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Privacy Policy of WNews

This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Updated On: August 13, 2022

1.0: Data Controller and Owner

W-World Media Inc. and WNews Broadcasting Corp. – Vancouver, Canada,

privacy@wnewsnetwork.com

For European Union Users:

Att. Privacy Officer

W-World Media Inc.

email: eu@w-worldmedia.com

1.1: Key Changes & Addictions

updated Section 2.3: Analytics included new Analytics, Microsoft Clarity
Added 2.2.1: Advertising Serving Infrastructure
updated Data Controller to reflex new company.
Added 2.12: Heatmapping and Session Recordings

1.2: Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that WNewsNetwork collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: first name; last name; email address; Cookies; Usage Data; username; date of birth; address; country; state; province; phone number; company name; gender; password; city; picture; ZIP/Postal code; various types of Data; User ID; marital status; website; prefix ; language; profile picture; Twitter handle; geographic position; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Contacts permission; Camera permission; Approximate location permission (continuous); Approximate location permission (non-continuous); Microphone permission; Social media accounts permission; app information; device logs; device information; payment info; billing address; Data communicated while using the service; Data communicated in order to use the Service; session duration; scroll-to-page interactions; clicks; time zone; mouse movements; interaction events; diagnostic events; page events; custom events; layout details; positional information; operating systems.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.

Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using WNewsNetwork.

Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by WNewsNetwork is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for WNewsNetwork to provide its services. In cases where WNewsNetwork specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.

Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.

Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by WNewsNetwork or by the owners of third-party services used by WNewsNetwork serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through WNewsNetwork and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

1.3: Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of WNewsNetwork (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.

Retention time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after the expiration of the retention period.

If a user has published a story or media post publicly on the service; the name, story title and subtitle, Date of content publishing, the content of the story or media, URL of content and social media link shall be retentive indefinitely till the user removal of the post or request that the data controller removal of the data within three (3) days from the request.

Information regarding retention time regarding users Data from the third parties data controller(s) can be found within their policies on their application or services. Any users requesting that their data be removed from third party controller can contact that data controller for the removal of data.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Access to third party services’ accounts, Content commenting, Contacting the User, Analytics, Registration and authentication, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Location-based interactions, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Displaying content from external platforms, Content performance and features testing (A/B testing), Advertising, Remarketing and behavioral targeting, Handling payments, Traffic optimization and distribution, Tag Management, Managing contacts and sending messages, Handling activity data, SPAM protection, Social features, Infrastructure monitoring, Device permissions for Personal Data access, Beta Testing, Heat mapping and session recording, Managing data collection and online surveys, Commercial affiliation and Backup saving and management.

For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

1.4: The use of the collected Data

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Access to third party services’ accounts, Content commenting, Contacting the User, Analytics, Registration and authentication, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Location-based interactions, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Displaying content from external platforms, Content performance and features testing (A/B testing), Advertising, Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting, Handling payments, Traffic optimization and distribution, Managing contacts and sending messages, Handling activity data and SPAM protection.

The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document.

1.5: Facebook permissions asked by this Application

This Application may ask for some Facebook permissions allowing it to perform actions with the User’s Facebook account and to retrieve information, including Personal Data, from it.

For more information about the following permissions, refer to the Facebook permissions documentation and to the Facebook privacy policy.

The permissions asked are the following:

1.5.1: Basic information

By default, this includes certain User’s Data such as id, name, picture, gender, and their locale.. If the User has made more of their Data public, more information will be available

App Notifications

Send notifications

Birthday

Provides access to the birthday.

Contact email

Access the user’s contact email address.

Current City

Provides access to the User’s current location.

Post Likes to my Wall

Publish stories about things the user Likes to the Wall.

Share items on the user’s behalf.

Messenger

Send messages to the User’s Messenger App

Text Messaging

Send SMS messages to the User’s phone.

1.6: Device permissions for Personal Data access

Depending on the User’s specific device, this Application may request certain permissions that allow it to access the User’s device Data as described below.

By default, these permissions must be granted by the User before the respective information can be accessed. Once the permission has been given, it can be revoked by the User at any time. In order to revoke these permissions, Users may refer to the device settings or contact the Owner for support at the contact details provided in the present document.

The exact procedure for controlling app permissions may be dependent on the User’s device and software.

Please note that the revoking of such permissions might impact the proper functioning of this Application.

If User grants any of the permissions listed below, the respective Personal Data may be processed (i.e accessed to, modified or removed) by this Application.

Approximate location permission (continuous)

Used for accessing the User’s approximate device location. This Application may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services which includes WWeatherNetwork, location for media content when uploading to our services, local stories around you and other features.

Approximate location permission (non-continuous)

Used for accessing the User’s approximate device location. This Application may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.

The geographic location of the User is determined in a manner that isn’t continuous. This means that it is impossible for this Application to derive the approximate position of the User on a continuous basis.

Camera permission

Used for accessing the camera or capturing images and video from the device. This is for our User Generation Service

Contacts permission

Used for accessing contacts and profiles on the User’s device for finding other users that may be friends on our services.

