Updated Date: 13, September, 2023

Thank you for being a visitor, reader, and member of NamesBuddy.com (referred to as ‘website,’ ‘we,’ ‘our,’ or ‘us’). NamesBuddy is a personal blog accessible at https://www.namesbuddy.com (referred to as ‘website,’ ‘site,’ or ‘blog’), and it is governed by the following privacy policy.

At NamesBuddy, we deeply respect the privacy of our users, and users’ privacy is of the utmost importance to us. We are committed to protecting it. Our privacy policy outlines how we collect users’ information, what information we collect, and how we use and safeguard it when you visit our site. This privacy policy applies to this website.

Consent

By accessing or utilizing this website, you hereby signify your acceptance and concurrence with the subsequent terms and information. Should you decline to acquiesce to these conditions, we kindly request that you refrain from utilizing this website.

What Information Do We Collect?

During your visit to this website, we may collect information such as your name, website, and email address when you opt for our newsletter or when you comment on our posts.

If you reach us through our email address, we may receive your details such as your name, email address, phone number, and other attachments you provide us.

How Do We Use Your Information?

We use your information to enhance our site’s performance and to communicate with you through our newsletter, emails, as well as for promotional purposes and targeted marketing.

If you do not wish to receive our newsletters or emails, you can opt out by clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ button located at the bottom of every email.

Children’s Safety

Protecting children’s safety is one of our main priorities, and we are dedicated to this. We do not encourage children under the age of 13 to use this website, as it is not intended for them.

We and this website do not knowingly or unknowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. We encourage parents, guardians, or monitors of children under the age of 13 to monitor their internet usage to ensure their safety.

If you believe that your child has provided his or her information to us, we strongly recommend that you contact us immediately so that we can make every effort to remove the collected information.

Usage of Cookies and Other Technologies

We use cookies on this website to store visitors’ preferences, track their usage of the website, and collect information related to advertisements. Additionally, we employ web analytics technology to monitor the usage of this website.

For information about cookies, please read What Are Cookies?

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google is a third-party vendor on our website. It utilizes DART cookies to display advertisements to our site visitors according to their interactions with www.namesbuddy.com and other internet sites. Visitors have the option to opt out of DART cookie usage by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy located at the following URL: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

CCPA Privacy Rights

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers have certain rights, including the following:

  1. The right to request that a business collecting their personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data collected.
  2. The right to request the deletion of any personal data collected by a business.
  3. The right to opt-out of the sale of their personal data by a business.

If you submit a request, we will respond within one month. To exercise any of these rights, please get in touch with us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) grants individuals in the European Union (EU) several rights regarding the processing of their personal data.

Right to Access (Article 15): Individuals can request access to their personal data and information about how it’s being used.

Right to Rectification (Article 16): Individuals have the right to have inaccurate personal data corrected.

Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten) (Article 17): Individuals have the right to have their personal data erased under certain circumstances.

Right to Restriction of Processing (Article 18): Individuals can request that the processing of their personal data be restricted under specific conditions.

Right to Data Portability (Article 20): Individuals have the right to receive their personal data from a data controller in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

Right to Object (Article 21): Individuals can object to the processing of their personal data for certain purposes.

You can exercise any of these rights by contacting us at [email protected].

Nevada Privacy Law

Nevada has enacted privacy legislation known as the Nevada Privacy Law, which focuses on the rights of Nevada consumers regarding the sale of their personal information by businesses.

Here are key aspects of the Nevada Privacy Law:

  1. Right to Opt-Out: The law gives Nevada consumers the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information by covered businesses.
  2. Request Process: Covered businesses must provide a means for consumers to submit opt-out requests.
  3. Non-Discrimination: The Nevada Privacy Law prohibits covered businesses from discriminating against consumers who exercise their opt-out rights.
  4. Scope of Data: The law defines personal information broadly to include a variety of data points, such as names, addresses, social security numbers, and online identifiers.
  5. Exemptions: There are exemptions for certain types of data, such as data subject to the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

We do not sell your covered information such as first name, last name, phone number, email address, and any other sensitive information.

If you have any questions about this, contact us at [email protected].

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, suggestions, or doubts related to this website or our privacy policy of this website, we are an email away!

Email us at: [email protected]