This Privacy Policy will explain to you what information webcentsblog.com collects from you, how we collect your information, what we use your information for, and who has access to your information. This Privacy Policy will also let you exercise your data rights and take control over the data that we collect from you.
This Privacy Policy, as well as our Terms and Conditions, govern your access to and use of webcentsblog.com. By continuing to visit and use webcentsblog.com, you agree to the terms laid out in this Privacy Policy and in our Terms and Conditions.
You also acknowledge that you are over the age of thirteen (13). Webcentsblog.com is not intended for users who are not over the age of 13. If you suspect that we might have collected information from a user under the age of 13, please contact us and we will delete this information as soon as possible.
What Data We Collect and How We Collect It
Personally Identifiable Information
We only collect personally identifiable information from you when you choose to provide this information to us through any of these methods:
- When you sign up for our email list, we collect your name and email address.
- When you make a comment on our blog, we collect your name, email address, and any comments that you have posted on our blog.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We also collect non-personally identifiable information from you using third-party analytics services and log files. This information is collected as soon as you access webcentsblog.com and will continue to be collected until you exit the website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4), which allows us to collect the following information from you:
- A unique identifier, which can be used to identify your browser or device
- Your browser name and your browser’s settings, such as your language preferences
- Your device name and your device’s settings
- Your operating system
- Your approximate geolocation
- The referral page that linked you to any page that you accessed on our website
- The pages you accessed during your visit to our website
- The amount of time you spent on the pages you accessed on our website
- The queries you searched for on our website
- The dates and times during which you accessed our website
Log Files
We also collect the following information from you through our web server’s log files:
- Your Internet Protocol (IP) address
- The page you accessed during your visit to our website
- The dates and times during which you accessed our website
- The referral page that linked you to any page that you accessed on our website
- The user agent, which contains your browser name, device name, and operating system
Purpose of Collecting Your Information and Legal Bases for Processing Your Information
As mentioned, we collect your information through email signup forms, blog comments, and third-party analytics. We collect and process this information for the following purposes and legal bases as recognized by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- We collect your information through email signup forms so that we can connect with you on a conversational level and continue to contact you with information and products that we think might interest you. The legal basis for collecting information from signup forms is “consent.” We provide a disclaimer on the signup form to make you aware of the information we will collect from you. By submitting the form, you give consent.
- We collect your information through blog comments so that we can reach out to you if we need to follow up with you regarding the comment you posted. We also collect comments for potentially using them as testimonials strictly for marketing purposes. The legal basis for collecting information from comments is “consent.” We will inform you of the information we will collect from you when you make a comment. By publishing your comment on our blog, you give consent.
- We collect your information through third-party analytics so that we can track the performance of our blog and improve our content and services based on information about our visitors. The legal basis for collecting information from third-party analytics is “consent.” When you first visit our website, we inform you of our use of analytics and what information we will collect from you, and we give you the option to consent to, or refuse, being tracked by analytics.
- We collect your information through log files so that we can identify our website visitors and locate a specific user in the event of unwanted behavior on our website. The legal basis for collecting information from log files is “legitimate interests,” namely, to improve our website’s maintenance and security and to maintain the integrity of our website.
Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a text file stored on your browser by a website to identify you and track your preferences as you interact with a website. Cookies allow websites to provide you with content and recommendations that are relevant to you.
Essential cookies are needed for a website to function properly, but they do not store personal information from you. Non-essential cookies can collect data from you to improve your experience and provide content relevant to you. However, you can disable non-essential cookies.
Our Use of Cookies
On webcentsblog.com, you have the right to accept or refuse non-essential cookies. If you refuse these cookies, we will not collect any information from you through these cookies, but you will not see content and recommendations that are tailored to your interests.
Here are the non-essential cookies that are used on webcentsblog.com:
- Google ad cookies: Google uses cookies to show you ads on our site that you might be interested in, based on your visit to our site and other sites you might visit on the Internet. If you click on a Google ad, a cookie will be added and stored on your browser to show you more relevant ads in the future.
- Third-party ad cookies: Google also serves ads from third-party vendors on this site. These vendors can choose to use cookies for advertising purposes.
- Google Analytics cookies: We use Google Analytics on this site to track our visitors and how they interact with the site. As a result, Google Analytics will drop a cookie on your browser. You can visit Google’s privacy policy to learn how Google treats the information they collect from you using Google Analytics.
- Third-party cookies from embeds: There may be embeds on any part of this site, such as YouTube videos or domain checkers, that use cookies as you interact with the embed
How to Opt-Out of Cookies
Use the Cookie Consent Tool
The best way to opt out of non-essential cookies on our site is by using our Cookie Consent tool. With this tool, you can select what cookies you would like to accept or refuse, or you can choose to accept all, or reject all, non-essential cookies.
