Fair Information Practices
Fair information
Practices
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their 'Personally identifiable information' (PII) may be used online. PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.
What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our website?
• Only users who choose to sign up to the site may be asked for their email address. But we require no other personal information, no credit card or payment details, location, etc.
When do we collect information?
• We may only collect information from you when you log in via Google Play Games services in one of our game apps or if registering/logging into our website.
How do we use your information?
• We may use the information we collect from you when you register on or log into our website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
* Simply to personalize your experience. We will never send any personal info to a third party.
How do we protect visitor information?
• We use regular Malware Scanning software.
• We use SSL encryption for all our web content and data exchange.
• In any event, we only provide articles and information, we will never ask for sensitive information such as credit card or other payment details.
Our apps on Google Play
This section of our privacy policy relates not to our website itself, but to our mobile applications available via the Google Play Store.
• One of our apps,
Tinnitus Therapy Pro may give users the option to send just an
anonymous one-time metric about their chosen tinnitus tone when setting up the app.
However, NO personally indentifiable data is ever collected. The Tinnitus Therapy Pro app does not (and cannot, due to asking no special permissions) collect any personally identifiable information. To be clear, we do not even want users' personal data, because we feel the same way as users about one's personal information and do not want the responsibility of storing and securing it. The only data we ever collect, with your explicit permission (about your chosen tinnitus frequency) is encrypted during transit, then anonymized. This is then only used to add calculations to a graph of overall tinnitus frequency popularity (for the sole purpose of better trying understand the condition). You can see this graph here. The data is never sent to any third party, is not stored and cannot be used to identify a user. That is, the data is processed ephemerally. We could only thereafter know the percentage of users with a particular tinnitus frequency range. Since we never collect (or store) any user info, it is impossible to connect the processed data with any user, or even to know WHEN the original metric was submitted, where from, or anything else which could be used to deanonymize a user. If you are concerned about your privacy, simply tap NO THANKS when the app asks if can it send the one-time metric and we will never collect any data from you.
Do we use 'cookies'?
• Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember if you logged into our website. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction.
• We use cookies to:
* Understand and save user's preferences for future visits.
• You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
• Please note that if you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled It won't affect the users experience that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.
Third Party Disclosure
• We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.
Third party links
• Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Google
• We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
• Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following:
* Remarketing with Google AdSense
* Google Display Network Impression Reporting
• We along with third-party vendors, such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions, and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
• CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law's reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. - See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
• According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page, or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word 'Privacy', and can be easily be found on the page specified above.
• Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes:
* On our Privacy Policy Page
• Users are able to change their personal information:
* By logging in to their account
Other
How does our site handle Do Not Track (DNT) signals?
• We honor Do Not Track (DNT) signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place and activated.
Does our site allow third party behavioral tracking?
• It's also important to note that we do not allow third party behavioral tracking
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
• When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children's privacy and safety online.
• We do not collect information from children under 13.
• We adhere to the following COPPA tenants:
* Parents can review, delete, manage or refuse with whom their child's information is shared through contacting us directly.
Fair Information Practices
• The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
• In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify the users via in site notification
* Within 1 business day
• We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
CAN SPAM Act
• The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
• We collect your email address in order to: Only to authenticate you if you choose to register and log into our website.
• To be in accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:
• If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can contact us and we will promptly remove you from all correspondence.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.
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Updated: 25 February 2023