Privacy Policy Statement
This Privacy Policy explains how Softfully collects and uses your personal information when you visit our Software News Website at Softfully.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and want to be transparent about the data we collect and how we use it to provide our services. This policy applies to all products and services offered by Softfully.
How We Collect Your Information:
We are committed to your privacy. We only collect personal information that you voluntarily give us. This can occur when you sign up for our newsletter, complete a contact form, or utilize certain services on our site. The information we may ask for includes your name and email address. You always have the option to refuse to provide this information and can continue to browse our website anonymously. However, please note that choosing not to provide your information may limit your access to certain features or activities on the site.
How We Use Anonymous Data:
We also collect anonymous technical data to improve our website. This is information that doesn’t identify you personally. Whenever you visit our site, we may automatically gather details such as the type of computer or mobile device you are using, your operating system, and your internet service provider. This helps us optimize our website for a better user experience on a wide range of devices.
How We Use Cookies:
Our website uses cookies to improve your experience. Cookies are small files placed on your hard drive by your web browser. They help us remember your preferences and settings, which makes the site easier to use. You can configure your browser to reject cookies or to alert you when they’re being sent. However, if you choose to disable cookies, some parts of the site may not function as intended.
How We Use Your Information:
We collect and use your personal information to provide and improve our services. Specifically, we use your data for the following purposes:
- To Improve Customer Service: Your information helps us address your support requests and needs more efficiently.
- To Personalize Your Experience, we analyze aggregated, anonymous data to understand how users interact with our site, enabling us to customize and enhance the overall experience.
- To Improve Our Website, we use the feedback you provide to make ongoing improvements to our products, services, and website functionality.
- To Send Emails: We may use your email address to respond to your questions or inquiries. If you opt in, we may also send you occasional updates, news, and information related to our products and services.
How We Protect Your Data:
We are committed to the security of your personal information and employ stringent security protocols across our website. We maintain robust measures for data collection, storage, and processing to prevent unauthorized access, alteration, and destruction of your data, including your username, password, and transaction details. To provide a secure environment, our website is compliant with PCI Data Security Standards.
Your Data and Third Parties:
We will never sell or rent your personal information. We may share anonymous, collective data about our visitors with our trusted business partners and advertisers, but this data is not linked to you personally. We also work with select third-party companies to help us run our website and services (for example, to send out our newsletters). We will only share your personal information with these third parties if you have given us your explicit permission.
Updates to This Privacy Policy:
Softfully reserves the right to update this privacy policy at any time. When we make a change, we will update the date at the bottom of this page and post a clear notification on our website’s main page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our commitment to protecting your personal information.
Your Acceptance of This Policy:
By using this site, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy. If you disagree with our policy, please refrain from using our website. Your continued use of the site after any changes have been posted will be considered your acceptance of those changes.
Cookie and Privacy Policy
Softfully.com is committed to your privacy. This policy outlines how we collect and use information to improve your experience on our website.
IP Address and Technical Data: We use your IP address to analyze server performance, troubleshoot technical issues, and gather broad demographic insights. This helps us ensure our website is stable and runs smoothly. We do not sell or rent this information to any third party.
Cookies: Our site uses cookies to enhance your experience. These small text files help us remember your preferences, personalize content, and analyze how visitors interact with the site. You can configure your web browser to block cookies or receive alerts when they are being sent. However, please note that disabling cookies may impact certain features and functionality of our website.
Links to Other Websites: For your convenience, our site includes links to external websites. We want to be clear that Softfully is not responsible for the privacy practices or content on these third-party sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.
Understanding the EU Cookie Law
The EU Cookie Law, officially known as the ePrivacy Directive, requires websites to inform visitors about their use of cookies and other local storage. It requires publishers to obtain explicit consent from visitors before placing any information on their devices. This legislation was designed to enhance online privacy and enable users to make informed decisions about the handling of personal information. Since its adoption in 2011, the directive has been incorporated into the national privacy laws of all EU countries, including the UK’s updated Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
What are cookies?
- When you visit a website, it may store small text files called cookies on your computer or mobile device. These cookies help the website remember information about you and your device, like your browser preferences.
- They were created to overcome a limitation in web technology. Web pages are ‘stateless,’ meaning they have no memory and cannot easily share information. Cookies serve as a form of memory for web pages.
- Cookies allow you to log in on one page and remain logged in as you navigate to other pages. They also enable you to set display preferences for a page, which are remembered the next time you visit.
- Cookies can also be used to track the pages you visit between sites, allowing advertisers to build a picture of your interests. Then, when you land on a site that shows one of their adverts, they can tailor it to those interests. This is known as ‘behavioral advertising’.
- Almost all websites use cookies in some way or another, and every page you visit on those sites writes cookies to your computer and receives them back from it.
- Cookies are beneficial as they enable modern websites to function with increasing personalization and rich interactive features.
- However, they can also be used to manipulate your web experience in ways you might not expect or like. It could be to your benefit or the benefit of someone else – even a business or organization you have never had direct contact with or perhaps heard of.
- It is impossible to tell by looking at them whether particular cookies benefit you or another party. You must rely on the website you visit to tell you how it uses cookies.
- What are Third-party cookies?
- When you visit a website, you may receive cookies from both the site you are on (first-party) and from other organizations (third parties).
- Common examples of third-party cookies come from “embedded” videos or “social plugins” from social networking services. These are integrated directly into the host page.
- The most common use of these cookies is for content sharing on social networks.
- How They are Used on Our Site
- Certain plugins on our site may cause cookies to be transmitted to and from third-party entities.
- How these third parties manage the information they collect is governed by their respective privacy policies.
- For transparency, we have provided links to resources about cookie management for several common third-party providers.
- Google Analytics
- Our site uses components from Google Analytics, a web traffic analysis service.
- Third-party cookies are collected anonymously by this service to monitor and enhance our site’s performance (performance cookies).
- Google Analytics collects and analyzes anonymous information about usage patterns to provide us with detailed reports on our website.
- We do not use (and do not allow third parties to use) Google Analytics to track or collect personal identification information.
- Google will not associate your IP address with any other data it holds.
- Google may also share this information with third parties where required by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.
Security
Softfully employs robust security measures to safeguard the information under our control. These measures are designed to protect against loss, misuse, and alteration.
How to change your cookie settings?
Most browsers allow you to delete cookies from your hard drive, block cookie acceptance, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored.
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Please read our Terms and Conditions
Contacting us: If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.