General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance
At howtowonders.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following data about you:
- Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, etc.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform.
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
- Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.
How We Use Your Data
We use your data for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Manage Our Services: Ensuring that you receive the best possible experience when using our website and services.
- To Improve Our Website: Understanding how our website is used to enhance and optimize our content and user experience.
- To Communicate with You: Sending updates, newsletters, and other information that may be of interest to you.
- For Marketing Purposes: Providing you with information about products and services we believe may be of interest to you.
Legal Basis for Processing
We rely on the following legal grounds to process your personal data:
- Consent: Where you have provided your consent for us to process your personal data.
- Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
- Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations.
- Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these interests are not overridden by your rights.
Your Data Protection Rights
Under GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal data. However, no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Third-Party Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information 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.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this GDPR Policy, please contact us through our Contact Us page.