Microphone permission

Used for accessing and recording microphone audio from the User’s device for video recordings.

Social media accounts permission

Used for accessing the User’s social media account profiles, such as Facebook and Twitter for login and sharing features.

1.7 Users’ Request Of Personal Information

General European Privacy Act

As required by the New General European Privacy Act or GDPA which come into force on May 25, 2018 with New requirements for editing of personal information and removal of content. User can request on information from the data controller on what information has about the user by sending a email to removal@wnewsnetwork.com or request through the form at WNewsNetwork.com/datarequest.

The user can request that their information be removed from the company which includes any information that could ID the user. Users can edit their data in their profile sittings on WNewsNetwork which effects all of their My W-World Account across W-World Media Services.

For information stored on another controllers, please refer to their services and policies for data removal.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

As requested by California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) which came into force on January 1st, 2020, California residents can ask for information that is stored about them by the data holder. The data controller is required to remove any data upon request from California Residents. For information stored on another controller, please refer to their services and policies for data removal.

Please email removal@wnewsnetwork.com for the request of data and removal requests.

Notice: Please note that requests of data or removal services are not provided to residents outside of the State of California or EU unless required by local or federal laws.

1.8 Policy on Data leaks and breaches

If a data breach happens within our services, we will disclose the information regarding the breach within three (3) days of the incident happening which includes reporting the data breach to Government officials, the local police department for investigation and a third-party service for a full investigation of our services.

Depending on the type of data accessed, we may require our users to change our password or report information to their local banking services. The passwords is protected and hashed for your protection.

2.0: Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

2.1: Access to third-party services’ accounts

This type of services allows WNewsNetwork to access Data from your account on a third party service and perform actions with it. These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit authorization by the User.

Facebook account access (WNewsNetwork)

This service allows WNewsNetwork to connect with the User’s account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook, Inc.

Permissions asked: App Notifications; Birthday; Contact email; Current City; Post Likes to my Wall; Share; Text Messaging.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; california Consumer Records Statute information; internet information.

Access to the Twitter account (Twitter, Inc.)

This service allows WNewsNetwork to connect with the User’s account on the Twitter social network, provided by Twitter, Inc.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA. In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.

2.2: Advertising

This type of services allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests.

This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.

Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application.

For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.

Google AdSense (Google Inc.)

Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Inc. This service uses the “Doubleclick” Cookie, which tracks use of WNewsNetwork and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the Doubleclick Cookies by clicking on: google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Apple iAd (Apple Inc.)

Apple iAd is an advertising service provided by Apple Inc.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

AdMob (AdMob Google Inc.)

AdMob is an advertising service provided by AdMob Google Inc.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

Facebook Audience Network (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Audience Network is an advertising service provided by Facebook, Inc. In order to understand Facebook’s use of Data, consult Facebook’s data policy.

WNewsNetwork may use identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the Facebook Audience Network service. One of the ways Audience Network shows ads is by using the User’s ad preferences. The User can control this in the Facebook ad settings.

Users may opt-out of certain Audience Network targeting through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Audience Network related sections of this privacy policy, if available.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data.

Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

2.2.1: Advertising Serving Infrastructure

This type of service has the purpose of providing an advertising serving infrastructure that enables WNewsNetwork to maintain its own network that serves optimized and targeted advertisements.
To this end, the services listed below may allow the Owner to track unique User visits and their navigation patterns, also with the help of Cookies or other Identifiers.
This tracking may occur across different sites or apps, in order to serve optimized and targeted advertisements.

AdButler (Sparklit Networks, Inc)
AdButler is an advertising server provision service provided by Sparklit Networks, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.3: Analytics

The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of WNewsNetwork, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Facebook Analytics for Apps (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Analytics for Apps is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc.

Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on WNewsNetwork. The Facebook pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Audience Network.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Analytics collected directly (Digiima)

WNewsNetwork uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

WordPress Stats (Automattic Inc.)

WordPress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Google Analytics with anonymized IP (Google Inc.)

This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users’ IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports (Google LLC)

Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for WNewsNetwork (demographics means age and gender Data).

Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

Personal Data processed: Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features (Google LLC)

Google Analytics on WNewsNetwork has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyze specific behavior and interests Data (traffic Data and Users’ ads interaction Data) and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).

Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

Personal Data processed: Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

App Center – Analytics (Microsoft Corporation)

App Center – Analytics is an analytics service provided by Microsoft Corporation.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data; User ID.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

AWStats (Digiima)

AWStats is an open-source web analytics software used by WNewsNetwork to analyze Data directly without the help of third parties. AWStats allows analyzing these log files in order to examine web traffic patterns.

Personal Data processed: country; operating systems; Usage Data.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

Cloudflare Web Analytics (Cloudflare Inc.)

Cloudflare Web Analytics is an anonymized analytics service provided by Cloudflare Inc. that gives the Owner insight into the use of WNewsNetwork by Users without needing to identify them. Further information may be found here and within the service’s privacy policy.

