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ONLINE PRIVACY STATEMENT
Data collected via Conscious.com is controlled by The Conscious Reporter Website (hereinafter “The Conscious Reporter”).
The Conscious Reporter respects the privacy of all those who use the services we provide on this site.
This policy explains how and when your information is collected, how it is processed, and the legal basis for those activities. It also explains the rights you may have with respect to your personal information.
TOPICS
- Sites Covered by This Privacy Statement
- Information We Collect and How It Is Used
- Special Categories of Data
- Your Rights When It Comes to Your Data
- Cookies
- Links to Other Websites
- Children’s Privacy
- Who We Share Your Information With
- How We Secure Your Data
- Changes to Our Privacy Policy / This Statement
- How to Contact Us
1. Sites Covered by This Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement applies to The Conscious Reporter’s ConsciousReporter.com website.
2. Information We Collect and How It Is Used
We may collect your personal information via this website in specific situations as described below.
Information Automatically Collected by Our Website
When you visit our website, information regarding your visit is logged to our website and/or server logs such as your IP address, the time and date you visited our website, the browser and operating system you used to visit our website, the website address of the site you came from, and the pages on our site you visited. This data is used by us for security purposes, for internal administration, and to analyze the way in which people use our site, so that we can keep improving the services we offer.
The legal basis for processing this data is legitimate interest. The processing of this data is necessary for us to properly and securely administer our website and to provide our service to you.
We keep an ongoing record of this information for archival purposes as part of our internal governance obligations.
Information Collected by Our Website Software
Wordfence
For security purposes we use Wordfence, a GDPR compliant WordPress plugin by Defiant, Inc., to keep our websites and their data secure. By using the WordFence plugin on our website, Defiant automatically collects End User search queries and the date and time of the End User’s request and referral URL. Depending on the settings of a End User’s computer or mobile device (“Device”), Defiant also automatically collects: IP address; MAC address; Device make, model and operating system version; mobile network information; internet service provider; browser type and language; country and time zone in which the Device is located; and metadata stored on the Device. According to Defiant, the company only uses this data collected to operate, manage and improve their Services and ensure the technical functionality and security of the Services. Defiant’s privacy policy can be found here.
The legal basis for processing this data is legitimate interest. The processing of this data is necessary for us to properly and securely administer our website and to provide our service to you.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a file sent to your browser by a Web server and stored on your computer. It contains data that Web sites use to identify you as a unique user.
There are different types of cookies that this website uses. Here is an outline of the cookies this website uses:
Strictly Necessary cookies – These cookies are required for our website to function properly and securely. They also include a consent cookie that keeps track your acknowledgement of our website using cookies, in relation to our cookies notice. These strictly necessary cookies also allow a user to be able to login into the website. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not work then.
The legal basis for processing strictly necessary cookies is legitimate interest. The processing of this data is necessary for us to properly and securely administer our website and to provide our service to you.
For a complete description of the cookies on our site and how we use this data, please see the “Cookies” section below.
If you have any questions or concerns about the way in which information is collected or used by another site, then you should contact whoever is responsible for that site directly.
Information Sent via Email
This site may provide email addresses to which enquiries can be directed. Additionally, if you submit a web form, we may respond to your enquiry via email. If you choose to send information to an email address associated with this site, the information you send will be transmitted and stored and may be reviewed by representatives of this website. Providing this service enables the public to communicate with us, and for us to respond to their enquiries.
The legal basis for processing this data is legitimate interest. The processing of this data is necessary for us to provide the service of communication via our website.
We keep an ongoing record of all incoming and outgoing email for archival purposes as part of our internal governance obligations and as a record of the service provided.
Website Comments
This site may provide the ability to submit public comments in response to articles via a comment form.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. This is a native function of the commenting software of our website.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you choose to submit comments, the information you send will be transmitted and stored. The content of your comment, if published, will be publicly visible on the website along with the value entered in the “Name” field on the comment form. If you choose to provide a website URL in the “Website” field, the display name may be hyperlinked to that URL.
Your email address submitted via the comment form is used for verification purposes and is not publicly displayed, but it is stored.
We reserve the right to determine whether comments should be published at our sole discretion.
