Privacy

Buzzoka.com Privacy Statement

This privacy statement applies to Buzzoka.com and Buzzoka websites, solutions, services and products that collect data and display these terms, as well as their offline product support services. It does not apply to Buzzoka sites, solutions, services and products that do not display or link to this statement or that have their own privacy statements.

COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES.

Most Buzzoka sites use "cookies," small text files that can be read by a web server in the domain that put the cookie on your hard drive. We may use cookies to store your preferences and settings; help with sign-in; provide targeted ads; and analyse site operations.

we also use web beacons to help deliver cookies and compile analytics. these may include third-party web beacons, which are prohibited from collecting your personal information.

You have a variety of tools to control cookies and similar technologies, including:

Browser controls to block and delete cookies;
Advertising controls to opt out of receiving behaviourally targeted ads; and
Controls from some analytics providers to opt out of data collection in web beacons.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT.

Buzzoka collects many kinds of information in order to operate effectively and provide you the best products, services and experiences we can. Some of this information you provide directly to us. Some of it we get by observing how you interact with our products and services. Some of it is available from other sources that we may combine with the data we collect directly. Regardless of the source, we believe it's important to treat that information with care and to help maintain your privacy.

What we collect:

Registration - When you sign up to use our sites or services you may be required to provide information about yourself, such as your name, birthdate and postal code.
Signing in - To access some Buzzoka services, you will need to sign in with an e-mail address and password, which we refer to as your Buzzoka account. If you access our services via a mobile phone, you may also use your telephone number and a PIN as an alternative credential to your username and password. By signing in on one Buzzoka site or service, you may be automatically signed into other Buzzoka sites and services that use Buzzoka account.
Using our sites and services - We collect information that tells us how you interact with our services, including the browser you're using, your IP address, location, cookies or other unique IDs, the pages you visit and features you use.
Data from other sources - We may get additional information about you, such as demographic data we purchase from other companies.

How we collect:

We use a number of methods and technologies to gather information about how you use our sites and services, such as:

Web forms, such as when you type information into a registration form or type a search query into a search box.
Technologies like cookies and web beacons.
Web logging, which enables us to collect the standard information your browser sends to every web site you visit - such as your IP address, browser type and language, and the site you came from - as well as the pages you visit and the links you click while using our sites and services.
Software installed on your computer or other device, which may send back information needed to operate, update or improve that software.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Buzzoka uses the information we collect to operate, improve and personalize the products and services we offer. Information collected through one Buzzoka service may be combined with information collected through other Buzzoka services to give you a more consistent and personalized experience in your interactions with us. We may also supplement this with information from other companies. For example, we may use services from other companies to help us derive a general geographic area based on your IP address in order to customize certain services to your geographic area.

We also may use the information to communicate with you, for example, informing you when a subscription is ending, letting you know when security updates are available or letting you know when you need to take action to keep your account active.

Buzzoka provides many of our sites and services free of charge because they are supported by advertising. In order to make these services widely available, the information we collect may be used to help improve the advertisements you see by making them more relevant to you.

REASONS WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Except as described in this privacy statement, we won’t disclose your personal information to a third party without your consent. Below you will find additional privacy information you may (or may not) find important. Much of this describes common practices that we want you to know. Please keep in mind that this information is not a complete description of our practices - this is all in addition to the other, more specific information contained in this privacy statement.

Sharing or Disclosing Personal Information

In addition to any sharing described in the privacy statement for the product or service you are using, Buzzoka may share or disclose personal information:

With other Buzzoka controlled subsidiaries and affiliates.
As part of a corporate transaction such as a merger or sale of assets.
With vendors or agents. Specifically, we may share it with companies we've hired to provide services on our behalf. When we share information with these other companies to provide services for us, they are not allowed to use it for any other purpose and must keep it confidential.
We also may share or disclose personal information, including the content of your communications:

To comply with the law or respond to legal process or lawful requests, including from law enforcement and government agencies.
To protect the rights or property of Buzzoka or our customers, including enforcing the terms governing your use of the services.
To act on a good faith belief that access or disclosure is necessary to protect the personal safety of Buzzoka employees, customers or the public.

Please note that our sites may include links to third-party sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Buzzoka. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by the privacy statements on those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy statement of any site you visit.