Introduction
At Dope Uncle we respect and take your online privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes how we collect, disclose, use and store your personal information.
How we collect information
We may collect information that you choose to provide us, such as your name and contact information(for example your email address), date of birth, or other details of that nature, when you participate in surveys, promotions or sign up for notification or newsletters on the site.
Information about your visit may automatically be collected using tools such as web beacons, browsers and similar technologies upon you accessing the Site.
This information may include characteristics of your operating system, IP address, unique device identifiers, characteristics of your operating system, data about the computer or mobile device you use to access the Site, unique device identifiers, information about your browser and system settings, clickstream data (which shows the page-by-page path you take as you browse the Site).
This information may be combined by us and our third-party partners with other information we collect automatically about you including the information you choose to provide.
Please be aware that the information that you provide on a post such as comments may be captured and viewed by anyone who visits the site, as a result of this you should avoid posting personal sensitive information that you do not want the public to know.
Cookies
Cookies (small text files) are used by websites and other online services to store information about users on their own computers.
This Site may use cookies (such as HTTP and HTML5 cookies and Flash cookies), as well as other types of local storage.
We may place tags (“web beacons”) in emails we send to you or on the Site pages in order to manage our automatic data collection.
Tags are small files that link web pages to particular web servers and their cookies, and they may be used for a variety of purposes, such as analyzing how users navigate around the Site, counting the number of visitors to the Site, which articles or links are viewed by visitors and assessing how many emails that we send to you are actually opened.
Your internet browser usually accepts cookies automatically, but you can manually change this setting or delete them.
However, it is important to know that if you do so we won’t be able to provide you with access to certain aspects of our website where cookies are necessary.
Analytics
We also use Google Analytics on the Site which is one of the third-party web analytics services to provide us with statistics and other information about visitors that visit the Site.
Companies that provide certain third-party widgets, tools, apps, and plug-ins that may appear on the Site (for example, Facebook “Like” buttons), also may use automated means to collect information regarding your interactions with these features. This information collection is subject to the privacy policies or notices of those providers.
How We May Use Information We Collect
The information that we collect may be used for various purposes such as:
- Provide services and products that you request (such as when you sign up to receive our email newsletters);
- Respond to questions, requests, and comments, and provide other types of user support;
- Direct you to portions of this Site or other websites, that we believe may interest you and offer you products and services via marketing communications, or ;
- To serve advertising, content, and offers to you based on your interests and online activities, from us or third parties;
- Administer your participation in and communicate about, programs, events, contests, and other offers or promotions;
- Carry out, evaluate, and improve our business (which may include managing our communications, developing new features for the Site; assessing the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising, and analyzing and enhancing the user experience on the Site);
- Perform data analytics regarding usage of the Site (including trend analysis, market and customer research, financial analysis, and anonymisation of personal data);
- Guard against, identify, and prevent fraud and other criminal activity, claims, and other liabilities;
- Comply with applicable legal requirements, law enforcement requests, and our company policies.
Sharing of Information
Our consultants, agents, vendors, and other service providers may have access to the information we collect through the Site to carry out work on our behalf.
Those parties are restricted from using personal data collected through the Site for purposes other than to provide the requested assistance and are also subject to confidentiality.
Additionally, we may share information:
- For internal business purposes with our affiliates ;
- With third parties for marketing purposes, data management platforms, including social media networks, and other advertising technology providers; for example, we may match your email address with third parties with whom you have also consented to share your email address and use such match to deliver custom offers or emails to you on the Sites and elsewhere online;
- If the law requires us to do so, regulation, or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena);
- In response to government agencies requests, such as law enforcement authorities, including to meet national security requirements;
- If we believe disclosure is appropriate or necessary to prevent financial loss or physical harm, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity;
- To inform advertisers about the nature of our user base with respect to statistical information and analytics;
- In the event, we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including a reorganization, dissolution, or liquidation). In such an event, we will seek to provide you with commercially reasonable notice, e.g., via email and/or notice on our website, of any change in ownership, incompatible new uses of your personal information, and choices you may have regarding your personal information; and
- At your discretion or with your permission.
Access and Data Retention
Your personal data will be retained for as long as it is necessary in order to provide services to you and enable you to use the website and your products.
We may at times retain your personal data for longer than necessary in order to resolve disputes with any other parties, comply with applicable laws (including those regarding the retention of documents), and as necessary to enable us to conduct our business.
We may seek to confirm your identity to know whether we hold or are processing the right information that we collected from you.
You have the right to update or amend incomplete or inaccurate personal information, request removal of your personal information or request that we do not use it anymore.
Certain circumstances may prevent us from fulfilling your request, for example if it affects legal matters, if we cannot verify your identity, interferes with our regulatory obligations or involves disproportionate effort or cost. If these events occur we will provide you with an explanation within a reasonable time frame.
Emails and Newsletters
You can choose to unsubscribe from emails, or from a particular newsletter by clicking Unsubscribe from emails. We may allow advertisers or partners to included messages in the newsletters that we send to you and may disclose your opt-out choices to third parties.
Blocking cookies.
Certain browsers allow you to disable, restrict certain cookies or are configured to notify you when you receive cookies. Choosing to disable cookies could affect certain enhanced functionality features of the Site that use cookies
Children’s Privacy
Dope Uncle is not intended or designed for use by children, therefore we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under the age of 18, we will delete any such information.
Contact Us
Please contact us at [email protected] If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy.