Your role in maintaining and protecting your privacy.
It’s fairly simple actually when you interact with our site or online and offline presence in any way you are expressing your consent to our privacy policy and terms and conditions. In some cases, you may also give us permission to contact you. If you do not agree to these policies or terms you can simply choose not to interact with our services, or attempt to contact or share your personal information with Diaspure in any way.
Avoiding the use of certain features on our services may not exempt you from our terms and conditions or privacy policy.
What rights do you have over your data?
- You have the right to choose not to share your personal information.
- You have the right to choose how much and what kind of information you share.
- You have the right to modify your personal information.
- You have the right to request the destruction of your personal information unless otherwise stipulated by law.
- You have the right to request that Diaspure does not share your personal information with their third-party service providers.
- You have the right to request information about the purposes for which your personal information has been and is being used by Diaspure unless otherwise stipulated by law.
- You have the right to request a record of the reasons your personal information has been or is being shared unless otherwise stipulated by law
- You have the right to request a record of whom your personal information has been shared unless otherwise stipulated by law.
Sending Privacy Requests
To exercise any of your rights mentioned above please submit your request in writing by sharing your concerns using the form on our contact page.
Please include the following information with your request:
- Name
- Email address
- Any other information associated with you and your account will help us to locate you in our systems.
Upon submission of your request, please keep in mind that to facilitate the completion of it, we may need to contact you for the following reasons:
- To clarify the details of a request you have submitted.
- To inform you of the status of your request.
- To request information that will aid in the completion of your request.
We will respond to your request no later than 45 days from the day we receive it.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies to help identify and understand our visitors, their usage of our website, and their website access preferences. If you do not wish to have cookies placed on your device you can set your browser to refuse cookies before using our website, with the drawback that certain features of our website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
You can manage your preferences from your browser settings. Further manage your preferences for our website in the section titled “Manage your consent settings” in our cookie policy.
When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
If you are a registered user of our site, when you log in several cookies are set up to save login information and screen display choices. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie is saved on your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the edited submission which expires after 1 day.
Additional information is available for you in our cookie policy. We share more about our cookies, and how you can adjust your settings in your browser or on our site.
Do not track signals (DNT)
When you visit a website in any browser, you automatically share information such as your IP address and cookies with that website. According to a well-known browser developer, “if the website contains content such as a map, advertisements, web measurement tools (such as a web beacon or scripts), provided by a third-party website some information about you may be automatically sent to the content provider”.
Diaspure links to and has enabled certain services with third-party sites that provide but are not limited to access to advertisements, maps, and web measurement tools. “Opting in or out” of DNT on your browser may result in a change in your user experience with our site. Diaspure does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals at this time.
Do we collect or store data?
Yes. Personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable data. This is dependent on what you choose to share with us, or your usage of our site.
Personally identifiable information:
- Includes names, addresses, phone numbers, etc.
Non-personally identifiable information:
- Includes IP address, user preference settings, etc.
Business information and some publicly available information such as the name, address, and telephone number of a business are not categorized as personal information.
How we collect or store data.
Data is collected in the following ways:
- Personal information provided to Diaspure by you.
- Data collected automatically.
Diaspure may securely store or collect data automatically with the use of “Third Party” tools. More details are described below.
Collection of your financial data using certain forms linked to our site is done through “Third Party” payment processors. We do not store, collect or process financial information such as credit/debit card numbers, virtual payment methods, or anything else pertaining to your finances. Diaspure and Diaspure ’s agents have no access to the financial information you share with “Third-Party” payment processors.
What we use to store or collect data.
We use Analytics tools to monitor site security as well as the most popular pages on our site or use spam screening services to help identify and combat spam. We do not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described in this policy. Data is collected automatically via cookies, correlating with the cookie settings on your browser. Data may also be collected using quizzes, surveys, polls, and forms. As part of our safety protocol, onsite and offsite storage of data may occur.
The usage of “Third-Party” tools for automatic data collection, or storage enables us to streamline our operations processes, provide reasonable and quality products, services, and content to you, while fulfilling legal obligations.
What data do we collect or store?
We collect or store data with your permission and only as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of your interaction with us.
We may collect or store data shared with us by you in the following ways:
- When you contact us through our website and offsite communication channels.
- When you elect to receive marketing communications and other correspondence from us.
- When you interact with forms.
We may collect or store the following data automatically:
- Your use of and interaction with our platform.
- Data collected via cookies such as data that makes it possible for you to log in without re-entry of your user information.
Content Submissions
As long as we have a legitimate interest and based on your consent we process data which includes but is not limited to user comments, forum data, images, and video content, posts, reviews, social media content, feedback, etc. If, in addition to you, other persons are identifiable in the content you provide, you must obtain consent from those persons before sharing that with us.
Social Media interactions
Your interaction with the social media aspects of our services, our social media pages, channels, or other content results in us receiving some personal data about you. This personal data includes your profile name, profile identifier, and the content of your submissions. We may use this information to communicate with you and for internal purposes until you withdraw consent or we no longer use the social media channels.
Please be cautious when disclosing any personal data through public activities or submissions. Any content (e.g. comments, photos, information, and other materials) that you share on our services, including our social media pages, is public and can be read, collected, or used by others.
Marketing and other informational updates.
REGISTERED USER
If you are a registered user of our website and have shared your email address with us, We may use your email address and other information we receive from you to share information with you about our products and services and with your permission, others’ products and services, share special offers and promotions that may be of interest to you. We may also periodically share important changes to our services, your account activities, and respond to account-related or service-related queries.
NON-REGISTERED USER
If you are not a registered user but have opted into receiving marketing communications, we may use your email address and other information we receive from you to share information with you about our products and services and with your permission, share others’ products and services that may be of interest to you. We may also periodically share about important changes to our services and other informational correspondence
In each case, with your consent and as otherwise permitted by law we may share surveys or polls to seek your valued feedback on how Diaspure can better serve you.
Feel free to withdraw your consent at any time by canceling your membership, unsubscribing, or deleting your account from your “Profile”. Your withdrawal from such correspondence may affect your usage of our services.
Contests Surveys, Giveaways, and Promotions
From time to time, third parties or Diaspure may sponsor contests, surveys, sweepstakes, giveaways, or other similar promotions. If you choose to participate, this may require you to share your personal data with us, or the third parties sponsoring these activities.
Keep in mind that as a condition of your receiving any awards or prizes, you may be required to provide additional information, sign a release, or authorize the use of certain information about you in marketing materials.
If a third party administers the contest or if we administer the contest using third-party platforms like Facebook or Instagram, your participation may be subject to additional terms and conditions and that third-party platform’s privacy policy. Please carefully review all contest guidelines and all third-party privacy policies and terms and conditions before deciding to participate in a contest publicized or offered through our site, as Diaspure is not responsible for such third parties.
Comments
If you engage with our site by leaving comments, they are not saved on our servers unless they were marked as false positives, in which case we store them long enough to use them to improve the service to avoid future false positives.
An anonymized string created from email addresses also called a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether or not visitors to our site are using it. You can find the Gravatar service privacy policy at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Following the approval of your comments, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comments.
Vendors and Suppliers
Dependent on your usage of our site, we may share the personal data we collect for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, with our service providers, vendors, or suppliers, so they can provide their services to Diaspure which helps us to serve you better or communicate with you about products or services, special offers, events, or promotions we believe may be of interest to you. Service providers, vendors, or suppliers only receive relevant data for the purpose of performing these services.
Financial Data
Collection of your financial data through certain features or forms linked to our site is done through “Third-party” payment processors. We do not store, collect or process financial information such as credit/debit card numbers, virtual payment methods, or anything else pertaining to your finances. Diaspure, Diaspure’s agents, vendors, and suppliers have no access to the financial information you share with “Third-Party” payment processors.
To ensure receipt of your purchase, whenever a financial transaction takes place, the only information we may collect is your name, address, email address, and contact number.
Be sure to spend some time reading our third-party payment processor’s privacy policies. PayPal, Stripe, WooCommerce
Why do we collect or store data?
Collection and storage of data help us make improvements to our platform, content, products, services, communication, make our organization more efficient, enforce security protocols, comply with legal obligations, and if users choose to receive it – share marketing correspondence.
Personal Data Retention
To ensure we meet our legal data protection and privacy obligations, we only hold on to your data for as long as we need it and for the purposes we acquired it for.
In most cases, this means we will keep your information for as long as you continue to use our services. If you stop doing so we may store your data on secure servers for a period of 3 years from the date you cease to be a user, client, or supplier of ours then we will delete it. Unless the law requires us to store the data for longer.
If you leave a comment on our site, 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.
If you register on our website, we also store the data you provide in your user profile until you or Diaspure removes it.
According to the GDPR’s website:
- “Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
You are free to delete or request that we destroy your personal data at any time unless the law requires that we store the data for a longer period.
Please send your request for us to destroy your stored personal data in writing by using the form on our Contact page.
We will respond to your request no later than 45 days from the day we receive your written request.
How personal information is used.
Personal Information is used in the ways shared in this policy. We only use personal information for the reasons they are acquired and for as long as they are required. Data is processed on our behalf to provide the products or services Diaspure makes available to you.
The agents, contractors, and affiliated organizations that process data on our behalf may be located outside of your home country. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. We do not rent or sell personal information to anyone.
