Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 29, 2024

This Privacy Policy describes how Home Materials Encyclopedia ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit our website at home-materials-wiki.vercel.app (the "Site").

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily

When you contact us via email, we collect the information you choose to share, such as your name, email address, and the content of your message.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our Site, certain information is automatically collected from your device, including:

  • Log Data: Your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring/exit pages, date and time stamps, and pages visited.
  • Device Information: Device type, screen resolution, and language settings.
  • Usage Data: How you interact with our Site, including which articles you read and how long you spend on each page.

1.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use a minimal set of cookies and similar tracking technologies to understand how our Site is used and to improve your experience:

  • Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the Site to function properly. They do not store personally identifiable information.
  • Analytics Cookies: We may use a privacy-focused analytics service (such as a self-hosted or cookieless solution) to understand aggregate traffic patterns. We do not use Google Analytics or any third-party tracking that builds advertising profiles.

You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some parts of the Site may not function properly without cookies.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To operate, maintain, and improve our Site and its content;
  • To understand how readers use our Site (aggregate analytics);
  • To respond to your inquiries and provide support;
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or unauthorized access;
  • To comply with legal obligations.

3. Advertising

Our Site displays advertisements within article content. These advertisements may be served by third-party advertising networks. These networks may use cookies or similar technologies to serve relevant ads based on your prior visits to our Site or other websites.

We do not sell your personal information to advertisers or any other third parties. The advertising networks we work with may collect non-personally identifiable information about your visits to our Site and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you.

You can opt out of interest-based advertising through the Digital Advertising Alliance (optout.aboutads.info) in the United States, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (youradchoices.ca) in Canada, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (youronlinechoices.eu) in Europe.

4. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to help us operate our Site. These services include:

  • Hosting: Our Site is hosted on Vercel Inc.'s platform. Vercel's privacy policy can be found at vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy.
  • Email: If you contact us, your email may be processed through Microsoft's Outlook email service.

These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

5. Data Retention

We retain automatically collected log data for a maximum of 30 days. Email correspondence is retained for as long as needed to address your inquiry and maintain records of communications.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access: The right to request copies of your personal data that we hold.
  • Rectification: The right to request correction of any inaccurate data.
  • Erasure: The right to request deletion of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Restriction: The right to request restriction of processing, under certain conditions.
  • Objection: The right to object to processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Data Portability: The right to request transfer of your data to another organization, under certain conditions.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have these rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you are a resident of California, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). If you are a resident of Brazil, you have rights under the Lei Geral de Protecao de Dados (LGPD).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided in Section 9.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us at:

Email: i1011970003@outlook.com

Website: home-materials-wiki.vercel.app