Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 20 APR 2025

Metagiik Blog (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the Metagiik Blog website (https://blog.metagiik.com) (the “Service”).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information Collection and Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

• Personal Data: While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
  • Email address (e.g., if you subscribe to a newsletter or leave a comment)
  • First name and last name (e.g., if you leave a comment or use a contact form)
  • Website (e.g., if you leave a comment)
• Usage Data: We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
• Tracking & Cookies Data: We use 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. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. Examples of Cookies we use:
  • Session Cookies.
  • Preference Cookies.
  • Security Cookies.

2. How We Use Your Data
Metagiik Blog uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service
• To notify you about changes to our Service
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so (e.g., comments)
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
• To monitor the usage of our Service
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues
• [If applicable: To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer – ONLY if you have opt-in consent]

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (If targeting GDPR regions)
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you
• You have given us permission to do so
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights
• For payment processing purposes (if applicable)
• To comply with the law

4. Data Retention
We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen security or improve functionality, or we are legally obligated to retain it for longer periods.

5. Data Transfer
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside [Your Country] and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to [Your Country/Location where hosted] and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

6. Data Security
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data (e.g., SSL certificate), we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Data Disclosure
We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation
• To protect and defend the rights or property of Metagiik Blog
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
• To protect against legal liability

8. Your Data Protection Rights (Tailor based on applicable laws like GDPR/CCPA)
Depending on your location, you may have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or delete the 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.
• [Add specific CCPA rights if applicable: Right to know, Right to opt-out of sale (if applicable)]

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Your Email Address]. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding.

9. Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

10. Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

11. Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of [Usually 13 or 16, check local laws] (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of [13/16]. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By email: support@metagiik.com
• By visiting this page on our website: https://blog.metagiik.com/contact

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