Last updated: August 21, 2024
This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use our Service and informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words in which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural form.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
- Account: A unique account created for you to access our Service or parts of our Service.
- Affiliate: An entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
- Company: Refers to Instant Alert News (referred to as "the Company", "we", "us", or "our").
- Cookies: Small files placed on your device by a website that contain details of your browsing history on that website.
- Country: Refers to Washington, United States.
- Device: Any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, cellphone, or digital tablet.
- Personal Data: Any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Service: Refers to the website instantalertnews.com.
- Service Provider: Any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Company, including third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company.
- Usage Data: Data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (e.g., the duration of a page visit).
- You: The individual accessing or using the Service, or the company or legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data: While using our Service, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information, which can be used to contact or identify you. This may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Usage Data
Usage Data: Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. This may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our Service and store certain information. The technologies we use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service.
Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons that allow us to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies: These are session cookies essential for providing you with services available through the Website and enabling you to use its features.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies: These persistent cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
Functionality Cookies: These persistent cookies allow us to remember choices you make, such as your login details or language preference.
For more information about cookies and your choices regarding them, please visit our Cookies Policy.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use your Personal Data for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service.
- To manage your Account.
- For the performance of a contract.
- To contact you regarding updates or informational communications.
- To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, or events.
- To manage your requests.
- For business transfers or mergers.
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
- For business transfers during negotiations of a merger, sale of Company assets, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
- With Affiliates and business partners.
- With other users when you share personal information publicly.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain your Personal Data only as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We may also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the Personal Data we have collected about you. You may update, amend, or delete your information at any time by signing into your Account or contacting us.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions: If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred.
Law Enforcement: We may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law.
Other Legal Requirements: We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation or to protect the rights or property of the Company.
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:
- Email: [email protected]