Privacy Policy
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The Inquest (“The Inquest,” “we,” or “us”) provides this Privacy Policy to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, disclosure and protection of information that apply to our Service, as well as your choices regarding the collection and use of information.
Overview
The Inquest is a news and current affairs online platform that enables great online communities and discussion. We fully support freedom of speech. We give you the options to identify yourself in public online communities, in whatever format you’re comfortable with.
Personally Identifiable Information
To use the The Inquest, an email address, username and password are required. That’s it. As described further in this Privacy Policy, we use personally identifiable information to deliver the Service, to comply with reasonable requests of law enforcement, and recommend additional content to you, some of which may include content from advertisers. We may share your personally identifiable information with our vendors to perform services for us, and we may share encrypted email addresses, device identifiers or anonymous information with third parties who want to market to or communicate with you about products and services, in each case as described below.
Advertising
Advertising is the primary way The Inquest makes money. We are paid by advertisers to serve and share content.
Censorship
The Inquest does not moderate comments on the sites that use our Service. If a comment you make is deleted or not posted, it is done so at the discretion of that site operator. Each community using The Inquest establishes their own standards for etiquette and acceptable language.
Information Collection on the Service
Our Service allows for an interactive experience by integrating a commenting platform. By using our Service you understand and agree that we are providing a public comment sharing platform and that we or other Users may search for, see, use, re-post any of your User Content that you make publicly available through the Service.
Personally Identifiable Information: We collect information that we use to identify you as an individual (“Personally Identifiable Information”) when you provide such information in connection with the Service. We ask for and retain Personally Identifiable Information such as your name, username, and e-mail address when you register for a The Inquest account with the Service, or if you correspond with us (in which case we will also retain our correspondence). We may also retain any comments or replies to comments you send through the Service, and may collect information you provide in any other User Content you post to the Service; we treat this information as Personally Identifiable Information only when we store it with the name, username, or e-mail address you provide to register for a The Inquest account, and in all other cases we treat it as Non-Personally Identifiable Information. We may receive Personally Identifiable Information about you from third parties, including, for example, information about your transactions, purchase history, or relationships with various product and service providers, and your use of certain applications. For example, if you access our website or Service through a third-party connection or log-in, for example, through Facebook Connect, by “following,” “liking,” linking your account to the The Inquest service, etc., that third party may pass certain information about your use of its service to The Inquest. This information could include, but is not limited to, the user ID associated with your account, any information you have permitted the third party to share with us, and any information you have made public in connection with that service. You should always review, and if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on third-party websites and services before linking or connecting them to The Inquest’s website or Service.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information: We also collect and use information about your interactions with the Service, and with websites that use the Service, in a manner and format that does not directly identify you as an individual (“Non-Personally Identifiable Information”). Non-Personally Identifiable Information also includes information that we collect and use that we make anonymous by obfuscating or removing information that directly identifies you. In addition, we collect and use comments, replies, and other User Content you post to the Service, and regardless of whether the information that they contain identifies you, we treat this information as Non-Personally Identifiable Information when it is separate from the name, username, or e-mail address you provide to register for a The Inquest account. We may collect, use, and disclose anonymous and Non-Personally Identifiable Information for any lawful purpose including but not limited to as set forth below.
Cookies Information: Like many websites, when you visit or use the Service, we may send one or more cookies — a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters — to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets The Inquest help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the site. A cookie may also convey information to us about how you use the Service (e.g., the pages you view, the links you click and other actions you take on the Service), and allow us to track your usage of the Service (including on third party websites that include the Service) over time. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent uses of the Service (or visits to websites that include the Service). Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser’s directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the Service may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
Analytics Information: We use third-party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including the web pages you visit, your browser add-ons, your browser’s width and height, and other information that assists us in improving the Service. We do not use this analytics information in a form that directly identifies any particular individual user.
Log File Information: Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you access a web page. When you use our Service, our servers automatically record certain log file information. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on the Service, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.
Clear Gifs/Web Beacons Information: When you use the Service, we may employ clear gifs (also known as web beacons) which are used to track the online usage patterns of our users without using information that directly identifies them. In addition, we may also use clear gifs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened and which links are clicked by recipients. The information is allows for more accurate reporting and improvement of the Service.
Sharing: We may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information collected to unaffiliated third parties as described below:
• Who we may share your Personally Identifiable Information with: We may share your Personally Identifiable Information with unaffiliated third party agents and contractors to provide the Services to you, or to enable such agents and contractors to perform services they are providing for us, such as, but not limited to, host our websites, conduct marketing campaigns, order fulfillment and research and analytics.