If you wish to request that a previously submitted comment be unpublished, you can make this request by filling out the form on our privacy contact page.
Providing this service of an interactive online blog with commenting features enables those who wish to comment on content posted on our website the ability to do so.
The legal basis for processing this data is legitimate interest. The processing of this data is necessary for us to offer an interactive online blog which allows users of the site to make comments.
Whether comments are published or unpublished, we keep an ongoing record of the information submitted via comment forms for archival purposes as part of our internal governance obligations and as a record of the service provided.
3. Special Categories of Data
Due to the philosophical nature of this website, it is possible that we may collect data that receives special protection under the EU General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR), specifically, data revealing religious or philosophical beliefs.
We only process this data under the following condition:
The processing relates to personal data which are manifestly made public by you in the course of using our website, such as by submitting content to be published in comments, forums, or other public areas of the website.
4. Your Rights When It Comes to Your Data
If you are within the European Union (EU),you may have various rights with respect to your personal information under the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR).
If you wish to exercise one of these rights, you can contact us via our privacy contact page. Our policy is to reply to all requests without undue delay.
These rights include:
Right of Access
You have the right to obtain access to your personal data that is being processed.
Right of Rectification
You have the right to obtain rectification of inaccurate personal data.
Right to Withdraw Consent
Where your personal information is being processed because of your explicit consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, although this does not affect the lawfulness of processing done prior to the withdrawal of consent.
Right to Object to Processing
Where your personal information is being processed because of our legitimate interests, you have the right to object to that processing.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right under some circumstances to request that processing be restricted.
Right to Erasure
You have the right under some circumstances to request the erasure of your data.
Right to Portability
Where your personal information is being processed because of your explicit consent, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit that data to another controller without hindrance.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a relevant supervisory authority of an EU member state concerned by the processing of personal data.
5. Cookies
Below is a detailed list of the cookies we use on our Website. We classify cookies in the following categories:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for our website to function properly and securely. They also include a consent cookie that keeps track your acknowledgement of our website using cookies, in relation to our cookies notice. These strictly necessary cookies also allow a user to be able to login into the website. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not work then.
| Categories | Cookies |
| Preserves user session state across page requests | PHPSESSION |
| Cookie Notice Accepted | cookie_notice_accepted |
6. Links to Other Websites
The Conscious Reporter websites may provide links to third-party websites for your convenience and information. If you access those links, you will leave The Conscious Reporter’s website. The Conscious Reporter does not control those sites or their privacy practices, which may differ from those of The Conscious Reporter. We do not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites. The personal data you choose to give to unrelated third parties is not covered by this Privacy Statement. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any company before submitting your personal information.
7. Children’s Privacy
The Conscious Reporter is committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests. The Conscious Reporter does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 and The Conscious Reporter does not target its websites to children under 13.
8. Who We Share Your Information With
We use third-party data processors who process data on our behalf. We use third-parties to provide website hosting, website security services, among other services. We ensure that data processors that we retain provide sufficient guarantees that they meet appropriate privacy requirements.
Besides such data processors that we have retained for a specific purpose, we do not share your information with third parties, except when required by law.
The ownership of this website may on some future date be transferred to another third-party organization as part of a purchase, merger, acquisition, consolidation, or change in business operations. In that case, the new owner of the website would become the controller of the data described in this policy. If such a transfer occurs, we will ensure that any such transfer agreement includes sufficient safeguards to ensure that the data continues to be processed for the same purposes as described in this policy and that the receiving organization is committed to an equivalent level of privacy protection.
9. How We Secure Your Data
We do our best to keep your Personal Data safe. We use safe protocols for communication and transferring data (such as HTTPS). We monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. Even though we try our best, we cannot guarantee the security of information. However, we will notify suitable authorities of data breaches. We will also notify you if there is a threat to your rights or interests. We will do everything we reasonably can to prevent security breaches and to assist authorities should any breaches occur.
10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy / This Statement
If there are updates to the terms of The Conscious Reporter’s Online Privacy Statement, we will post those changes and update the revision date in this document, so you will always know what information we collect online, how we use it, and what choices you have.
11. Contacting Us
If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy, please contact us via our privacy contact page.
Rev. 5 June 2018