Personal Data processed: device information; language; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information; inferred information.

YouTube Analytics and Reporting API (Google LLC)

YouTube Analytics and Reporting API is a video content analytics service provided by Google LLC.

Through this Service, WNewsNetwork may collect Data directly or indirectly on or from Users’ devices, including by making use of trackers. Users may restrict such access to their Data via the security settings pageprovided by Google. Users may ask the Owner for further information about these privacy settings at any time through the contact details provided in this document.

Data collected through the Service may also be used to help third parties deliver interest-based advertising. Users can opt out of third-party interest-based advertising through their device settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Personal Data processed: Data communicated in order to use the Service; Data communicated while using the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.4: Contacting the User

Contact form (This Application)

By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Application to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

Personal Data collected: address, country, date of birth, email address, first name, last name, province and state.

Phone contact (This Application)

Users that provided their phone number might be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to this Application, as well as for fulfilling support requests.

Personal Data collected: phone number.

Mailing List or Newsletter (This Application)

By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Application. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Application or after making a purchase.

Personal Data collected: Cookies, country, email address, first name, last name and Usage data.

2.5: Content commenting

Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Application.

Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.

If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.

Comment system managed directly (This Application)

This Application has its own internal content comment system.

Personal Data collected: Cookies, email address, first name, last name, Usage data and username.

Facebook Comments (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Comments is a content commenting service provided by Facebook, Inc. enabling the User to leave comments and share them on the Facebook platform.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Disqus (Disqus)

Disqus is a content commenting service provided by Big Heads Labs Inc.

Personal Data collected: Cookies, Usage data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt ou

2.5: Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)

The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of this Application.

Google Website Optimizer (Google Inc.)

Google Optimize is an A/B testing service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location WNewsNetwork is accessed from, (“Google”).

Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Visual Website Optimizer (Wingify)

Visual Website Optimizer is an A/B testing service provided by Wingify Inc.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.6: Infrastructure monitoring

This type of service allows this Application to monitor the use and behavior of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved.

Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of this Application.

Web Performance (Web Performance, Inc.)

Web Performance is a monitoring service provided by Web Performance, Inc.Web Performance is a monitoring service provided by Web Performance, Inc.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Pingdom (Pingdom AB)

Pingdom is a monitoring service provided by Pingdom AB.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: Sweden – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.7: Device permissions for Personal Data access

This Application for use on Mobile Devices requests certain permissions from Users that allow it to access the User’s device Data as described below.

Device permissions for Personal Data access (This Application)

WNewsNetwork requests certain permissions from Users that allow it to access the User’s device Data as summarized here and described within this document.

Personal Data processed: Approximate location permission (continuous); Approximate location permission (non-continuous); Camera permission; Contacts permission; Microphone permission; Social media accounts permission.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information; geolocation data.

2.8: Displaying content from external platforms

This type of services allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them. This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

Google Maps widget (Google)

Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

SoundCloud widget (SoundCloud Limited)

Soundcloud is an audio content delivery service provided by SoundCloud

Limited that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Usage data.

Place of processing: Germany – Privacy Policy

Spotify widget (Spotify AB)

Spotify is an audio content delivery service provided by Spotify AB that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: Sweden – Privacy Policy

YouTube video widget without cookies (Google Inc.)

YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

This widget is set up in a way that ensures that YouTube won’t store information and cookies about Users on this Application unless they play the video.

Personal Data collected: Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Storify widget (Storify, Inc. )

Storify is a content visualization service provided by Storify, Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content from external platforms on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Typekit (Adobe Systems Incorporated)

Typekit is a typeface visualization service provided by Adobe Systems

Incorporated that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Usage data and various types of Data as specified in

the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

YouTube video widget (Google Inc.)

YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Vimeo video (Vimeo, LLC)

Vimeo is a video content visualization service provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Instagram widget (Instagram, Inc.)

Instagram is an image visualization service provided by Instagram, Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Tiktok widget ( ByteDance Inc.)

Tiktok is a video/social networking content visualization service provided by ByteDance. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: China – Privacy Policy

Google Fonts (Google Inc.)

Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Usage data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Issuu widget (Issuu, Inc)

Issuu is a digital content visualization service provided by Issuu, Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Gravatar (Automattic Inc.)

Gravatar is an image visualization service provided by Automattic Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Please note that if Gravatar images are used for comment forms, the commenter’s email address or parts of it may be sent to Gravatar – even if the commenter has not signed up for that service.

Personal Data collected: email address and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

2.9: Handling activity data

This type of services allows the Owner to use the activity data collected by your device in order for this Application to operate or to provide specific features.

This may include movements, heartbeat, change in altitude or data about the surroundings.

Depending on what is described below, third parties may be involved in the activity tracking.

Most devices allow for the User to control which Data is accessed or stored.

Activity data tracked by your device (This Application)

This Application uses some activity data tracked by your device to operate or to provide specific features.

Personal Data collected: date of birth, location and gender.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; biometric information.

2.10: Handling payments

Payment processing services enable this Application to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means. To ensure greater security, this Application shares only the information necessary to execute the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction.

Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails containing invoices or notifications concerning the payment.

Apple Pay (Apple Inc.)

Apple Pay is a payment service provided by Apple Inc., which allows Users to make payments using their mobile phones.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Payments processed via the Apple App Store (Apple Inc.)

WNewsNetwork uses a payment service provided by Apple Inc. that allows the Owner to offer the purchase of the app itself or in-app purchases.

Personal Data processed to complete the purchases are processed by Apple, as described in the privacy policy for the App Store.

Personal Data processed: billing address; device information; email address; first name; last name; payment info; phone number.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; internet information.

PayPal (PayPal Inc.)

PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc., which allows Users to make online payments using their PayPal credentials.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Stripe (Stripe Inc)

Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe Inc.

Personal Data processed: billing address; email address; first name; last name; payment info; Tracker.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; internet information.

Google Pay (Google Inc.)

Google Pay is a payment service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location WNewsNetwork is accessed from,, which allows users to make online payments using their Google credentials.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.11: Hosting and backend infrastructure

This type of services has the purpose of hosting data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

Liquid Clouds (LiquidWeb)

Liquid Clouds is a hosting service provided by LiquidWeb. Our data is stored within this service company which includes the database and web servers.

Data collected: IP Addresses, server logs, login information, username, email address, first names, last names, country, state & provinces, city, password (encrypted).

Place of processing: USA

.Google Cloud Services (Google Inc.)

Google Cloud Services is a hosting service provided by Google Inc. WNewsNetwork and W-World Media is hosting and serving Media Content like Images, videos and audio for better performance and serving our users around the world. This service provides CDN over many servers around the world.

Personal Data Collected: various types of data as specified in the Privacy Policy of the service.

Place of processing: US

Amazon Web Services (Amazon)

Amazon Web Services is a hosting service provided by Amazon.com Inc.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Google App Engine (Google Inc.)

Google App Engine is a hosting service provided by Google Inc.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

2.12: Heatmapping and Session Recordings

Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of WNewsNetwork that Users interact with most frequently. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior. Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback.

Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings (Hotjar Ltd.)

Hotjar is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Hotjar honors generic „Do Not Track” headers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User’s data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.

Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation)

Microsoft Clarity is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft processes or receives Personal Data via Microsoft Clarity, which in turn may be used for any purpose in accordance with the Microsoft Privacy Statement, including improving and providing Microsoft Advertising.

Personal Data processed: clicks; country; custom events; device information; diagnostic events; interaction events; layout details; mouse movements; page events; positional information; scroll-to-page interactions; session duration; time zone; Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

2.13: Interaction with external social networks and platforms

This type of services allow interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Application.

The interaction and information obtained through this Application are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.

This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)

The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc. Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter)

The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter Inc. Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets (Pinterest)

The Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Reddit button and widgets (reddit inc.)

The reddit button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the reddit platform provided by reddit inc.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Google+ +1 button and social widgets (Google Inc.)

The Google+ +1 button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Google+ social network provided by Google Inc.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Tiktok button and social widgets ( ByteDance Inc.)

Tiktok is a video/social networking content visualization service provided by ByteDance. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: China – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Tumblr sharing button and social widgets (Tumblr Inc.)

The Tumblr sharing button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Tumblr social network provided by Tumblr Inc.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)

The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

YouTube button and social widgets (Google Inc.)

The YouTube button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the YouTube social network provided by Google Inc.

Personal Data collected: Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

VK Like button and social widgets (VKontakte Ltd)

The VK Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the VK social network provided by VKontakte Ltd.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of processing: Russia – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Myspace button and social widgets (Myspace LLC)

The Myspace button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Myspace social network provided by Myspace LLC.

Personal Data collected: Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.14: Commercial affiliation

This type of service allows WNewsNetwork to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with WNewsNetwork.
For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.

Amazon Affiliation (Amazon)

Amazon Affiliation is a commercial affiliation service provided by Amazon.com Inc.

Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.15: Managing Support

This type of service allows WNewsNetwork to manage support and contact requests received via email or by other means, such as the contact form.
The Personal Data processed depend on the information provided by the User in the messages and the means used for communication (e.g. email address).

Freshdesk (Freshworks, Inc.)

Freshdesk is a support and contact request management service provided by Freshworks, Inc.

Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.16: Managing contacts and sending messages

This type of services makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.

These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group, LLC.)

Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group LLC.

Personal Data processed: email address.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers.

2.17: Location-based interactions

Geolocation (This Application)

This Application may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.

Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Application.

Personal Data collected: geographic position.

Non-continuous geolocation (This Application)

This Application may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.

Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Application.

The geographic location of the User is determined in a manner that isn’t continuous, either at the specific request of the User or when the User doesn’t point out its current location in the appropriate field and allows the application to detect the position automatically.

Personal Data collected: geographic position.

2.18: Registration and authentication

By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.

Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Application will be able to access some Data, stored by these third party services, for registration or identification purposes.