• Who we may share your anonymous information with: We may share anonymous information, such as encrypted email addresses or device identifiers, with unaffiliated third-party business partners that intend to market products and services to you directly and otherwise communicate with you about their own products and services. If you do not want us to share your information with other companies or organizations as described in this paragraph, you may opt-out per instructions below.
• Who you may choose to share your User Content with: Any Personally Identifiable Information or content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to the Service, such as User Content, becomes available to the public, as controlled by any applicable privacy settings. If you remove information that you posted to the Service, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the Service, or if other Users have copied or saved that information.
• What happens in the event of a change of control: We may buy or sell/divest the company, or any combination of its products, services, assets and/or businesses. Personally Identifiable Information such as customer names and email addresses, User Content and other user information related to the Service will likely be among the items transferred in these types of transactions. We may also transfer or assign such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, dissolutions or similar transactions or proceedings.
Instances where we are required to share your Personally Identifiable Information: The Inquest will disclose Personally Identifiable Information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement; (b) to protect the security or integrity of our Service; and/or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of The Inquest, our Users or others.
The Inquest recognizes the following guiding principles for any required sharing of information to third parties: a) freedom of expression and identity choice are core to the The Inquest platform and should be respected as such, b) law enforcement requests must comply with all laws, particularly those protecting user information, and must clearly establish the legal need for disclosure, c) law enforcement requests must be related to specific investigations and specific accounts implicated in those investigations), whenever legally permitted, and barring exceptional circumstances where safety or other factors are deemed a reasonable counteracting concern, Users should receive notice that their specific information is being requested with opportunity to inquire further or contest such requests.
Ads on The Inquest
We may also share certain information such as your location, browser and cookie data, Non-Personally Identifiable Data, and other data relating to your use of our Service with our business partners to deliver advertisements (“ads”) that may be of interest to you. The Inquest may allow third-party ad servers or ad networks to serve advertisements on the Service. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your browser or mobile device, the ads and ad links that appear on the Service, and these third parties will automatically receive your IP address when they do so. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, device identifiers, location data, and clear gifs, see above) to compile information about your browser’s or device’s visits and usage patterns on the Service, and to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize the advertising content.
Please note that an advertiser may ask The Inquest to show an ad to a certain audience of Users (e.g., based on demographics or other interests). In that situation, The Inquest determines the target audience and The Inquest serves the advertising to that audience and only provides anonymous aggregated data to the advertiser. If you respond to such an ad, the advertiser or ad server may conclude that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach.
The The Inquest Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, third-party advertisers. Please consult the respective privacy policies of such advertisers or contact such advertisers for more information.
Information posted in Public Forums
The Service provides a commenting platform and you should be aware that any information which you voluntarily include and transmit in connection with the Service (e.g., online in a blog or otherwise online) may be viewed and used by others. We are unable to control such uses of your information, and by using the Service you assume the risk that the information provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties.
Changing or Deleting Your Information & Targeting Opt-Out
All registered users may review, update or correct the Personally Identifiable Information provided in their registration or account profile by changing their “user preferences” in their account.
Do Not Track Preferences
While we want to honor your privacy as described in this Policy, unfortunately the Service does not monitor for or behave differently if your computer or browser transmits a “do not track” or similar message to us or the Service.
Security
The Inquest is very concerned with safeguarding your information. The Inquest uses commercially reasonable safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of all information collected through the Service. To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you access to your account. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for controlling access to your email communications from The Inquest, at all times. Notwithstanding the foregoing measures, The Inquest cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to The Inquest or guarantee that information on the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed. Your privacy settings may also be affected by changes to the functionality of The Inquest’ distributors, such as social networks. The Inquest is not responsible for the functionality or security measures of any third party.
Policy Toward Children
The Service is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for an account. If you are under 13, please do not send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any personal information to or on The Inquest. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at theinquest18@gmail.com
Links to Other Web Sites
We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from the Service, nor the information or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from the Service to another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including those that have a link on this website, is subject to that website's own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
International Data Transfers
Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information that The Inquest collects may be transferred to and stored and processed in countries other than the country in which you reside, which means that laws different from the laws in your country may comply. For example, The Inquest may transfer Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information to the United States of America. By using the The Inquest Service, you consent to the transfer of your Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information to other countries including the United States of America.
Disputes
If you have questions regarding our privacy practices, please email us at theinquest18@gmail.com.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email us at theinquest18@gmail.com.
Changes to Privacy Policy
The Inquest may, in its sole discretion, modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and so you should review this page periodically. When we change the policy, we will update the ‘last modified’ date at the bottom of this page. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of any changes to this policy means you accept such changes.
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