Privacy Policy

Last Updated!: Nov 27, 2024

Hello, dear reader, welcome to Technewz.pro, your reliable information source on the most recent developments in the sphere of technology, AI, business, finance, insurance, and law. We place a high priority on the privacy of our customers and strive to make sure that your personal data will be treated with due care, respect, and in adherence to all the relevant regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. This Privacy Policy describes the type of information gathered, how it is used, your right to access to your data, and what we do to ensure your privacy is safeguarded.

Accessing or using our site shall be an agreement to the terms of this Privacy Policy. In case you have a disagreement with any of the aspects of this policy, then avoid using our services. We invite you to revisit this policy periodically as we might revise it at regular times to align to new practices or changes in law.

The kinds of Information We Collect

Our site receives both personal and non-personal information by the user who visits our site. The data that we process are of:

a) Personal Information:

• Account Information: we gather personal user information when the user signs up to the site or subscribes to our services, including personal details like name, email address, and other information required to handle and build your account.
• Subscription Data: When you subscribe to our newsletter, or sign up to send you email notifications we retain your email address and your preferences so that we can deliver what you signed up to receive.
• Contact Forms: By contacting us through our contact forms, we may gather your name, email address and the information you sent so that we can answer your questions.

Opt-in and Opt-out

We know that not all users have the same privacy preferences and we appreciate that you trust us with your lot.

Opt-In:

• When you create an account, subscribe to our newsletter, or register to get updates, you are allowing us to utilise your personal data to communicate to you.
• Once you subscribe, you will get a confirmation email to confirm your subscription and how you would like to receive our emails. Your email will not be used in this way because of this arrangement of the double opt-in method.

Opt-Out:

• Should you decide to stop receiving our newsletters or other marketing communications, it can be done easily by clicking the link provided at the end of all sent emails denoted as unsubscribe.
• You can also control your preferences by updating the settings on your account or by sending us a request by email to privacy@technewz.pro.
• You can choose not to receive promotional messages, but even then, you will continue to receive necessary operational messages, including order confirmations, product security communications, or legal notifications.

Push Notifications

Here at Technewz.pro, we use push notifications to inform our users about the latest news, articles, and other useful materials. When you open our site, your browser may ask you to subscribe to push notifications. When you do decide to enable these notifications, you will get periodic updates directly delivered to your device.

You can change your push notifications settings anytime by modifying your browser settings. Turning off the push notification does not block your access to the rest of the content or features on our site.

Compliance to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

In the European Union (EU), we also adhere to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in case of our users. GDPR provides you with a series of rights as to your personal data, and we are committed to respecting them, such as:

• Right to Access: You have the right to demand right of access to your personal data held by us. Among these is the right to be provided with a copy of your information in a format that you can read.
• Right to Rectification: You can ask, by sending a request, that we correct or update the information we hold about you, provided you think that, or believe it is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): You may ask us to erase your personal data under some conditions, including, when it is no longer necessary to perform the purposes in which it was collected.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to ask us to restrict processing of your personal data where one of a few things authorise this for reasons like when you dispute the accuracy of your data.
• Right to data portability: You have the right to receive a copy of your data, in a structured, machine-readable format, which you can pass to another service provider where it will be processed by an equivalent program or application.
• Objecting: You have a right to object to the processing of personal data against direct marketing purposes or other substantial reasons.

Where you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@technewz.pro. As GDPR requires, we will reply to your request within 30 days.

There is CCPA Compliance (California Consumer Privacy Act)

By California residents, we will be bound by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) granting them particular rights concerning personal information. In CCPA, California residents are entitled to the following rights:

• Right to Know: Ask to know what types of personal data we have, what we do with it, and whether there are third parties we share personal data with.
• Right to Delete: have us delete your personal data unless a transaction is in the process of being completed or a legal obligation made to do so.
• Right to Opt-Out of the Sale of Personal Data: CCPA gives individuals the right to opt-out of the sale of personal data as well as personal information to third parties, even though Technewz.pro does not sell personal data.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: You can exercise your privacy rights under CCPA without being discriminated.