- To select Google Analytics cookies, use the “Measurement” toggle.
- To select Google and third-party ad cookies, use the “Marketing” toggle.
- To select third-party cookies from embeds, use the “Experience” toggle.
This tool should have appeared when you visited webcentsblog.com for the first time. You can access the Cookie Consent tool at any time on the bottom-right corner of the screen.
Manually Opt-Out of Cookies
If for whatever reason the Cookie Consent tool is unavailable or is not working correctly, you can manually disable non-essential cookies by doing the following:
- To opt out of Google ad cookies, please visit the Google Partner Ad Settings page.
- To opt out of third-party cookies from ad vendors that are partnered with the Digital Advertising Alliance, please use the WebChoices Consumer Choice tool or download the AppChoices app. Keep in mind that opting out of these cookies does not mean you will no longer see ads. Rather, you will no longer see ads that are tailored to your interests.
- To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics cookies, please install Google’s Analytics Opt-Out browser extension.
- To opt out of all third-party cookies, disable third-party cookies on your web browser.
We also recommend that you clear your browsing data, including your cookies, and restart your web browser to ensure that there are no cookies left on your computer.
Links to Other Websites
An external link is a link that goes from our website to a third party’s website. When you visit a third party’s website, some of your data might be collected by the third party. By visiting a third party’s website, you are subject to the Privacy Policy of that particular website.
Webcentsblog.com is not responsible for any of your data that was collected from third parties. Please contact the third parties directly for any data-related concerns.
Affiliate Links
Webcentsblog.com is an affiliate for products and services that we believe might be helpful to you. When you click on an affiliate link, a cookie will be placed in your browser. Cookies from affiliate links do not collect any personal information from you. Instead, they track your activity right up to the moment of signing up or purchasing a product or service.
If you sign up or make a purchase using any of the affiliate links on webcentsblog.com, we receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
Who Has Access to Your Data
We have access to all the data that we have collected from you while visiting webcentsblog.com. We will not share any of the data that we collect from you with any other third party, except when the sharing of your data is required by law.
Any third parties through whom we collect your data also have access to your data, including:
- Google services that are used to track analytics and serve ads on our website
- Our email marketing service that we use to send you emails when you sign up
- Other web design and management services
The third parties affiliated with our website are not permitted by law to use your data other than for the purposes stated above.
How Long We Retain Your Data
The amount of time we will keep the data we collect from you depends on how that data was collected:
- Email sign-up forms: we will keep this data for as long as you remain subscribed to our email lists. If you unsubscribe from all of our email lists, we will keep your data for a short time in case you decide to re-subscribe to any of our email lists. Afterward, we will remove all your data as soon as possible.
- Blog comments: we will keep this data for as long as the comment remains on our blog. If you delete your comment, we will remove all the information associated with that comment as soon as possible. We will also remove a deleted comment from our testimonials list if it was selected to be a testimonial.
- Google Analytics: there are two types of data collected: user data and event data. User data refers to data about you as a visitor, including your device and geolocation. Event data refers to data about what pages you visited and how you interacted with our website. We will keep your event data for up to two (2) months and your user data for up to fourteen (14) months.
- Log files: we will keep this data for up to two (2) months.
If you would like to ensure all of the data we collected from you is removed as soon as possible, please contact us using the information at the bottom of this page.
How to Take Control of Your Data
Rights under the GDPR
If you live in the European Union, we acknowledge that you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- You have the right to be informed, and this policy is meant to inform you.
- You have the right to request access to the data that we collected from you, and the right to change and remove that data.
- You have the right to request that we limit the use of the data we collected from you, and the right to object to the way we process your data.
- You have the right to the portability of your data.
- You have rights regarding automated decision-making and profiling. However, rest assured that this site does not profile you in any way.
How to Exercise Your Data Rights
We want you to have as much control of your data on this site as much as possible. Here are two ways you can exercise your rights over your information:
- Use the Cookie Consent tool on the bottom-right corner of the screen to control what non-essential cookies you would like to allow or reject while using webcentsblog.com.
- For data requests, including requests to access, change, limit the use of, or remove, some or all of your personal data that we have on file, email us at [email protected].
Privacy Policy Changes and Contact
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to, for example, make changes to our privacy practices or add elements and software to this site that collect visitor information. If we are aware of any additional practices or services that would collect data from you, we will update this privacy policy to inform you of this.
We will not be able to notify you when we change this privacy policy. We recommend that you visit this page from time to time in case we make any changes to this policy. By continuing to visit our website after changes are posted, you agree to the revised policy.
For questions regarding this privacy policy, email us at [email protected].
This page was last updated on January 25, 2025.