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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Automata Weekly

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy outlines the data collection, processing, and usage practices of Automata Weekly in relation to www.automatanews.ai. It applies to all personal and non-personal information collected from subscribers of our newsletter.

2. Information We Collect

• Non-Personal Information (NPI): When you access our website with a web browser, we automatically collect information that does not personally identify you, known as Non-Personal Information. This may include your IP address, web browser type, device information, and general demographic data.

• Personally Identifiable Information (PII): This is information that you provide to us as part of receiving newsletters from Automata Weekly. It includes, but may not be limited to, your name and email address, and other related information about you or your business that you provide to us.

3. Use of Your Information

The information we collect is used to:

• Send you Automata Weekly newsletters and other updates.
• Ensure that content from our site is presented effectively for you and your computer.
• Provide information, products, or services you request.
• Fulfil our obligations from contracts entered between you and us.
• Enable your participation in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
• Notify you about changes to our service.

4. Sharing of Your Information

Your personal information is crucial for the provision of our services. We share your information with our newsletter service provider, MailerLite, as part of delivering Automata Weekly to you. MailerLite's privacy policy can be accessed at MailerLite Privacy Policy. We do not sell or rent your information without your consent, except as required by law or necessary for regulatory purposes.

5. Data Protection

We are committed to protecting your information. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.

6. Compliance with GDPR

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), if you are a resident of the European Union, you have certain rights including:

• The right to access, update or to delete the personal information we have on you.
• The right of rectification.
• The right to object.
• The right of restriction.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to withdraw consent.

7. Consent

By using our website and subscribing to Automata Weekly, you consent to our Privacy Policy.

8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us at:

MIGNON TECHNOLOGIES LTD
3rd Floor Maybrook House
27-35 Grainger Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 5JE
UNITED KINGDOM

By providing this contact information, we ensure that you can reach out to us with any concerns or inquiries regarding your data privacy.

10. Data Controller

For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the data controller of www.automatanews.ai is Automata News. The data controller is responsible for ensuring that your data is stored and processed in compliance with applicable data protection laws.

11. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have numerous rights relating to your personal data:

• Right to be informed: You have the right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data.
• Right of access: You can request access to your personal data and verify the lawfulness of its processing.
• Right to rectification: You have the right to have inaccurate personal data corrected or completed if it is incomplete.
• Right to erasure ('right to be forgotten'): In certain circumstances, you can request the deletion or removal of personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.
• Right to restrict processing: You have rights to 'block' or suppress further use of your data in certain circumstances.
• Right to data portability: You have the rights to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services.
• Right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, including an absolute right to stop your data being used for direct marketing.

12. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the services you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our policies.

13. How to Exercise Your Rights

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at the details provided in section 9. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

14. Complaints

If you believe that your data protection rights have been breached, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. You can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK or the appropriate authority in your country if you reside outside the UK.

15. Third-Party Links

Our website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

16. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

www.automatanews.ai uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information, and to improve and analyse our service. The information that we collect includes:

• Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
• Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
• Advertising Cookies: Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.

17. Behavioral Remarketing

www.automatanews.ai utilises remarketing services to advertise on third-party websites to you after you have visited our site. This allows us to present you with advertisements that we believe match your interests based on your browsing history.

We may use the following services for remarketing purposes, among others:

• Google Ads: Google's advertising service allows us to place ads on other websites that you visit after leaving ours.
• Bing Ads: A digital advertising service provided by Microsoft, enabling us to display ads on Bing and its partner networks.
• Twitter/X: Utilised for targeting advertisements based on past interactions and engagements on the Twitter platform.
• Facebook: Enables us to show personalised ads to you on Facebook based on your previous visits to our website.
• Pinterest: This service allows for targeted advertising that reflects the interests you have shown while browsing both our site and Pinterest.

These third-party vendors, including Google, Bing, Twitter/X, Facebook, and Pinterest, use cookies to serve ads based on someone's past visits to the www.automatanews.ai website. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and the privacy policies of these third-party advertising vendors.

You can opt-out of behavioural remarketing by visiting the respective ad preference pages of these networks or by using the settings in your browser to block the use of cookies.

18. Analytics

www.automatanews.ai uses analytics services to help understand the usage of our site and services. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit and other information that assists us in improving our service. We may use the following analytics providers, among others:

• Google Analytics: This service, provided by Google, tracks and reports website traffic, providing insights into user interactions on our website. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our service. This data is shared with other Google services and may be used to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visit activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: Google Privacy & Terms.
• Cloudflare: Serving as both a CDN and an anti-DDoS tool, Cloudflare helps in speeding up page load times and protecting our website from distributed denial-of-service attacks. Cloudflare may also capture some analytical data as part of its operations, helping us understand traffic patterns and safeguard our services. For Cloudflare’s privacy practices, you can review their policy here: Cloudflare Privacy Policy.

Note on Privacy: The analytics tools we use adhere to privacy standards and regulations, ensuring that all data is anonymised where possible and handled in accordance with our privacy policy and the privacy policies of the analytics providers. We do not use analytics tools to track or collect personally identifiable information of visitors to our site.