Direct registration (This Application)

The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Application.

Personal Data processed: address; city; company name; country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; language; last name; marital status; password; phone number; picture; prefix ; profile picture; province; state; Twitter handle; User ID; username; various types of Data; website; ZIP/Postal code.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet information; sensorial information; inferred information.

Facebook Authentication (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Facebook, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Google OAuth (Google Inc.)

Google OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Google Inc. and is connected to the Google network.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Pinterest OAuth (Pinterest)

Pinterest OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Pinterest, Inc. and is connected to the Pinterest social network.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Instagram Authentication (Instagram, Inc.)

Instagram Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Instagram, Inc. and is connected to the Instagram social network. Personal

Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Twitter OAuth (Twitter, Inc.)

Twitter Oauth is a registration and authentication service provided by Twitter, Inc. and is connected to the Twitter social network.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

Linkedin OAuth (LinkedIn Corporation)

Linkedin Oauth is a registration and authentication service provided by Linkedin Corporation and is connected to the Linkedin social network.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

YouTube OAuth (Google Inc.)

YouTube OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Google Inc. and is connected to the YouTube network.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.19: Interaction with live chat platforms

This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of WNewsNetwork, in order to contact and be contacted by WNewsNetwork‘s support service. If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.

Facebook Messenger Customer Chat (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

The Facebook Messenger Customer Chat is a service for interacting with the Facebook Messenger live chat platform provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.

Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.20: Managing data collection and online surveys

This type of service allows WNewsNetwork to manage the creation, deployment, administration, distribution and analysis of online forms and surveys in order to collect, save and reuse Data from any responding Users.
The Personal Data collected depend on the information asked and provided by the Users in the corresponding online form.

These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services to enable the Owner to take subsequent steps with the Data processed – e.g. managing contacts, sending messages, analytics, advertising and payment processing.

Hotjar surveys (Hotjar Ltd.)

Hotjar surveys is a survey builder and data collection platform provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Hotjar surveys may use cookies to track User behavior. Users can Opt-Out of Hotjar surveys cookie tracking by visiting this opt-out page.

Hotjar surveys respects the Do Not Track option available in most modern browsers that, if activated, sends a special signal to stop tracking User activity. Users can find more information on how to enable Do Not Track for each supported browser here.

Personal Data processed: company name; country; first name; gender; geographic position; last name; phone number; Usage Data.

Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet information; geolocation data.

2.21: Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting

This type of service allows WNewsNetwork and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of WNewsNetwork by the User.

This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

Facebook Custom Audience (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Custom Audience is a Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of WNewsNetwork with the Facebook advertising network.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; email address.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

Twitter Tailored Audiences (Twitter, Inc.)

Twitter Tailored Audiences is a Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects the activity of WNewsNetwork with the Twitter advertising network.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; email address.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

2.22: Social features

Public profile (This Application)

Users may have public profiles that other Users can display. In addition to the Personal Data provided, this profile may contain Users’ interactions with WNewsNetwork.

Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; picture; province; state; username.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; sensorial information.

Inviting and suggesting friends (WNewsNetwork)

WNewsNetwork may use the Personal Data provided to allow Users to invite their friends – for example through the address book, if access has been provided – and to suggest friends or connections inside it.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information2

2.23: Tag Management

This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on WNewsNetwork in a centralized fashion.
This results in the Users’ Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.

Google Tag Manager (Google Inc.)

Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location WNewsNetwork is accessed from.

Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.24: SPAM protection

This type of services analyzes the traffic of this Application, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.

Akismet (Automattic Inc.)

Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Automattic Inc.

Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)

Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC.
The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.

Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.25: Traffic optimization and distribution

This type of services allows this Application to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.

Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Application and the User’s browser. Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information User are transferred.

CloudFlare (Cloudflare)

Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through WNewsNetwork, i.e., communication between WNewsNetwork and the User’s browser, while also allowing analytical data from WNewsNetwork to be collected.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.

2.26: Beta Testing

This type of service makes it possible to manage User access to WNewsNetwork, or parts of it, for the purpose of testing a certain feature or the entire Application.
The service provider may automatically collect data related to crashes and statistics related to the User’s use of WNewsNetwork in a personally identifiable form.

TestFlight (Apple Inc.)

TestFlight is a beta testing service provided by Apple Inc.

Personal Data processed: app information; device information; device logs; first name; Tracker.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

Google Play Beta Testing (Google LLC)

Google Play Beta Testing is a beta testing service provided by Google LLC.

Personal Data processed: country; Data communicated while using the service; device information; device logs; email address; first name; last name; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers; internet information.

3.0: Further information about Personal Data

Access the address book

This Application may request access to your address book.

Push notifications
This Application may send push notifications to the User.

Unique device identification
This Application may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users’ preferences.

The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13
Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Minors may use this Application only with the assistance of a parent or guardian. Under no circumstance persons under the age of 13 may use this Application.

Rights for registered California Users under the age of 18

California’s “Online Eraser” law, part of California’s Business and Professions Code Sections 22580-22582, requires operators of certain websites and online services targeting minors to allow registered Users who are under the age of 18 and residents of California to request removal of content they post.

If a registered User fits that description and posted content on WNewsNetwork, they may request removal of such content by contacting the Owner or its privacy policy coordinator at the contact details provided in this document.

In response to this request, the Owner may make content posted by the registered User invisible to other registered Users and the public (rather than deleting it entirely), in which case the content may remain on the Owner’s servers. It may also be publicly available elsewhere if a third party copied and reposted this content.

Push notifications based on the User’s geographic location

WNewsNetwork may use the User’s geographic location to send push notifications for the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for some or all of the apps on the particular device.

Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of WNewsNetwork.

User identification via a universally unique identifier (UUID)
This Application may track Users by storing a so-called universally unique identifier (or short UUID) for analytics purposes or for storing Users’ preferences. This identifier is generated upon installation of this Application, it persists between Application launches and updates, but it is lost when the User deletes the Application. A reinstall generates a new UUID. may use this Application.

Selling goods and services online

The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.

The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Application depends on the payment system used.

Pseudonymous use

When registering for WNewsNetwork, Users have the option to indicate a nickname or pseudonym. In this case, Users’ Personal Data shall not be published or made publicly available. Any activity performed by Users on WNewsNetwork shall appear in connection with the indicated nickname or pseudonym. However, Users acknowledge and accept that their activity on WNewsNetwork, including content, information or any other material possibly uploaded or shared on a voluntary and intentional basis may directly or indirectly reveal their identity.

sessionStorage

sessionStorage allows WNewsNetwork to store and access data right in the User’s browser. Data in sessionStorage is deleted automatically when the session ends (in other words, when the browser tab is closed).

Preference Cookies

Preference Cookies store the User preferences detected on WNewsNetwork in the local domain such as, for example, their timezone and region.

Personal Data collected through sources other than the User

The Owner of WNewsNetwork may have legitimately collected Personal Data relating to Users without their knowledge by reusing or sourcing them from third parties on the grounds mentioned in the section specifying the legal basis of processing.
Where the Owner has collected Personal Data in such a manner, Users may find specific information regarding the source within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

4.0: The rights of Users

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following:

Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User’s consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

4.1: Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

4.2: How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.

5.0: Cookie Policy

This Application uses Cookies. To learn more and for a detailed cookie notice, you may consult the Cookie Policy.

6.0: Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related services.

The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User’s Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) or use for this purpose other Personal Data (such as IP Address).

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

The rights of Users

Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above.

This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.

To determine whether any of the third party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Application and can request that the Data Controller remove the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users.

7.0: Information for Californian consumers

This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running WNewsNetwork and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).

The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users who are consumers residing in the state of California, United States of America, according to “The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018” (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), and, for such consumers, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.

This part of the document uses the term “personal information“ as it is defined in The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Categories of personal information collected, disclosed or sold

In this section we summarize the categories of personal information that we’ve collected, disclosed or sold and the purposes thereof. You can read about these activities in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.

Information we collect: the categories of personal information we collect

We have collected the following categories of personal information about you: identifiers, california Consumer Records Statute information, commercial information, biometric information, internet information, geolocation data, sensorial information and inferred information.

We will not collect additional categories of personal information without notifying you.

How we collect information: what are the sources of the personal information we collect?

We collect the above mentioned categories of personal information, either directly or indirectly, from you when you use WNewsNetwork.

For example, you directly provide your personal information when you submit requests via any forms on WNewsNetwork. You also provide personal information indirectly when you navigate WNewsNetwork, as personal information about you is automatically observed and collected. Finally, we may collect your personal information from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service or with the functioning of WNewsNetwork and features thereof.

How we use the information we collect: sharing and disclosing of your personal information with third parties for a business purpose

We may disclose the personal information we collect about you to a third party for business purposes. In this case, we enter a written agreement with such third party that requires the recipient to both keep the personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose(s) other than those necessary for the performance of the agreement.

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties when you explicitly ask or authorize us to do so, in order to provide you with our Service.

To find out more about the purposes of processing, please refer to the relevant section of this document.

Sale of your personal information

For our purposes, the word “sale” means any “selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic means, a consumer’s personal information by the business to another business or a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration”.

This means that, for example, a sale can happen whenever an application runs ads, or makes statistical analyses on the traffic or views, or simply because it uses tools such as social network plugins and the like.

Your right to opt out of the sale of personal information

You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. This means that whenever you request us to stop selling your data, we will abide by your request.
Such requests can be made freely, at any time, without submitting any verifiable request, simply by following the instructions below.

Instructions to opt out of the sale of personal information

If you’d like to know more, or exercise your right to opt out in regard to all the sales carried out by WNewsNetwork, both online and offline, you can contact us for further information using the contact details provided in this document.

What are the purposes for which we use your personal information?

We may use your personal information to allow the operational functioning of WNewsNetwork and features thereof (“business purposes”). In such cases, your personal information will be processed in a fashion necessary and proportionate to the business purpose for which it was collected, and strictly within the limits of compatible operational purposes.

We may also use your personal information for other reasons such as for commercial purposes (as indicated within the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document), as well as for complying with the law and defending our rights before the competent authorities where our rights and interests are threatened or we suffer an actual damage.

We will not use your personal information for different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without notifying you.

Your California privacy rights and how to exercise them

The right to know and to portability

You have the right to request that we disclose to you:

the categories and sources of the personal information that we collect about you, the purposes for which we use your information and with whom such information is shared;
in case of sale of personal information or disclosure for a business purpose, two separate lists where we disclose:
- for sales, the personal information categories purchased by each category of recipient; and
- for disclosures for a business purpose, the personal information categories obtained by each category of recipient.

The disclosure described above will be limited to the personal information collected or used over the past 12 months.

If we deliver our response electronically, the information enclosed will be “portable”, i.e. delivered in an easily usable format to enable you to transmit the information to another entity without hindrance – provided that this is technically feasible.

The right to request the deletion of your personal information

You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information, subject to exceptions set forth by the law (such as, including but not limited to, where the information is used to identify and repair errors on WNewsNetwork, to detect security incidents and protect against fraudulent or illegal activities, to exercise certain rights etc.).

If no legal exception applies, as a result of exercising your right, we will delete your personal information and direct any of our service providers to do so.

How to exercise your rights

To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your verifiable request to us by contacting us via the details provided in this document.

For us to respond to your request, it’s necessary that we know who you are. Therefore, you can only exercise the above rights by making a verifiable request which must:

provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative;
describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity and therefore confirm the personal information in our possession actually relates to you.

If you cannot personally submit a verifiable request, you can authorize a person registered with the California Secretary of State to act on your behalf.

If you are an adult, you can make a verifiable request on behalf of a minor under your parental authority.

You can submit a maximum number of 2 requests over a period of 12 months.

How and when we are expected to handle your request

We will confirm receipt of your verifiable request within 10 days and provide information about how we will process your request.

We will respond to your request within 45 days of its receipt. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need. In this regard, please note that we may take up to 90 days to fulfill your request.

Our disclosure(s) will cover the preceding 12 month period.

Should we deny your request, we will explain you the reasons behind our denial.

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee, or refuse to act on the request. In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind it.

Additional information about California privacy

CCPA: Collection of personal information about consumers aged 13 to 16

We collect personal information of consumers between the age of 13 and 16 and won’t sell their data unless those consumers have opted-in.

8.0: Information for Users residing in Brazil

This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the entity running WNewsNetwork and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).
The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users who reside in Brazil, according to the “Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados” (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”). For such Users, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.
This part of the document uses the term “personal information“ as it is defined in the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD).

The grounds on which we process your personal information

We can process your personal information solely if we have a legal basis for such processing. Legal bases are as follows:

your consent to the relevant processing activities;
compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that lies with us;
the carrying out of public policies provided in laws or regulations or based on contracts, agreements and similar legal instruments;
studies conducted by research entities, preferably carried out on anonymized personal information;
the carrying out of a contract and its preliminary procedures, in cases where you are a party to said contract;
the exercising of our rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration procedures;
protection or physical safety of yourself or a third party;
the protection of health – in procedures carried out by health entities or professionals;
our legitimate interests, provided that your fundamental rights and liberties do not prevail over such interests; and
credit protection.

To find out more about the legal bases, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in this document.

Categories of personal information processed

To find out what categories of your personal information are processed, you can read the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.

Why we process your personal information

To find out why we process your personal information, you can read the sections titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” and “The purposes of processing” within this document.

Your Brazilian privacy rights, how to file a request and our response to your requests

Your Brazilian privacy rights

You have the right to: obtain confirmation of the existence of processing activities on your personal information;

access to your personal information;
have incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information rectified;
obtain the anonymization, blocking or elimination of your unnecessary or excessive personal information, or of information that is not being processed in compliance with the LGPD;
obtain information on the possibility to provide or deny your consent and the consequences thereof;
obtain information about the third parties with whom we share your personal information;
obtain, upon your express request, the portability of your personal information (except for anonymized information) to another service or product provider, provided that our commercial and industrial secrets are safeguarded;
obtain the deletion of your personal information being processed if the processing was based upon your consent, unless one or more exceptions provided for in art. 16 of the LGPD apply;
revoke your consent at any time;
lodge a complaint related to your personal information with the ANPD (the National Data Protection Authority) or with consumer protection bodies;
oppose a processing activity in cases where the processing is not carried out in compliance with the provisions of the law;
request clear and adequate information regarding the criteria and procedures used for an automated decision; and
request the review of decisions made solely on the basis of the automated processing of your personal information, which affect your interests. These include decisions to define your personal, professional, consumer and credit profile, or aspects of your personality.
You will never be discriminated against, or otherwise suffer any sort of detriment, if you exercise your rights.

How to file your request

You can file your express request to exercise your rights free from any charge, at any time, by using the contact details provided in this document, or via your legal representative.

How and when we will respond to your request

We will strive to promptly respond to your requests.

In any case, should it be impossible for us to do so, we’ll make sure to communicate to you the factual or legal reasons that prevent us from immediately, or otherwise ever, complying with your requests. In cases where we are not processing your personal information, we will indicate to you the physical or legal person to whom you should address your requests, if we are in the position to do so.

In the event that you file an access or personal information processing confirmation request, please make sure that you specify whether you’d like your personal information to be delivered in electronic or printed form.

You will also need to let us know whether you want us to answer your request immediately, in which case we will answer in a simplified fashion, or if you need a complete disclosure instead.

In the latter case, we’ll respond within 15 days from the time of your request, providing you with all the information on the origin of your personal information, confirmation on whether or not records exist, any criteria used for the processing and the purposes of the processing, while safeguarding our commercial and industrial secrets.

In the event that you file a rectification, deletion, anonymization or personal information blocking request, we will make sure to immediately communicate your request to other parties with whom we have shared your personal information in order to enable such third parties to also comply with your request – except in cases where such communication is proven impossible or involves disproportionate effort on our side.

Transfer of personal information outside of Brazil permitted by the law

We are allowed to transfer your personal information outside of the Brazilian territory in the following cases:

when the transfer is necessary for international legal cooperation between public intelligence, investigation and prosecution bodies, according to the legal means provided by the international law;
when the transfer is necessary to protect your life or physical security or those of a third party;
when the transfer is authorized by the ANPD;
when the transfer results from a commitment undertaken in an international cooperation agreement;
when the transfer is necessary for the execution of a public policy or legal attribution of public service;
when the transfer is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation, the carrying out of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract, or the regular exercise of rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration procedures.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Any information regarding a natural person, a legal person, an institution or an association, which is, or can be, identified, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically from this Application (or third party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment

User

The individual using this Application, which must coincide with or be authorized by the Data Subject, to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Subject

The legal or natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization authorized by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data in compliance with this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions regarding the purposes, and the methods of processing of Personal Data and the means used, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.

This Application

The hardware or software tool by which the Personal Data of the User is collected.

Cookies

Small piece of data stored in the User’s device.

Tracker

Tracker indicates any technology – e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting – that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.

Legal information

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).

This privacy policy relates solely to WNewsNetwork, if not stated otherwise within this document.

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Table of Contents

Privacy Policy of WNews

1.0: Data Controller and Owner

1.1: Key Changes & Addictions

1.2: Types of Data collected

1.3: Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

Legal basis of processing

Place

Retention time

The purposes of processing

1.4: The use of the collected Data

1.5: Facebook permissions asked by this Application

1.5.1: Basic information

App Notifications

1.6: Device permissions for Personal Data access

1.7 Users’ Request Of Personal Information

General European Privacy Act

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

1.8 Policy on Data leaks and breaches

2.0: Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

2.1: Access to third-party services’ accounts

Facebook account access (WNewsNetwork)

Access to the Twitter account (Twitter, Inc.)

2.2: Advertising

2.2.1: Advertising Serving Infrastructure

2.3: Analytics

Facebook Analytics for Apps (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) (Facebook, Inc.)

Analytics collected directly (Digiima)

WordPress Stats (Automattic Inc.)

Google Analytics with anonymized IP (Google Inc.)

Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports (Google LLC)

Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features (Google LLC)

App Center – Analytics (Microsoft Corporation)

AWStats (Digiima)

Cloudflare Web Analytics (Cloudflare Inc.)

YouTube Analytics and Reporting API (Google LLC)

2.5: Content commenting

2.5: Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)

2.6: Infrastructure monitoring

2.7: Device permissions for Personal Data access

2.8: Displaying content from external platforms

2.9: Handling activity data

2.10: Handling payments

2.11: Hosting and backend infrastructure

2.12: Heatmapping and Session Recordings

Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings (Hotjar Ltd.)

Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation)

2.13: Interaction with external social networks and platforms

2.14: Commercial affiliation

Amazon Affiliation (Amazon)

2.15: Managing Support

Freshdesk (Freshworks, Inc.)

2.16: Managing contacts and sending messages

Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group, LLC.)

2.17: Location-based interactions

2.18: Registration and authentication

2.19: Interaction with live chat platforms

Facebook Messenger Customer Chat (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

Hotjar surveys (Hotjar Ltd.)

2.21: Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting

Facebook Custom Audience (Facebook, Inc.)

Twitter Tailored Audiences (Twitter, Inc.)

2.22: Social features

2.23: Tag Management

Google Tag Manager (Google Inc.)

2.24: SPAM protection

2.25: Traffic optimization and distribution

2.26: Beta Testing

TestFlight (Apple Inc.)

Google Play Beta Testing (Google LLC)

3.0: Further information about Personal Data

4.0: The rights of Users

4.1: Details about the right to object to processing

4.2: How to exercise these rights

5.0: Cookie Policy

6.0: Additional information about Data collection and processing

7.0: Information for Californian consumers