Introduction
Welcome to OTT News (“we,” “our,” “us”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website [www.ottnews.co] (the “Site”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please do not access the Site.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:
Personal Data:
Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as online chat and message boards. If you choose to share data about yourself via your profile, online chat, or other interactive areas of the Site, please be advised that all data you disclose in these areas is public, and your data will be accessible to anyone who accesses the Site.
Derivative Data:
Our servers automatically collect information when you access the site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.
Financial Data:
We may collect Financial information related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processor, [Payment Processor], and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly to respond to your questions.
Mobile Device Data:
Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device if you access the Site from a mobile device.
Data From Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys:
Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.
2. Use of Your Information
Accurate information about you lets us provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:
- Create and manage your account.
- Process your transactions and send related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices.
- Send you updates, newsletters, marketing materials, and other information.
- Improve the functionality of the Site.
- Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
- Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
- Assist law enforcement and respond to subpoenas.
- Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties.
3. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
By Law or to Protect Rights:
If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
Third-Party Service Providers:
We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
Marketing Communications:
We may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law, with your consent or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent.
Business Transfers:
We may share or transfer your information in connection with or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
4. Tracking Technologies
Cookies and Web Beacons:
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize it and improve your experience. When you access the Site, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the site’s availability and functionality.
Website Analytics:
We may also partner with selected third-party vendors, such as [Google Analytics] and others, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site through the use of first-party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Site, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity. By accessing the Site, you consent to these third-party vendors collecting and using your information. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly to get responses to your questions.
5. Third-Party Websites
The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website. You should take the steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information. We are not responsible for any third parties’ content or privacy and security practices and policies, including other sites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the site.
6. Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
7. Policy for Children
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at [Contact Information].
8. Controls for Do-Not-Track Features
Most web browsers, mobile operating systems, and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference and not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.
9. Options Regarding Your Information
Account Information:
You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:
- Logging into your account settings and updating your account.
- Contact us using the contact information provided below.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete it and the information in it from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce our Terms of Use, and/or comply with legal requirements.
Emails and Communications:
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt out by:
- Note your preferences when you register your account with the Site.
- Logging into your account settings and updating your preferences.
- Contact us using the contact information provided below.
10. Contact Us
Please contact us if you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. If we make material changes to this Policy, we will post the updated Policy on the site and update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Policy. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.
Thank you for visiting OTT News. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting your personal information.
Using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions.