Privacy policy

Privacy Policy and Confidentiality Statement

At “Arab Observer”, we appreciate your concerns and interest regarding the privacy of your data on the Internet. This policy has been prepared to help you understand the nature of the data we collect from you when you visit our website and how we handle this personal data responsibly and transparently.

Who we are?

Our website address is: http://arabobserver.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

1. Comments

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.

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.

2. Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

3. Cookies

  • Contact forms and Comments: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

  • Login: If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.

  • Editing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

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 exact 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.

Advertising and Third-Party Technologies (Google AdSense)

We use third-party advertising companies (such as Google) to serve ads when you visit our website.

  • These companies have the right to use information about your visits to this and other websites (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

  • Google uses cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites.

  • Users may review the privacy policy regarding Google ads and the content network, as well as know the choices available to prevent the use of this information, by visiting the following link: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Who we share your data with?

We maintain the privacy and confidentiality of all personal data at all times. Data provided by you is never sold to any third party for the purpose of marketing for its own benefit. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How long we retain your data

  • 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.

  • For users that register on our website (if any), 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.

What rights you have over your data

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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data Security

Our site is protected by strict security measures to safeguard against loss, misuse, or alteration of information. However, we disclaim any legal liability for any hacking that may occur beyond our control.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify the terms and conditions of the privacy policy if necessary and when appropriate. The amendments will be implemented here, and we will consider your continuous use of the site as an acceptance of these amendments.

Contact Information

For inquiries regarding the privacy policy, you can contact us via:

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