Privacy Policy

Shahid Maqbool

By Shahid Maqbool
On Apr 19, 2023

Privacy Policy

This privacy notice explains how and why we collect, store, and use your data while using the services of SEODebate. Take your time to read our Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy aims to inform users how utterly we take their privacy while using our website. The information explained here only reflects the policies of SEODebate.com; it has nothing to do with the privacy policies of other websites.

WHICH TYPE OF DATA DO WE COLLECT?

Your personal information

We collect your personal information when you:

  • Use our services

  • Sign in to get information

  • Subscribe to get the newsletter

  • Participate in community discussions

  • Or contact us 

We collect your personal data like:

  • Name

  • Phone number

  • Fax number

  • Email address

  • Username

  • Social media profiles

Automatically collected information

When you interact with our website, we may collect your information automatically on our servers.

This information contains:

  • IP address

  • Location

  • Device name

  • Web browser

  • Operating system

  • Browsing information

WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE US?

SEODebate can use your collected data for different purposes. We can use this data to:

  • Improve and evaluate our products, services, and website

  • Make personalised content for you

  • Improve the functioning and performance of our website

  • Prevent any fraudulent activities

  • Comply with all the applicable laws

  • Send emails, newsletters, alerts, and other promotional content about our services

  • Display personalised ads based on your preferences, interests, locations, and behaviour

  • Maintain the functionality of your user account on our website

  • Implement our terms of use

HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION UNDER LEGAL GROUNDS?

We use your personal information with your consent. The procedures we follow and the data we utilise comply with the legislation protecting your privacy.

This section covers the information for our website users within the EU, which comes under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR.

 The conditions to process your personal data includes the following:

Consent and Contract

This applies when the user has given consent to use his/her personal information for a specific reason. This also applies when processing is required to deliver a contractual service to someone. In both cases, we process the personal information provided by users. However, you have the right to revoke your permission at any time.

Legal obligation

We may process your information when it is required to comply with a law or legislative obligation. You can definitely rely on the legal basis if your data is being processed. However, you must be aware of your legal obligations in detail and be able to explain why you rely on these legal bases.

Public task

This applies when processing needs to be done in the public's interest.

Legitimate interest

This applies when processing is required to be done in our legitimate business interest. It has a minimal impact on people's privacy and has a solid justification for that. To use these legal bases, we show the users how necessary the processing is and how it complies with the user's interests, privacy, and fundamental rights.

WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND WHEN DO WE SHARE IT?

We may disclose or share your personal information to:

  • Advertisers: We may share your personal information with the advertisers on our website.

  • Business partners: We may share your information with our business partners or co-owners for the purpose of providing certain products and services.

  • Service providers: We may share your personal information with service providers. i.e. Advertisement service provider, web hosting service provider, data storage service provider etc.

  • Subsidiaries and affiliates: We may also share your personal information in case of a merger of our website with another one. In case of acquisition by another company, we can also share your personal information with subsequent owners and advisors. 

  • Public authorities: We may share your information with law enforcement agencies if we are required to protect our rights or if it is legally required.

WHAT TYPES OF TRACKING MEASURES DO WE USE?

We may use cookies and other tracking apps to collect and store your data. When you visit our website, we will use our cookies to store information about visitors' interests, preferences, behaviour, and other information sent via their web browsers. 

IS YOUR DATA SHARED INTERNATIONALLY?

We may store, transfer, and process your information outside your country of origin. We may also share it with third-party websites if you have accessed our website outside our servers.

HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP YOUR DATA?

We retain our users' information as long as it is necessary to meet our objectives and comply with our objectives and applicable law. Once you terminate your user account, we will only keep your personal information for a month. After that, it will be permanently deleted.

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We have adopted several technical and organisational measures to protect our users' personal information or data. Though we take serious steps to ensure the security of our users' personal information – WE DO NOT GUARANTEE its transfer over the internet via stealing, hacking, or unauthorised third parties. 

WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS TO PRIVACY?

If you are a resident of the EEA (European Economic Area), UK, and Canada – you will have great control over your privacy settings. You have the right to change, review, and terminate your account. You can also:

  • Request for the review, correction and deletion of your personal information

  • Export a copy of your personal information

  • Restrict how your personal information is used

Any request will be considered and responded to in compliance with relevant data protection legislation.

Information about your account

You can change, update, or delete your account by visiting your settings. Upon cancellation request, your account will be deactivated, and all the information stored on our databases will be removed.

However, we keep some information for the following purposes:

  • Troubleshooting

  • Investigations

  • Enforce legal terms

  • Fraud prevention

DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURE CONTROLS

Most web browsers have a DO NOT TRACK feature that tells the websites that you do not want your online browsing activities to be traced by them. Currently, we do not respond to the DNT signals. Instead, we strictly adhere to the standards mentioned in this Privacy Policy to honestly, lawfully, and transparently collect and process your personal information or data. 

DO WE MAKE CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE?

Yes, we reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy page. We are committed to keeping this Privacy Policy up-to-date with any changes in laws, regulations, or data protection practices. Any changes made to this Privacy Policy page will be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. It is important to review and update this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that it accurately reflects our current data protection practices and compliance with applicable laws. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an updated version on our website or by other means as required by law.

HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

For any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, feel free to Contact Us.

HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT?

Use our Contact Us form if you want to change, access, or delete your personal information. We will do so unless otherwise authorised by your country's law. 

Updated on May 14th, 2023