| We value your concerns and interest regarding the privacy of your data. This policy has been prepared to explain how we collect and use your personal data when you visit our website: https://arabobserver.com. Data We Collect and Why We Collect It -
Browsing and Internet Protocol (IP) Address: The website is not designed to collect your personal data from your device without your knowledge. However, when you visit, the host server automatically records your IP address, date and time of the visit, browser type, and the URL of the website that referred you to us. -
Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymous string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. -
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. -
Surveys and Forms: We collect data that you provide voluntarily when contacting us or participating in surveys, and all such data is treated with strict confidentiality. Cookies -
Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience, which last for one year. -
Login: We use temporary cookies to determine if your browser accepts them, and others to save your login information (lasts for two days) and your screen display choices (lasts for one year). -
Editing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie containing no personal data will be saved in your browser, which expires after one day. Embedded Content and Links to Other Websites -
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly, which may collect your data and use cookies. -
We may use third-party advertising companies (such as Google AdSense) to serve ads. These companies may use information about your visits to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. We are not responsible for the data collection practices of those websites. Sharing and Disclosure of Information -
We will maintain the privacy and confidentiality of all your personal data at all times. -
We will not sell, trade, or rent your data to any third party outside our website. -
Information will only be disclosed if required by law, in compliance with a judicial order, or to protect the property rights of the website. -
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data Retention Period -
Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically. -
Registered Users: We store the personal information provided by users who register on our website in their user profile. All users (as well as website administrators) can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Your Rights Over Your Data If you have an account or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, excluding any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Amendments to the Privacy Policy We reserve the right to amend the terms and conditions of the privacy policy when necessary and appropriate, and it will be continuously updated on this page. Contact Us For any inquiries, you can contact us via the “Contact Us” page or by emailing us at: [email protected]. |
