Privacy Policy

At Vibeblogs, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://vibeblogs.com or any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected to it (collectively, the “Website”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Website.

BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THE WEBSITE.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “revised” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Website, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification.

You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Website after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION

We may collect information about you in various ways. The information we may collect on the Website includes:

Personal Data

Personal data is information that can identify you as a specific individual, such as your name, address, email address, and phone number. We may collect personal data from you when you voluntarily provide it to us when you participate in certain activities on the Website, such as subscribing to our newsletter, downloading our content, or leaving comments. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal data of any kind; however, your refusal may prevent you from using certain features of the Website.

Derivative Data

Derivative data is information that our servers automatically collect when you access the Website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Website.

Data from Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys We may collect personal and other information from you when you enter contests or giveaways and/or respond to surveys on the Website.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use your information for various purposes based on legitimate business interests (“Business Purposes”), in order to enter into or perform a contract with you (“Contractual”), with your consent (“Consent”), and/or for compliance with our legal obligations (“Legal Reasons”). We use the information we collect or receive:

To administer sweepstakes, promotions, and contests (Business Purposes).
To compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for internal or external use (Business Purposes).
To deliver targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, promotions, and other information regarding the Website to you (Consent).
To enable user comments on the Website (Consent).
To send you a newsletter or Website feed on a regular basis (Consent).
To enable push notifications (Consent).
To improve the efficiency and operation of the Website (Business Purposes).
To monitor and analyse usage and trends to improve your experience with the Website (Business Purposes).
To notify you of updates to the Website (Business Purposes).
To offer new products, services, and/or recommendations to you (Business Purposes). To perform other business activities as needed (Business Purposes).
To request feedback and contact you about your use of the Website (Business Purposes).
To resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems (Business Purposes).
To respond to legal requests and prevent harm (Legal Reasons).

HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

We may share your information in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

Marketing Communications

With your consent or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent if required by law, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Online Postings

When you post comments, contributions, or other content to the Website, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Website in perpetuity.

Third-Party Advertisers

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Website. These companies may use information about your visits to the Website and other websites that are contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Business Partners

We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

Other Third Parties

We may share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

Sale or Bankruptcy

If we reorganise or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline to honour commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.

We are not responsible for the actions of third parties with whom you share personal or sensitive data, and we have no authority to manage or control third-party solicitations. If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.

TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

Cookies, Web Beacons, and Tracking Pixels

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Website to help customise the Website and improve your experience. When you access the Website, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology.

Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Website. Web beacons cannot be declined; however, you can limit their use by controlling the cookies that interact with them. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more information.

We may occasionally need to include a tracking pixel to measure the effectiveness of the information or materials we share. For example, you may sign up for our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. Tracking pixels may be included in newsletters sent.

The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. This also allows us to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behaviour will not be passed on to third parties.

Internet-Based Advertising

We use AdSense third-party software to serve ads on the Website. This third-party software may use cookies or similar tracking technology to help manage and optimise your online experience with us. How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps. For more information about opting-out of internet-based ads, visit the third-party network or review the Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.

Website Analytics

We may also partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Google Analytics, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Website through the use of first party cookies and third-party cookies, to analyse and track users’ use of the Website, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity.

By accessing the Website, you consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, if you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, you can visit the third-party vendor or review the Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.

You should be aware that getting a new computer, installing a new browser, upgrading an existing browser, or erasing or otherwise altering your browser’s cookies files may also clear certain opt-out cookies, plug-ins, or settings.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

The Website may contain links to other websites and applications that are not operated by us, including advertisements and external services. These third-party websites and applications may have their own privacy policies and practices that we do not control. When you click on these links, you leave our Website and enter a different online environment.

Any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. You should review the privacy policies and practices of any third-party website or application before visiting or providing any information to them. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third-party website, service, or application that may be linked to or from our Website.

The Website participates in affiliate marketing by embedding tracking links into the Website. These links may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to help us earn commissions when you make a purchase through them. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. The Website may post customised links provided by Amazon as part of this program to track referrals to their website. These links may use cookies to track visits and assign commissions on sales.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that these measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against interception or other types of misuse. Any information you share online is vulnerable to unauthorised interception and use. Therefore, if you choose to provide us with personal information, you do so at your own risk.

YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION

You may opt out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also contact us and request to exercise your rights regarding your personal information. Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the following rights:

Right of access – the right to be informed of and request access to the personal data we process about you;
Right to rectification – the right to request that we amend or update your personal data where it is inaccurate or incomplete;
Right to erasure – the right to request that we delete your personal data;
Right to restrict – the right to request that we temporarily or permanently stop processing all or some of your personal data;
Right to object – the right, at any time, to object to us processing your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation; the right to object to your personal data being processed for direct marketing purposes;
Right to data portability – the right to request a copy of your personal data in electronic format and the right to transmit that personal data for use in another party’s service; and
Right not to be subject to automated decision-making – the right to not be subject to a decision based solely on automated decision-making, including profiling, where the decision would have a legal effect on you or produce a similarly significant effect.

We will respond with further instructions on how to verify your identity and provide details about the process after receiving your request. Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or as required by law.

SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

You should never provide sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, race or ethnic origin information, political affiliation or opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, and other sensitive personal information. If you choose to provide us with such information, you agree that it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

POLICY FOR CHILDREN

The Website is intended for people over the age of 18. Visitors under the age of 18 must have parental or guardian permission to use certain features of our Website. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any information we have collected from children under the age of 13, please contact us using the information provided on our Contact page.

CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting that you can use to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities tracked and collected. There is no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals. As a result, we currently do not respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that communicates your preference not to be tracked online. If an online tracking standard is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.

CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine the Light” law, allows our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

If you are under the age of 18, live in California, and have provided your personal information to the Website, you have the right to request that we remove any unwanted data that you publicly post on the Website. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include enough detail about the public post(s) and a statement that you live in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Website, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems, and no cached or archived version of the Website will remove such data.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), enacted in 2018, creates new consumer rights relating to the access to, deletion of, and sharing of personal information that is collected by businesses. While we do not sell your information to any third party, we may partner with third-party service providers and affiliate partners who may access your information through the use of beacons, tracking pixels, or cookies as described in this Privacy Policy. If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information.

CONTACT US

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us using the information provided on our Contact page.