newsletter.
    • Profile information if you opt to provide that information when entering comments
  • Usage data is automatically collected
    • This includes your device’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, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.When you access our website through a mobile device, we may collect the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, your unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
    • We also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit the website or access the website through a mobile device.

Use of Cookies and Tracking Technology

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on www.thiselection.org and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our services. The technologies we use includes:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of the website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our website may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies
    • Type: Session Cookies
    • Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
    • Type: Persistent Cookies
    • Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  • Functionality Cookies
    • Type: Persistent Cookies
    • Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website.
  • Tracking and Performance Cookies
    • Type: Persistent Cookies
    • Administered by: Third-Parties
    • Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain www.thiselection.org, including monitoring usage. Data may be used for analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to improve our offerings and your experience.
  • To contact you: If you signed up for our email list, we may  use the information provided to share news, information, and offerings from www.thiselection.org.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You. This includes
    • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics  to track and monitor the use of our website. You can opt-out by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.
    • Mail Poet: We use MailPoet to deliver our newsletter and other emails. Their privacy policy can be found here. If you no longer wish to receive email from me, you can simply unsubscribe. The link is found at the bottom of my emails.
    • Gravatar: We use Gravatar to detect and manage spam in the comment threads. You can find there privacy policy here.
  • With other users: when you interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.

Retention of Your Personal Data

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.  

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

We will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of the website.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at our operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Deletion of Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting your personal Data.

    • To unsubscribe from our email, simply click unsubscribe using the link at the bottom of our emails.

    • To delete profile information you created when leaving comments, you may delete your account.

    • You may also contact us at [email protected]  to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Links to Other Websites

Our website contains links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

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. We will let You know via email and/or via a prominent notice on website prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. 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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by email: [email protected]