Privacy Policy

Welcome to the “Privacy Policy” and “Cookie Policy” sections of Seospytools.

This Privacy Policy outlines how Seospytool collects, uses, and discloses personal data (within the meaning of this Privacy Policy) relating to your use of the Services.

For United States users, you can find information about your privacy rights in the “Information for US Residents” section.

1. Who We Are

When we use the terms “Seospytools”, “we”, “us” or “our” in the Privacy Policy section of this document, we are referring to the website, “Seospytools.com”.

2. About This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data by Seospytools. We collect your personal data when you access our websites, mobile applications, and other products, services, and experiences (together referred to as the “Services”). This Privacy Policy shall not apply to third parties with whom you may interact through our Services. Occasionally, we collaborate with third parties to offer products, promotions, or other services. If these third parties acquire your personal data, their privacy policy shall be made available to you.

3. Changes To This Privacy Policy

We anticipate that this Privacy Policy will be updated in the future, and when we do, we will update the date on the top of the Policy. When we make substantial modifications, we will inform you via the Services, including our homepage, or through email or other communications. Please visit this page regularly for the most up-to-date information regarding our privacy practices.

4. Personal Data We Collect And How

4.1 Personal Data You Provide To Us

We process the information you submit directly to us.

• Account Data: In order to create an account, you will be asked to provide your name, e-mail address, username, and password, as well as any other information required to set up your account. We explain this more in detail in section 4.4 below.

• Payment Data: When you purchase products or services from us, you’ll need to give us payment information (e.g. your bank account, credit card details). Please keep in mind that your financial data is collected and held by our third-party payment processor. The use and storage of this data is subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant third-party payment processing company’s privacy policy.

• Purchase Data:  If you click on a third party affiliate link via the Services and make a purchase, we will be provided with information regarding the purchase in order to receive credit for referring you to the third party.

• Public Account Data: You may include additional information (e.g. your personal description) in your Account. This information will be visible to third parties. If you choose not to share this information, or we choose not to include this information in your Account, we will not provide it.
• Other Information That You Share Via The Services: By completing a form, running a search, updating or adding data to your Account, responding to surveys, posting on community forums, giving us feedback, participating in promotions, or using other Services features, you may provide us with information.

4.2 Automatic Browser And Device Data Collection

We use cookies and other similar technologies to collect information about you and your device when you use or access the Services.

• Log Data: When you access the Services, we automatically collect and record data from your device(s) or web browser. This data includes, but is not limited to, your Internet Protocol (IP) Address, Mobile Device ID, Time Zone Setting, Language Preferences, Operating System, Platform, Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Links you clicked on or Shared with others (e.g. via email or social media).
• Account ID: When an Account is created, a user ID is created that indirectly identifies the user. This user ID is used to collect information about the user’s activity through the Services.
• Cookie Data: When you access the Services, the following tracking technologies will be configured on your device: cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies. Please refer to our “Cookie policy” section below for further information on cookies and information on how to disable cookies.

We may also utilize these technologies to aggregate data regarding your online activity over a period of time and through third-party Websites or other Online Services (behavioral Tracking). The data collected automatically may contain personal data or we may retain it or link it to personal data collected in other contexts or obtained from third parties.

4.3 Location Data

In order to determine your approximate location, we utilize your IP address. Additionally, we may collect the language or country you select. For example, when we offer a localized version of one of our Services to you, we integrate location data with other information we collect about you to ensure a localized experience.

4.4 Profile Data

Upon registration of an Account, we shall collect the information provided to us as part of the Account sign-up process, information provided to us in relation to purchases or orders placed by the user, and interests, preferences, comments and survey responses. Interests and preferences are derived from data collected regarding the content that the user has interacted with, the duration of such interactions, the frequency of such interactions, and the type of interaction the user has with the content. Email addresses shall not be communicated to other users except in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, or to protect our rights or those of our users.

4.5 Special Category Data

When conducting research or conducting surveys, and you take part in our surveys or research, we may collect confidential personal information about you, including, but not limited to, information regarding your racial or ethnic background, political views, religious or philosophical convictions, sexual orientation or gender identity. We shall obtain your consent for the collection, use or sharing of such data in accordance with applicable law.

5. Aggregated Data

5.1 We process and compile personal information we collect, including the frequency and quantity of your visits to our Services, to generate anonymized metrics and statistics that do not identify you as a person.

5.2 We aggregate information about you and other users to form audience segments of aggregate data, such as statistical, demographic, and usage data. When aggregated data is combined or linked to your personal data, it is treated as personal data and is subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

6. How We Collect Personal Data

6.1 From You: You may provide us with your personal information through:

• Accounts
• Donations
• Subscription
• Buying Products or Services
• Subscribing to our newsletters
• Opting-in to Marketing Communications
• Publishing Posts or Comments
• Entering a Competition
• Participating in a Promotions or Surveys
• Requiring User Support
• Contacting Us

6.2 Using Cookies: We use cookies and similar technologies to collect data about your devices, browsing activities and interests. For more information on how this works, please refer to our “Cookie Policy” section.

6.3 From Our Advertising Partners: Advertising and related services may be provided by third parties (e.g. analytics providers or ad networks) that are referred to as our “Advertising Partners”. These third parties may provide us with your personal data in order to enable us to compare it to the personal data we possess in order to identify if you are one of the same individuals (commonly referred to as cookie-matching). Unaffiliated third parties may be required to provide us with data in order to gain a better understanding of you and to provide you with data and offers that you may be interested in. For instance, we may be required to receive information regarding your interests, preferences, and contact information, including your email address.

6.4 From Our Advertisers And Affiliate Partners: Your personal data may be shared with us by third parties when you purchase goods through our Services, or when you purchase goods from a third party following the click of an affiliate link within our content. This data may include your contact information and financial and transaction information (e.g. purchased items and purchase price) provided by providers of technical services, payment services and delivery services.

6.5 From Social Media Platforms: If you log in to our Services with your Facebook account or Google account, we may automatically collect some information, including your Facebook user ID or Google account. We shall only use the information collected from either Facebook or Google (including the user ID assigned to you by Facebook or Google) in accordance with the policies of either Facebook or Google and in accordance with your preferences set by either Facebook or Google.

6.6 How We Use Your Data

The data collected is utilized to deliver, manage, and enhance our Services. Additionally, the data collected is used to:

• Provide you with technical notifications, updates and security notifications, as well as support and administrative communications, and to answer your comments, queries and customer service inquiries;
• Get in touch with you about what we offer, our products and services, special offers and events, and to share news and information that we think you’ll be interested in.
• Draw conclusions about your interests (including household level) and preferences are derived from the information we gather about the content you’ve interacted with, the length of time you’ve interacted with it, the frequency you engage with it, and the context in which you interacted with it.
• Customize and enhance the Services and deliver ads, content or features based on your profile, activity or interests.
• Customize the content provided by our external Advertising Partners, including customized third-party advertising.
• Develop profiles and audiences that can be utilized for analytics, targeted advertising and marketing on our Services, as well as on websites, mobile applications and other platforms controlled by our advertisers and third-party advertising partners (third Party Sites).
• Information about you, including your email address, may be used to identify you across devices used to access the Services and offline. This information enables us to gain insight into your interests and preferences which are used for advertising purposes on the Services and third party Websites.
• Organize, manage, and execute competitions, sweepstakes, and promotions, as well as manage and provide entries and prizes.
• Gain insight into the current usage, trends, and activities associated with our Services, and customize and enhance the Services accordingly.
• Protect Seospytools’ and other organizations’ rights and proprietary information by detecting, investigating and preventing fraudulent transactions and other unlawful activities; and
• Perform any other purpose specified at the time of data collection.

7. Marketing Choices

When you participate in a promotional activity, such as entering a sweepstakes, subscribing to or creating an Account to access our Services, we utilize your personal data to determine which products, services, and offers may be relevant to you. We may send you marketing messages if you have requested us to provide you with information, purchased goods or services, or provided us with your personal information when entering a competition or registering for a promotional activity.

If you choose not to receive marketing messages, they may still be sent to you. These messages may include non-promotional information, such as information about your Account or information about our ongoing business relationships. We will request your consent before sharing your personal data with a third party for the purpose of direct marketing. You may unsubscribe from any marketing messages we send you through a link included on the messages we send you, or by contacting us at any time at [email protected].

8. Sharing Your Personal Data

As a general rule, your personal information will stay with us, Seospytools. However, we may disclose personal information about you below or in accordance with this Privacy Policy:

• Under the terms of our Agreement with Seospytools, we share your personal information within the legal entities of Seospytools when required to satisfy a contractual or pre contractual obligation, or when we have a valid interest in doing so, or a legal requirement to do so.
• Vendors, consultants and other service providers that process your data on your behalf when they deliver services to us, such as data analytics services, research, marketing services and financial services.
• Advertising Partners enable us to personalize your experience and enhance the quality of our Services, Products, Marketing and Advertising, both on our own Platforms and on third party Websites. Advertising Partners are organizations that offer services that enable us to deliver advertising to our clients. These organizations may employ their own proprietary tracking technologies to gather or request personal information about clients. For further details, please refer to our “Cookie Policy” section.
• In the context of, or during the negotiation of, mergers, disposals of company resources, financing or acquisitions of all or a part of our operations by another company.
• In certain cases, we may be obligated by law to disclose or transfer your personal information without your consent, such as in order to satisfy a legal obligation or for law enforcement purposes. In such cases, we will disclose your personal information only if we reasonably believe that such disclosure is necessary pursuant to applicable legal requirements.

Other Sharing Details

We may share information about you with our Advertising Partners and Service Providers in order to gain an understanding of how our customers use our Services. This information may be aggregated, de-identified, or a combination of both. It is not intended to be used as a means of identification, and we do not attempt to identify de-identified information unless it is allowed or required by law. This information is intended to assist us in growing our business and in improving and developing the products and services we offer. For example, we may provide our Advertising Partners with a Hashed version of your Email address, which is an unrecognizable sequence of numbers and letters.

9. UK And EU Users: International Transfer Of Your Personal Data

9.1 When your personal data is processed within the context of our services, we will process it in the countries in which our offices are located. We have implemented internal controls (including standard contractual provisions approved by the Commission) to guarantee that your rights remain safeguarded.

9.2 We may share your personal data with third parties that are not based in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the processing of such data may involve the transfer of data outside of the EEA. Further details can be found in the privacy policy links provided for such third parties within our consent management platform.

9.3 Our contracts with these third parties contain standard contractual clauses approved by the Commission and otherwise specify the requirements we require of them to protect your data and your legal entitlements.

10. Retaining Your Personal Data

10.1 We retain your personal information for the period of time necessary for the purpose for which we collected it.

10.2 When determining the retention period for your data, we take into account the quantity, type, and degree of confidentiality of the personal information, the potential harm caused by unauthorized use or disclosure of the information, the necessity of the information, and any applicable legal obligations (e.g. legal retention periods and destruction periods).

10.3 For research or statistical purposes, we may anonymize your personal data (rendering it unsociable from your account).

11. Social Media Platforms And Other Third-Party Sites

11.1 Our websites and applications may contain links to external websites, applications and social media sites (“External Websites”). By clicking on these links, third parties may collect or share personal information about the user. Third-Party Websites are governed by their own Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It is recommended that users read the privacy policies and Terms of Use of External Websites to understand how they handle personal information.

Seospytools does not accept or accept any liability for damages or other harm that may arise from the user’s interaction with External Websites. Users should take all necessary precautions to protect themselves when accessing External Websites, including downloading content and making purchases.

11.2 The Services may provide social sharing capabilities and other integrated features that enable you to share actions taken on our Services to your contacts or the public via social media. Additionally, we utilize the analytics capabilities offered by the social platforms to gain insight into the behavior of our social media audience, to detect trends and to execute joint promotional initiatives with these platforms. For instance, in certain cases, we may agree with a particular social media platform to promote certain content together.

11.3 We obtain aggregated statistical data from social media platforms regarding the performance of our published and promoted content, including the number of views and the types of viewers. The social media platform aggregates and anonymizes the data prior to providing it to us.

11.4 In addition to the paid advertising tools provided by social media platforms, we also utilize paid content tools to execute advertising campaigns on social media platforms for our advertisers, as well as to promote our own content. For instance, on Pinterest, we utilize the “Promoted pins” tool to promote our own editorial or sponsored content to visitors on Pinterest. Once again, we receive only aggregated statistical data from social media platforms, which is information regarding interactions with our advertisements and sponsored content, including, but not limited to, views, times shared, etc.

11.5 We process data submitted by social media platforms based on our legitimate desire to engage with our users on social media platforms and promote our content on social media platforms.

The purpose and scope of the collection and processing of data related to social sharing features or the use of social media platforms can be further elaborated upon by referring to the respective privacy policies of the relevant entities at the links provided.

• Facebook and Instagram – https://en-gb.facebook.com/policy.php
• Twitter – https://twitter.com/en/privacy
• YouTube – https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
• Snapchat – https://www.snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-center/
• Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/privacy-policy/
• TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/en/privacy-policy
• Pinterest- https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
• Tumblr – https://www.tumblr.com/privacy
• LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
• LINE – https://terms.line.me/line_rules

12. Cookie Policy

12.1 What Are Cookies?

Cookies are a type of small text file used to identify an individual online. When visitors to a website visit a cookie, which is stored on the hard drive, allows the website to recognize the visitor while they are on the website. While some cookies are “session-based” and disappear once the visitor leaves the website, others are “persistent” and remain on the device until the user deletes the cookie. Cookies are only one of the technologies used to collect data online. A “web beacon” is also a type of data file that transmits information back to the web server. Additionally, when users interact with mobile applications, we may use Software Development Kits (SDKs) which act as cookies or other identifiers to identify the device. When referring to “cookies,” we refer not only to cookies, but also to web beacons, SDKs, and other similar technologies.

12.2 What Kind Of Cookies Are Available On The Services?

• First Party Cookies: Our Services use cookies from us to identify you and keep you as a one-of-a-kind user.
• Session Cookies: During a session on our Services, it retains information about the user. Session Cookies are erased when the user logs off of the Services and closes the web browser. Session Cookies are used to ensure the correct display of content on our Services, to maintain and track server load, and for technical purposes essential to the functioning of our Services. Your device can be configured to reject session cookies, however, if you do so, our Services may not function properly or at all.
• Consent Cookies: They are utilized by the consent management platform we use to record your preferences regarding third party cookies outlined below, as well as to store and share those preferences with third parties. Such cookies are necessary for the fulfillment of the legal obligations imposed upon us and third parties with which we have a commercial relationship to ensure that we solicit consent, record consent preferences and act on those consent preferences.
• Analytics Cookies: The use of Analytics cookies by us and third parties processing data for us is for the purpose of data analytics (e.g. Google Analytics) to manage and enhance the quality and performance of our Services, as well as for the purpose of monitoring, audit, research, and reporting.

We have activated Google’s IP anonymization feature on our Sites, which will result in your IP address being truncated by Google within the European Union (EU) or in third countries (EEA) prior to being transferred to the US. In exceptional circumstances, the entire IP address will be transmitted to Google’s server in the US and truncated there. Google will utilize this information to assess your use of our Sites, compile reports on your Site activity, and provide us with additional services related to your website and internet usage. The IP address that your browser transmits to Google for the purpose of Google Analytics will not be combined with any Google data. You can read more about Google’s use of data gathered for this purpose here.

• Third Party Cookies (Advertising And Affiliate Links): Our Advertising Partners (Advertisers) and affiliate links partners (Affiliate Links Partners) collect personal information from you for the purpose of making available to the public through the cookie consent management platform.
  • Advertising Partners are entities that provide advertising services, including third-party ad servers, advertising agencies, advertising technology vendors, and research firms.
  • Affiliate links partners remunerate us when you make a purchase from them or another affiliate partner after clicking on a link in our content.

Our Advertising Partners utilize third-party cookies to serve advertisements to you and to identify and target you with targeted (or personalized) advertisements when you use the Services and visit third-party Sites. They may also use cookies to track traffic on the Services, such as to track ad views.

Our Advertising Partners and affiliate link partners may view, modify or display their own cookies on mobile devices or web browsers when you interact with the Services. They may use cookies to monitor your use of the Services and your activity elsewhere online. We refer you to our consent management platform for a link to their privacy policies, which can be accessed by clicking here.

12.3 What Information Does Cookies Collect?

Cookies and other similar technologies enable us to collect a variety of personal information, including but not limited to a unique identifier assigned to your device, an IP address, a device and browser type, an operating system, referring URLs, content viewed or other activities taken through our Services, the time and date of such activities, and the country and language selected.

12.4 What Options Are Available To You?

Browsers and your device have features that allow you to turn off Cookies. If you turn off Cookies, you may not have access to all of our features. We recommend that you leave our essential cookies active to improve your user experience and help us continue to improve and develop our products and services for you.