In case you wish to exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us at privacy@technewz.pro. Your request will be checked, and we will reply within the legal time limits.

Author Profiles

Technewz.pro is a website that takes pride in publishing quality articles and reviews that have been written by reputable writers. We think that openness matters, and that is why we use to expose author profiles of our articles. We are mostly supported by:

• Ali Asghar: an aspiring technologist and a software engineer. Tech is an expert in covering the new gadgets and offering in-depth knowledge on new technologies in the market.
• Hamid: An experienced technology journalist who has spent years writing about the technology sector, advancements, and digital revolution.

All our writers possess a distinctive vision, which allows us to provide diverse, informative, and accurate content.

Affiliation Disclosure

Technewz.pro is an independent website that operates without any formal affiliation to advertising or affiliate networks. While we may occasionally feature sponsored content or include links to third-party websites, these do not affect our editorial independence.

Any affiliate links on our website will be clearly disclosed, and we only recommend products and services that we genuinely believe are of value to our readers. Our editorial decisions are not influenced by any third-party affiliations or financial incentives.

Data Retention

The personal data that we hold is stored only as long as necessary to achieve the purpose they were collected or as long as required by law. The exact retention periods of the information we gather are as follows:

• Account Information: Stored until the time you want to delete the account.
• Newsletter Subscription: This is retained until you terminate your subscription to receive communications with us.
• Technical Data (Cookies): Stored according to settings based on cookies which can be changed in your browsers preference settings.

We will permanently delete the information, as required by laws when you no longer need it or when you ask us to do so. Should you have any concerns regarding the duration of data preservation, please do not hesitate to reach us.

Data Security

We have ensured that we handle your personal information with care and have therefore put in place various security measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. The security measures we take are:

• Encryption: Your data travelling over the internet is transmitted using industry standard encryption (SSL).
• Access Control: Only authorized personnel can view personal data and all employees are signed to a stringent non-disclosure agreement.
• Frequent Security Audits: We conduct frequent security audits and vulnerability analysis in order to achieve continued security of our systems.

Even with these precautories, no internet transmission method or electronic storage is foolproof. Though we make every attempt to keep your personal information secure, we do not guarantee its complete security.

In case of a data leak, we will inform impacted users immediately and respond accordingly in an effort to reduce the effects.

The Tracking technologies and the cookies

Cookies are local files that we keep on your device containing small amounts of text data, which help us remember you the next time you visit our site. Our cookie use includes a number of purposes:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary in order to make the site work. They enable you to find your way around the site, as well as perform key functions including logging in to your account.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies are used to monitor how you use our site as well as which pages you visit most frequently so that we can improve our functionality and/or user experience.
• Functional Cookies: We use functional cookies that help us to remember your preferences, so that you can have a more personalized experience when using the services, e.g. language settings.
• Analytics and Tracking Cookies: We employ a variety of analytical tools such as Google Analytics that helps to track visitor and search trends. The cookies aid us to determine how the users use the site, so that we can make the necessary enhancements.

Browser settings allow you to adjust your cookies or disable it. But, do bear in mind that cookies are quite necessary to use some parts of the site and disabling them will impact your access to them.

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information of children under the age of 13, and Technewz.pro is not targeted at children below the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected information about a child under 13 years old, we shall immediately act to remove the information.

It is recommended that parents and guardians closely observe their children online behavior as well as make sure their children do not disclose personal details without permission. In the event you feel we have received data on a minor, please contact us at Support@technewz.pro and we will delete it.

Variation of this Privacy Policy

We do reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. The revised changes will be indicated by the date in the top of the policy under the heading Last Updated. We recommend you visit this page regularly so that you can be informed of any changes. By using Technewz.pro after any changes have been made to this policy, you are agreeing to the new terms.

Contact Us

Any questions, concerns or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or your personal data are welcome and should be addressed to  Contact Us at  contact@technewz.pro