Privacy Policy of www.worldribus.org
At WorldRibus.org, we collect and manage user data according to the following Privacy Policy which conforms to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of 2018.
Who we are
The Custodian of WorldRibus.org is Daniel Quinn and he can be contacted via email at dan@gunung.org or via phone via +447735115013.
Our website address is: https://www.worldribus.org.
Our physical address is: Staxigoe, Wick, KW1 4RZ, UK.
Data Collected
We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you purchase a product such as a course, participate in any interactive features of our services, fill out a form, request support or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, postal address, and other contact or identifying information you choose to provide such as during the checkout process on our store.
We may also collect location and traffic data (including IP address and browser type) if you place an order, or if we need to estimate taxes and shipping costs based on your location.
Users and customers are free to request the data that we hold on them by contacting Daniel Quinn at dan@gunung.org or +447735115013.
We collect anonymous data from every visitor of the Website to monitor traffic and fix bugs. For example, we collect information like web requests, the data sent in response to such requests, the Internet Protocol address, the browser type, the browser language, and a timestamp for the request. This data could include what language you prefer and the location you are in.
We also use various technologies to collect information, and this may include sending cookies to your computer. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in your device memory that helps us to improve our services and your experience, see which areas and features of our services are popular and count visits.
You can set your browser not to accept cookies or remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result. For further information on cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.
We may also collect information using web beacons (also known as “tracking pixels”). Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in our services or emails and to track count visits or understand usage and campaign effectiveness.
Sharing of Data
We don’t share your personal information with third parties. Aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted to external services to help us improve the Website and service.
We may allow third parties to provide analytics services. These third parties may use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to collect information about your use of the services and other websites, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
We may also use social buttons provided by services like Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Facebook. Your use of these third party services is entirely optional. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices of these third party services, and you are responsible for reading and understanding those third party services’ privacy policies. If you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Processing Payments
If you make a payment to WorldRibus.org, we will ask for Payment Information and other information requested for processing your payment.
We use a third party payment processor, currently PayPal, to assist in securely processing your payment information. If you pay with a credit card or debit card the payment information that you provide is encrypted and transmitted directly to the Payment Processor. We do not store your Payment Information and do not control and are not responsible for the Payment Processor or their collection or use of your information. You may find out more about how the Payment Processor stores and uses your Payment Information by accessing the Payment Processor’s privacy policy.
If you choose to use PayPal to make purchases through the Website, you will be directed to the PayPal website and provide your payment information directly to PayPal. PayPal’s privacy policy applies to the information you provide on the PayPal website.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Use of the Data
We only use your personal information to provide you WorldRibus.org services or to communicate with you about the Website or the services.
We employ industry standard techniques to protect against unauthorized access of data about you that we store, including personal information, by using encryption and private passwords for all sensitive documents.
We do not share personal information you have provided to us without your consent, unless:
- Doing so is appropriate to carry out your own request
- We believe it’s needed to enforce our legal agreements or that is legally required
- We believe it’s needed to detect, prevent or address fraud, security or technical issues
OPT-OUT, COMMUNICATION PREFEREnces
You may modify your communication preferences and/or opt-out from specific or all communications at any time. Please specify and adjust your preferences or email the Data Protection Officer Daniel Quinn at dan@gunung.org (or via phone at +447735115013). For email subscribers who receive newsletters via Mailchimp, please note the option to unsubscribe in the footer of every newsletter.
What are your data protection rights?
WorldRibus.org would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request WorldRibus.org for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that WorldRibus.org correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request WordlRibus.org to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that WorldRibus.org erase your personal data, under certain conditions. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that WorldRibus.org restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to WorldRibus.org’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that WorldRibus.org transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
Security
We take reasonable steps to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. But, you should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever completely secure or error-free. In particular, email sent to or from the Website may not be secure.
About Children
The Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information via the Website from visitors in this age group.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used.
If we make major changes in the way we collect or use information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the Website or sending you an email.
This privacy policy was last updated on 9th October 2024.