You can choose who you allow to set third-party cookies on your browser and device by visiting our consent preferences center. You can also change your mind and review your consent choices anytime by going back to the consent preferences center.

For more information on this practice and your options regarding having your information used this way by our partners, please visit https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1, https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN or https://youradchoices.com/token.

13. Privacy Information For EEA And UK Users

13.1 Information For UK/EU Users (Including Legal Bases)

We shall only process your personal data for the purpose for which it was collected, unless we reasonably believe that it is necessary to process it for a purpose other than that for which it was originally collected. If we require the processing of your personal data for any other purpose, we shall explain the legal basis on which we rely.

The following table outlines the purposes for which your personal data are processed and the legal basis for processing them in each instance.

13.2 Legal Rights For EEA And UK Users

If you are a resident of the European Union (EU) or the United Kingdom (UK), you have certain rights with respect to the data we collect about you. Here is a brief description of those rights:

• Access: You have the right, subject to certain exceptions for the protection of the rights of third parties, to receive a copy of any personal data we collect about you. In the case where the data is that which you have provided to us, your right is to receive a copy in a shared electronic format and to make copies available to third parties if you wish.
• Correction: You have a right to have any personal information we collect about you rectified if it’s factually incorrect. This right doesn’t extend to opinions, such as those expressed in our editorial content.
• Deletion: In certain circumstances, you have a legal right to have personal information that is held about you deleted (the right to be forgotten). This right is generally not applicable where there is a legitimate legal basis for retaining the data (e.g. because we are required by law to do so).
• Objection: You have the legal right to request that we cease processing your personal data in cases where we base our processing decisions on ‘legitimate interests’; however, we may proceed with processing if our legitimate interests outweigh your objections.
• Withdrawing Consent: If we are processing personal data pursuant to your consent, you are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time. In such a case, we will terminate the processing of your personal data unless we have a valid legal basis to continue.

13.3 How To Assert Your Rights

To ensure the privacy of you and others, we will request proof of your identity prior to taking any action in response to your request. In the event of a request being made on your behalf by a third party, we will ask the third party to provide evidence that they have your consent to act on your behalf.

If necessary, we may contact you to request additional information to assist you in the exercise of your legal rights, or to expedite our response. Requests should be responded to within one month, and we will inform you if we require additional time, such as due to complexity of the request, or if there is an overriding legal basis for processing your data, or certain exceptions may apply. If the request is denied, we will explain the reasons.

You may also contact us at [email protected]

13.4 Complaints

Individuals have the right to submit complaints regarding matters relating to data privacy to the Information Commissioner’s Office (www.ic.org.uk) or to the relevant data protection regulatory authority in the Member State of your domicile. You may contact the ICO on the telephone number 0300 123 1113. It is recommended that you first address your concerns with us in order for us to attempt to resolve them.

14. Privacy Information For United States Residents

• Right to Deletion: You have the legal right to ask us to erase certain personal information that we possess about you.
• Right to Access: You have a right to be informed about the types of personal data collected or disclosed to you; the sources of that data; the commercial or business purpose for which your personal data is collected; and the groups of third parties to whom we share or disclose personal data. This information is also outlined in the Privacy Policy above. You also have a right to require that we grant you access to, or a copy of, the particular types of personal data that we collect about you (commonly referred to as data portability requests).
• Right to Correction: If you believe any of the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate, you have the right to have it rectified. This applies only to matters of fact, such as opinions expressed in our editorial content.
• No Discrimination: You are entitled to the protection of non-discriminatory treatment (under the relevant US Privacy Act) for the exercise of your rights.
• Right to Opt-Out: You are entitled to have your personal data “sold” or to have it “shared” for the purpose of providing interest-based or otherwise targeted advertising on third-party websites. It is important to note that the term “sale” is used in a broad manner and may include the provision of third-party websites with access to certain data, including cookies, IP addresses and/or browsing patterns, in order to deliver targeted advertisements on our Services or on other websites and applications. We engage in advertising because advertising (including targeted advertising) allows us to provide certain content free of charge and to provide you with content that is relevant to you.

15. How To Contact Us

If you have any queries or apprehensions regarding the information contained herein, our processing of your personal data in general, your rights and options regarding such processing, or if you wish to assert your legal rights, please contact us at: [email protected].