This Privacy Policy describes the data we collect and how it is used in the interaction of visitors and users with WP.Style website.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, WP.Style collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. WP.Style’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how WP.Style’s visitors use its website.
The site can use Google Analytics or a similar service and technology that can record visitor activity on the site. This information is used to analyze user behavior on our website in order to improve the usability and quality of the site.
WP.Style logs all search queries and this logs include the user ID if the user is logged in to WP.Style. We use this information to provide better service for our users and do not share this information with third parties.
From time to time, WP.Style may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
WP.Style collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. WP.Style does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Cloudflare is used to help us optimize and protect this site. CloudFlare acts as web traffic proxy between you and our web server, also it’s used to cache our static resources.
Web traffic is sent firstly to Cloudflare and then on to our web server to ensure bots are blocked and legitimate requests are allowed. Cloudflare logs a visitors’ IP address, system configuration information, and other information about traffic, which helps it to block attacks from bots and filter out potentially bad traffic. These logs are stored directly with Cloudflare and not on our server.
You can view Cloudflare’s privacy policy here: https://www.cloudflare.com/security-policy/
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to WP.Style website choose to interact with WP.Style in ways that require WP.Style to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that WP.Style gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who use our User Reviews section or Comments Section to provide a username and email address. All user’s content, such as comments, posts, reviews and ratings, as well as a user name or nickname, avatar and the website address, specified by the user or assigned to his/her email address, are considered to be non-confidential. Using the website services that require this information, the user expresses his voluntary consent to the publication of this information on the website. The email address is not published and is considered confidential. In each case, WP.Style collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with WP.Style.
WP.Style does not disclose confidential information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
WP.Style may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, WP.Style may reveal how many hits a particular product got, or say which products or services are most popular based on ratings/reviews and links usage statistic. However, WP.Style does not disclose confidential information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
WP.Style discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on WP.Style’s behalf or to provide services available at WP.Style’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using WP.Style’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. WP.Style will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, WP.Style discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when WP.Style believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of WP.Style, third parties, or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a WP.Style website and have supplied your email address, WP.Style may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with WP.Style and our products. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. WP.Style takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Please note that no data transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be 100% secure. WP.Style and its owner(s) are not liable for any kind damages or loses caused by the reveal of your personally-identifying information in case of vulnerability and hacking attacks.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. WP.Style uses cookies to help WP.Style identify and track visitors, their usage of WP.Style website, and their website access preferences. WP.Style visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using WP.Style’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of WP.Style’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, WP.Style may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in WP.Style’s sole discretion. WP.Style encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
This privacy policy is based on WordPress.org privacy policy and available under CC BY-SA 2.5 license. The document is modified to add the specific information related to WP.Style and its services and to add the paragraph about security.
Last edited February 24, 2019