Privacy Policy

Our privacy policy is part of, and subject to, our website's terms and conditions of use. You may view these terms and conditions on our website.

This privacy policy tells you how we collect, use, and protect your personal information. By visiting our website, you accept and agree to the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. In particular, you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this privacy policy.

Information collection and use

Automated data collection

By visiting the website you automatically tell us certain information. This includes basic information such as:

• your IP address
• when you visited
• the website from where you came prior to visiting us
• the website where you go when you leave our website
• your computer's operating system
• and the type of web browser that you are using.

Our website automatically records this basic information about you.

Voluntary data collection

Account creation - User names and passwords

Your access to parts of our website is protected by a user name and a password. Do not give your password to anyone. If you enter a section of our website that requires a password, you should log out when you leave. As a safety precaution, you should also close out of your web browser completely and re-open it before viewing other parts of the Internet.

Documents submitted for proofreading

When you submit your writing at http://proofreadbot.com the service stores your writing for 24 hours in the Proofread Bot database. In case, you are logged in, you can delete the document right away manually at https://proofreadbot.com/user. If you are submitting the document as an anonymous user, you cannot delete the document manually, and you have to wait for 24 hours to have the document automatically deleted. If you submit your document through a client application such as Google Docs, Proofread Bot does not store the document in a database.

Cookies

We also use cookies that our website's server transfers to your computer. This information can be used to track your session on our website. Cookies may also be used to customize our website content for you as an individual. If you are using one of the common Internet web browsers, you can set up your browser to either let you know when you receive a cookie or to deny cookie access to your computer.

We may also collect any data that you provide us by posting it at our website or by e-mail. You can always choose not to provide us with information. However, if you do withhold information, we may deny you access to some or all of our website's services and features.

Minors

We do not provide services or sell products to children. If you are below the age of 18, you may use our website only with the permission and active involvement of a parent or legal guardian. If you are a minor, please do not provide us or other website visitors with any personal information.

Third party data collectors

Analytics - Google

We also use a third party analytics solution called Google Analytics that collects additional non-personal data about you. Please refer to Google Analytics on what data they collect. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by clicking "edit" on your account page at https://proofreadbot.com/user.

 

Payments - Clickbank

Payments are managed by a third party called Clickbank.com . Clickbank processes all transactions, such as credit card, debit card, checks, money orders, and/or third party online payment services. We will collect information related to the transaction as part of the course of doing business with you, including your billing address, telephone number, and other information related to the transaction. At the end of each transaction, Clickbank.com notifies our servers of your transaction, providing us with your

• First and Last name
• Physical Address (Country, city, zip)
• Email address
• Purchase amount

We do not process or store any banking card information on our servers!

Information access and disclosure

We use your information to operate our website's business activities. For example, we may use this data to contact you about changes to our website, new services, or special offers, resolve disputes, troubleshoot issues, and enforce our website's terms and conditions.

As a general rule, we will not give your data to third parties without your permission. However, there are some important exceptions to this rule that are described in the following paragraphs.

We may, in our sole discretion, provide information about you to law enforcement or other government officials for purposes of fraud investigations, alleged intellectual property infringement, or any other suspected illegal activity or matters that may expose us to legal liability.

Although we do not disclose individually identifiable information, we may disclose aggregate data about our website's visitors to advertisers or other third parties for marketing and promotional purposes.

From time to time, we may use third party suppliers to provide services on our website. If a supplier wants to collect information about you, you will be notified. However, you will never be required to give information to a third party supplier. We restrict the way third party suppliers can use your information. They are not allowed to sell or give your information to others.

Your use of infromation and Unsolicited Junk Mail

If you obtain personally identifiable information about another website user, you are not allowed to disclose this information to anyone else without the consent of the user and our consent too.

We hate junk e-mail (Spam). Information you obtain from our website about us or other site users cannot be used by you or others to send unsolicited commercial e-mail or to send unsolicited commercial communications via our website's posting or other communication systems.

Your Voluntary Disclosure Of Information To Third Parties Who Are Not Our Suppliers

You may choose to provide personal information to website visitors or other third parties who are not our suppliers. Please use caution when doing so. The privacy policies and customs of these third parties determine what is done with your information.

Autoresponders

We may use autoresponders to communicate with you by e-mail. To protect your privacy, we use a verified opt-in system for such communications and you can always opt-out of such communications using the links contained in each autoresponder message. If you have difficulties opting out, you may contact us by contacting us at http://proofreadbot.com.

Data storage, transfer, retention, and deletion

Where is your Information stored?

Information submitted will be transferred to, processed, and stored in Germany, on our server at http://hetzner.de. 

How secure is my Information?

Proofread Bot is committed to protecting the security of your Information and takes reasonable precautions to protect it. However, Internet data transmissions, whether wired or wireless, cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and as a result, we cannot ensure the security of Information you transmit to us, including Personal Data and User Content; accordingly, you acknowledge that you do so at your own risk. For example, by the time your data reaches our servers, it already passed through the servers of internet providers often subject to government and military surveillance.

We use industry-standard encryption to protect your data in transit. This is commonly referred to as transport layer security (“TLS”) or secure socket layer (“SSL”) technology. Nota bene, just becasue a solution has "secure" in it's name, it does not mean military or government cannot infiltrate the solution.

Once we receive your data, we protect it on our servers using a combination of technical, physical, and logical security safeguards. The security of the data stored locally in any of our Software installed on your computing device requires that you make use of the security features of your device. We recommend that you take the appropriate steps to secure all computing devices that you use in connection with our Site, Software, and Services.

If we learn of a security system breach, we may attempt to notify you and provide information on protective steps, if available, through the email address that you have provided to us or by posting a notice on the Site. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive such notices in writing.

Account Deletion

You can delete your account anytime by going to https://proofreadbot.com/user, clicking on edit, and then the delete button at the bottom of the edit form. All your personal data, and submitted writings will be removed immediately from the Proofread Bot database.

How long is Personal Data retained?

You can remove your Personal Data at any time by deleting your account as described above. However, we may keep some of your Personal Data for as long as reasonably necessary for our legitimate business interests, including fraud detection and prevention and to comply with our legal obligations including tax, legal reporting, and auditing obligations.

Who is your data controller?

The data controller contact of Proofread Bot is it's creator.

• Name: György Chityil
• Street: Óra út 4/A
• Zip: 1125
• City: Budapest
• Country: Hungary

If you have any data or privacy questions, please send an email to proofreadbot@gmail.com.

Policy Changes

The terms of this policy may change from time to time. If such changes are made, we will notify you by a notice posted on our website's home page of the changes that have been made. If you disagree with the changes that have been made, please contact us (by e-mail, using a website contact form, or in writing by mail), and any changes made to this policy will not apply to information we have collected from you prior to making the changes.

If you are concerned about the topic covered by this policy, you should read it each time before you use our website. Any questions or concerns about this policy should be brought to our attention by contacting us at http://proofreadbot.com and providing us with information relating to your concern.