When you attempt to contact listing owners through the form on our platform, they will receive a notification of your request.
Other than to our agents, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, if required we may disclose personal information in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental requests, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Diaspure, third parties or the public at large. If we determine that there is reason to protect you from significant harm, Diaspure may share your information as required by law.
Are personal account details safe when being transmitted?
We strive to protect your personal information during its travels across the internet by utilizing Security measures which are the standard technology for keeping an internet connection secure and keeping sensitive data protected. It encrypts all of your personal information, including your name and address to ensure that it cannot be read as this and other information travels across the internet.
Although we work hard to protect the personal information that we collect and store, no program is one hundred percent secure and we cannot guarantee that our safeguards will prevent every unauthorized attempt to access, use, or disclose personal information. Submission of any personal information to the Services is at your own risk. We make no warranties as to the security of any personal information you submit online.
If you become aware of a security issue, please use the form on our Contact page inform us. We will work with you to address any challenges.
Are personal account details stored safely?
We take reasonable steps to ensure the protection of personal information held by us, from risks such as loss, unauthorized access, destruction, unauthorized use, modification, or disclosure of data. We only permit your data to be accessed by authorized personnel.
We may utilize the services of reputable and qualified third-party organizations in countries which may include Canada and USA to store personal information for the purpose of providing quality services to you, streamlining operations, and abiding by the law.
Embedded content from other websites.
Our site may contain embedded content like videos, images, etc. Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way it would if you were to visit the other website.
These websites may collect data about your visit to our site, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content.
We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these sites. If you have any questions about these sites, be sure to consult their individual privacy policies.
In each case, before interacting with this content on our platform, you will be required to provide your permission to for them do so.
Third-Party Links
If you choose to purchase or pay for a product or service from or through links found on our site, a few special terms apply.
Though we make reasonable effort to ensure the links on our site create value for our users, we have no control over third party sites therefore we expressly disclaim any liability related to your interactions with any third-party including its privacy practices.
When we link to certain sites and you make a purchase on that site, we sometimes receive a small revenue share. The commercial relationships with these sites are handled by a third-party company. We use third parties to help us automate the process of linking to products. Any opinions shared by us about a product or service are driven by our editorial staff and are based on what we think. We don’t let any monetary incentives influence our editorial choices.
ADS
Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to you by advertising partners who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your device each time they send you an online advertisement. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by us and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
To learn more about Google Analytics and how to opt-out, please visit google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You may be able to change your browser settings to block and delete cookies when you access our site through a web browser. However, if you do that, some features on our site may not work properly.
Business transfers, sales, or mergers
If Diaspure or all of its assets were acquired by a third party, or sales of a portion of its assets, your information would be one of the assets that are transferred or acquired by a third party as permitted by law and/or contract.
Children’s Privacy
We care about the privacy of children therefore, we do not direct our services to anyone under the age of 18, or knowingly collect personal data from them. If we learn that a user is under 18, we will promptly destroy any personal data that the individual has provided to us.
Privacy Policy Updates
We may change our Privacy Policy at any time. If and when we do, we will inform you by posting the revised policy here. A notice will also be placed on the footer of our site a minimum of 30 days prior to the effective date of the new policy. We encourage you to periodically check this page for any changes to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our services after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such updates.
Security Breaches
In response to any breach of security safeguards involving personal information under our control, as soon as we determine that a breach has occurred, we are required to report to the Commissioner if it is believed that the breach creates a real risk of significant harm to an individual.
Notifying affected persons
Unless the law states otherwise, we will notify you of any breach of security safeguards involving any personal information under our control if it is believed that the breach creates a real risk of significant harm.
Contents of notification
In the event of a security breach, to ensure you understand how you may be affected, our notice to you will include, The information that may have been breached”, and “any steps that may be taken to mitigate the risk of significant harm.
You will be notified directly, using the contact information we have for you unless otherwise stated by law.
When will we notify you of a security risk?
We will notify you as soon as we have determined that a breach that may result in significant harm has occurred.
DEFINITION OF “SIGNIFICANT HARM”
Law states that “significant harm includes:
- Bodily harm
- Humiliation
- Damage to reputation or relationships
- Loss of employment
- Business or professional opportunities
- Financial loss
- Identity theft
- Negative effects on the credit record
- Damage to or loss of property
Law also states that the factors relevant to determining whether a breach of security creates a real risk of significant harm to you include:
- The sensitivity of the personal information involved in the breach
- The probability that the personal information has been, is being or will be misused
- Any other factor
In either case, you will be notified as soon as we have determined that a breach that may result in significant harm has occurred.
Which laws do we abide by?
Some laws we abide by include the following: