WHO WE ARE
The Green Edition found at https://www.thegreenedition.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
We understand that your privacy is important and that you care about how your information is used and shared online.
Our Website only collects and uses information in ways consistent with your rights and our obligations under the law. Namely, data is processed:
- When you give specific and express consent for us to do so
- When necessary for the performance of a contract, where you are a party to that contract (for example, if you buy something, we will need to collect payment and delivery information in order to deliver that product to you)
- When necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
- When necessary, in order to protect the vital interest of the data subject (you) or another natural person
- When necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us, except where such interest is overridden by your interest or fundamental rights and freedoms.
This Privacy Policy applies to the use of any and all data we collect in accordance with your use of our Website.
Please carefully read this Privacy Policy and ensure that you understand it.
YOU ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED OUR PRIVACY POLICY WHEN YOU FIRST USE OUR WEBSITE. If you do not agree to and accept our Privacy Policy, you must stop using our Website.
By using our Website, you certify that you are an adult, at least 18 years of age.
This Privacy Policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on 15th August 2024. We may change this Privacy Policy as we deem necessary from time to time or as required by law. Any changes will be posted on our Website, and you will have been deemed to have accepted them on your first use of our Website following alterations. You should check this page regularly to ensure you are keeping up to date.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Information You Voluntarily Submit To The Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website. You can turn off cookies in your browser to prevent this. If you choose to turn off cookies, please note that some of the features and services of our Website may not function properly. If you would like to turn off cookies then visit aboutcookies.org for instructions.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to unsubscribe from future emails
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts
- To respond to your comments or inquiries
- To track and measure advertising on the Website
- To track, measure and analyse the statistical performance of the Website
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides anonymised statistical information, such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. Please refer to Google Analytics’s privacy policy for further information.
ConvertBox – this service is used for the delivery of downloads, newsletters and other emails (such as updates, giveaways and offers). We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to ConvertBox’s privacy policy for further information.
ConvertKit – this service is used for the delivery of downloads, newsletters and other emails (such as updates, giveaways and offers). We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to ConvertKit’s privacy policy for further information.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
When you leave a comment on this Website, your name, web address (if supplied) and comment will be visible to the public. Your email address and IP address will be collected but never shared publicly. Data submitted when making a comment may be stored indefinitely. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customise Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
NEWSLETTERS
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behaviour will not be passed on to third parties.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request.
Amend – You may contact us to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our Website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Information collected using Google Analytics is retained for 26 months.
Information submitted through forms, such as email forms or contact forms, are retained until such a time as the data subject chooses to unsubscribe or invokes their right under GDPR to be forgotten.
INFORMATION AND ACCURACY
All content provided on this Website is for information purposes only. The owner of this Website makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on this Website or found by following any link on this Website. The owner will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information nor for the availability of this information. The owner will not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information. We are not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this Website on other websites or media without our permission. All opinions are those of the author alone.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
The Green Edition contains links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our Website, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting other websites, and other websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy of the website in question.
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Articles on this Website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 18 in its database, please contact us immediately and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Please contact us at any time with questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: 15th August 2024