Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how Manolo Beelke & Partners collects, uses, and protects the personal information you provide on our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal information from you:
- Contact Information: This includes your name, email address, phone number, and postal address, which you provide when you contact us through our website or subscribe to our newsletter.
- Usage Data: We collect information about how you use our website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates/times of your visits. This data helps us analyze and improve the website’s performance and user experience.
- Cookies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us remember your preferences and track your activity on the website.
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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
- To Provide Services: We use your contact information to respond to your inquiries, provide you with the services you request, and communicate with you about our offerings.
- To Improve Our Website: We analyze usage data to understand how visitors use our website and to identify areas for improvement. This helps us optimize the website’s design, content, and functionality.
- To Send Marketing Communications: With your consent, we may send you newsletters, promotional emails, and other marketing communications about our services and events. You can opt-out of receiving these communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the emails.
- To Ensure Security: We use your information to protect the security and integrity of our website and to prevent fraud and other illegal activities.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your personal information with the following categories of recipients:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or providing services to you. These service providers include hosting providers, analytics providers, email marketing providers, and customer support providers.
- Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request, such as a subpoena or court order.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
4. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include encryption, firewalls, access controls, and regular security assessments. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. When we no longer need your personal information, we securely delete or anonymize it.
6. Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Correction: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
- Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information for certain purposes, such as direct marketing.
- Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Portability: You have the right to request that we provide you with a copy of your personal information in a structured, machine-readable format.
To exercise your rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior on our website. You can control cookies through your browser settings and other tools. However, disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will take steps to delete the information.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post any changes on our website and update the effective date. Your continued use of our website after the effective date constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
10. Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: [Insert Contact Information]