Privacy Policy
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it by complying with this privacy policy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you provide on the www.theunspooling.com website and any of its related products and services (collectively “website”, “we”, “services”), and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that personal information and how you can exercise your rights.
This policy is a legally binding agreement between you and this website. If you are entering into this policy on behalf of a business or legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity to this policy, in which the terms “you” or “your” shall refer to such entity. If you do not have such authority, or if you disagree with the terms of this policy, you must not accept this policy and may not access or use the website and services. By accessing and using the website and services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this policy.
Personal data is processed where necessary for the proper functioning of a website, for its continuous improvement, and for the provision of our content, products, and services. Below you will find information on the data we collect from website visitors, how we use it, and how it is processed by third parties where necessary.
The website is generally hosted on Hostinger servers, and your personal data is processed in Switzerland. Any exceptions to this are detailed below.
Personal Information Collection
You can access this website and browse the site without telling us who you are or revealing any information by which someone could identify you as a specific, identifiable individual.
This website is directed to individuals who are at least 18 years old. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from individuals under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not submit any personal information through the website and services. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Information to us through the website, please get in touch with us to request that we delete that information. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s internet usage to help enforce this policy by instructing their children never to provide personal information through the website without their permission.
We receive and store any information you knowingly provide to us when you subscribe to our mailing list, fill out any form on the website, or publish comments, such as names and e-mail addresses.
Personal Information Collected Automatically
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device you use to access the website. For example, when you use the website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the website. We may also collect information about actions you take on the website, such as links you click.
Information Collected via Gumroad
When you buy one of our digital products via Gumroad, the sale and any tax collection is between you and Gumroad as the merchant of record. Gumroad only provides us with your name and email address upon a successful purchase or free download. We use this information solely to send you important updates, new versions, and new products available on Gumroad, and to provide you with personalized support if you contact us regarding your purchase.
These update emails are sent through Gumroad's platform. Your ability to receive these product-specific communications is managed entirely by your Gumroad notification settings. If you do not wish to receive these updates, you can unsubscribe directly through your Gumroad account settings. Please note that unsubscribing may prevent you from receiving important information about updates, new features, or additional content for the products you own.
We do not use the name and email address provided by Gumroad for our own general marketing newsletters outside Gumroad. You will only be added to our independent marketing list if you explicitly opt in on our website. We do not sell or rent the information received from Gumroad to any other parties.
Third-Party Use of Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.
Their respective privacy policies dictate each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information. The website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
POWR: We use the POWR Comments system to facilitate user comments. When you submit a comment, POWR collects the data shown in the comments form (name, email, and comment text) and may also collect your IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection and functionality.
Hostinger Reach: We use this service to deliver email updates, blog posts, and newsletters. We store your name and email address for the purpose of providing such communication. Hostinger Reach, let us know how you interacted with your emails.
Cookies
We may receive information from cookies, which are pieces of data your browser stores and sends back to us when making requests. We use cookies as follows:
Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off.
Analytics Cookies: Our website may use third-party analytics tools that use cookies, web beacons, or other similar information-gathering technologies to collect standard internet activity and usage information. The information gathered is used to compile statistical reports on usage activity, such as how often visitors visit our website, which pages they visit, and how long they stay. We use this information to monitor performance, improve your experience, and enhance the quality of our website and services. We do not use this information to track or collect any personal identifiable information and will not associate any information gathered from statistical reports with any individual.
Affiliate Marketing Cookies: We participate in affiliate marketing programs. When you click on a link to a product or service we recommend, our affiliate partners may place a cookie on your browser. This cookie tracks the referral and helps ensure we receive a commission if you make a purchase, at no extra cost to you. These cookies are typically persistent and last between 30 and 60 days.
Social Media Feature: Our website may include social media features, such as share buttons. These features may collect your IP address and the page you are visiting on our website, and may set a cookie to enable Social Media Features to function properly. Your interactions with these Social Media Features are governed by the privacy policies of their respective providers.
Comments: The POWR service uses functional cookies to remember display preferences (e.g., whether you have submitted a comment form before) and to provide its core features. These cookies have a duration between 24 hours and 30 days, do not contain personal information, and are limited to this website. For more information, visit the POWR website.
You can control cookie settings through your browser. However, if you turn cookies off, some site features may not function properly.
Data Protection & Breaches
We will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We do not automatically log personal data, nor do we link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals. We collect only the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.
We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification, or disclosure of personal information in our control and custody. However, no data transmission over the internet or wireless network can be guaranteed. Therefore, you acknowledge that there are security and privacy limitations on the internet which are beyond our control, the security, integrity, and privacy of any information and data exchanged between you and the website cannot be guaranteed, and any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party, despite our best efforts.
Privacy Rights
If you are a resident of the European Union or Switzerland, you have certain rights in relation to your personal information based on the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection and the General Data Protection Regulation that we comply with as part of our commitment to your privacy. These regulations grant you, under certain circumstances, the rights to request access, withdraw consent, rectify, object to processing, restrict processing, or request the deletion of the personal information we have about you.
If you wish to exercise one or more of these rights, please get in touch with us at privacy_eos@proton.me. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such a request. Your request must provide sufficient information to confirm that you are the person you claim to be or the authorized representative of that person. If we receive your request from an authorized representative, we may request evidence that you have provided such an authorized representative with power of attorney or that the authorized representative otherwise has valid written authority to submit the request on your behalf. You must include sufficient details so we can understand the request and respond appropriately.
You also may opt out of future email communications by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails.
We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: (a) you asking us to delete the information, (b) our decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) we decide that the costs of retaining it outweigh the value in retaining the data.
If you reside outside the European Union or Switzerland, we are still committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with internationally recognized privacy principles.
External Web Sites
Please note that this website contains links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage our users to be aware that when they leave our site, they should read the privacy statements of each website that might collect personally identifying information.
Changes
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. If we do, we will let you know by revising the date at the top of the policy. If we make a change to this policy that, in our sole discretion, is material, we will provide you with additional notice. We encourage you to review the privacy policy whenever you access or use our services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy. If you continue to use our services after the privacy policy changes go into effect, you consent to the revised policy.
