Webspeed Index Privacy Policy

Last updated May 28th, 2021
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Webspeed Index ("Company", "we", "us", "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at [email protected].
When you and more generally, use any of our services (the "Services", which include the Webspeed Index website and portal, social media), we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy policy, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.
This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our Services, as described above, as well as, any related services, sales, marketing or events.
Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.

Table of Contents

  1. What Information do we Collect?
  2. Will Your Information Be Shared With Anyone?
  3. Do We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?
  4. How Do We Handle Social Logins?
  5. Is Your Information Transferred Internationally?
  6. How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
  7. Do We Collect Information From Minors?
  8. What Are Your Privacy Rights?
  9. Controls for Do Not Track Features
  10. Do We Make Updates To This Notice?
  11. How Can You Contact Us About This Notice?
  12. How Can You Review, Update or Delete The Data We Collect From You?

1. What Information do we Collect?

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register or express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the website or through social media, such as by posting messages in our on-line forums, entering competitions, contests, giveaways or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, such as your Facebook, Twitter or other social media account. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect the information described in the section called "How Do We Handle Social Logins?" below.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected>We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the website. This information does not reveal your specific identity, like your name or contact information, but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our website and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website , and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

2. Will Your Information Be Shared With Anyone?

In Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.
We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:
  • Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
  • Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
  • Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
  • Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or an injunction (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
  • Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:
  • Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this privacy policy. Affiliates include any parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
  • Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
  • Other Users. When you share personal information or otherwise interact with public areas of the website, such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly made available outside the website in perpetuity. If you interact with other users of our on-line activities and register for our on-line activities through a social network, such as Facebook, your contacts on the social network will see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within our on-line activities, and view your profile.

3. Do We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as web beacons and pixels, to access or store information.

4. How Do We Handle Social Logins?

In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.
If our website offers you the ability to register and login using your third-party social media account details, such as your Facebook or Twitter logins, where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider. The profile information we receive may vary depending on the social media provider concerned, but will often include your name, email address, friends list, profile picture as well as other information you choose to make public on such social media platform.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy policy or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant service provided. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy policy to understand how they collect, use and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.

5. Is Your Information Transferred Internationally?

In Short: We may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own.
Our servers are located in the cloud. If you are accessing our services please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our cloud service provider's facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information, refer to "Will Your Information Be Shared With Anyone?".
Our service provider's operate in countries that have implemented comprehensive data protection laws or other similar laws to protect privacy. We will take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with these laws and all other applicable laws.

6. How Long Do We Keep Your Information?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements. No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than necessary.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information, or, if this is not possible, for example your personal information has been stored in backup archives, then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

7. Do We Collect Information From Minors?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the website, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the services provided. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at [email protected].

8. What Are Your Privacy Rights?

In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Opting out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list. However, we may still communicate with you, for example to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.

9. Controls for Do Not Track Features

In Short: We will implement DNT technology as it evolves.
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your on-line browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked on-line. If a standard for on-line tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy policy.

10. Do We Make Updates To This Notice?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

11. How Can You Contact Us About This Notice?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at [email protected].

12. How Can You Review, Update or Delete The Data We Collect From You?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request by contacting us ashere. We will respond to your request within 30 days.