We do our best to protect your data and privacy.
This is our privacy policy which tells about how we collect, use and disclose the information we collect when you use smartkidworld.com. This will help you make an informed decision about sharing your personal information with us.
By visiting our Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. Please read them carefully.
If you do not accept the Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website’s functions.
Definitions
1. Privacy policy – this document, defining the purpose and scope of personal data processing, the manner of their use, and the rights of the data subjects.
2. Website / Portal – website available at smartkidworld.com, which is a collection of educational materials and personal views of the Portal editors on education and upbringing of children, through which the User can view the content of blog posts, subscribe to the newsletter or contact the author.
3. Administrator – an entity managing and running the Website, the owner of which is a natural person.
4. User – the data subject providing data when using the Website, subscribing to the newsletter, contacting via the contact form, leaving a comment.
- an adult natural person with access to the services offered by the Portal and accepting all the provisions of these Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy,
- a minor and / or person who does not have full legal capacity, subject to the consent of the legal guardian and his acceptance of all provisions of these Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy. The Administrator may request consent in writing, under pain of suspending access to the Portal,
- employees of an authorized educational institution accepting all provisions of these Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy.
Purposes and scope of data processing
Personal data is collected directly from the data subjects. This can happen in several cases, in particular:
- during registration,
- through the User’s profile,
- via the newsletter subscription form,
- via the contact form,
- via the comments form,
- automatically.
Purposes of processing personal data
Registration
In order to enable access to selected Materials posted on the Website, only for registered and logged in Users. When registering, please provide your login, first name and e-mail address.
User Profile
After registration, it is possible to fill the User’s profile with additional information, ie interests.
The data collected through the User’s profile will be used for statistical purposes and to personalize the content of the pages.
Newsletter
The purpose of sending the newsletter and related commercial and marketing information by electronic means. In order to receive the newsletter, it is necessary to express voluntary consent to subscribe, provide your name and active e-mail address in the appropriate form.
Contact form
In order to answer a message or question sent via the contact form.
Comments
When the User leaves a comment, we collect the data visible in the commenting form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser signature to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your e-mail address (also known as a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if it is being used. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Data visible after adding a comment are not subject to the Privacy Policy. It is not possible to prevent their use by third parties.
Media
If you are a registered User and upload pictures to your site, you should avoid uploading pictures with EXIF location tags. Visitors to the website can download and extract full location data from pictures on the Website.
Automatic
During a visit to the Website, information about the visit is automatically collected, such as IP address, domain name, browser type and operating system, etc.
Data is also collected on the URL referring to the Website or the website that redirected the User to the Website, pages viewed on the Website, links clicked, or time spent during a visit to the Website.
The Administrator does not sell the collected data about Users to third parties.
Unannounced messages
The Administrator reserves the right to send unsolicited messages to registered Users and people receiving the newsletter.
These messages may concern information related to the operation of the Website. It may also be commercial information of the Service Partners and non-commercial letters.
Cookies
Cookies are IT data in the form of small files, saved and stored on the User’s device while browsing the web.
Cookies stored on the User’s device are transferred to the website smartkidworld.com each time the User returns to the Website. They are used to optimize the process of using the Website. They help to identify and track visitors while using the Website, learn about their preferences, which gives the opportunity to improve the structure of the Website and its content.
When leaving a comment on the Website, it is possible to save data, i.e. name, e-mail address and website address in cookies. This way, the next time you leave a comment, this information will be automatically completed.
When logging in to the Website, a temporary cookie is created, the task of which is to check whether the User’s device accepts cookies. It is deleted when the Internet browser is closed.
Another cookies are needed when logging in, to save login information and selected screen options.
Google Analytics cookies
The website uses Google Analytics services to analyze the User’s interaction with the pages of the Website. Google Analytics collects demographic data, interest data and generates statistical data and other information about the use of the website by means of cookies. These cookies are stored on the User’s device. We share this information with Google, which will store and use this information on their servers. All information obtained remains the property of the Website and is subject to this Privacy Policy.
The information obtained enables the Website to be improved and expanded with content interesting for the Users. They do not identify the User in any way. We do not allow the use or sharing of Users’ data, except as provided in the contract or as may be required by law.
Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Advertising cookies
Advertisements are displayed on the Website pages, based on the use of external advertising companies’ services, i.e .:
- Google AdSense.
Thanks to them, the Website smartkidworld.com used by the User may remain free.
Our advertisers and ad providers display targeted ads. They may use their own cookies or other tracking technologies to collect anonymous information while using the Website. Among other things, to determine the number of advertisements displayed and the number of clicks on them, as well as preferences based on the pages viewed on the Website and other websites visited. This information allows for the delivery of advertisements about goods and services of most interest to the User.
By interacting with or clicking on an ad, the User agrees that the advertiser may assume that they meet the criteria used to target the ad. The Website does not provide information enabling the identification of the User.
Google’s privacy policy regarding advertisements is available at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Blocking cookies
The user has the right to control the browser settings for cookies, limiting their use or blocking them completely. However, this may make it difficult to use the Website, so we recommend that you leave them turned on.
Embedded content from other sites
Articles published on the Website may contain embedded content from other websites, e.g. videos, pictures, games. Each time, this content behaves in a similar way as if the User visited a specific website directly.
Accordingly, external sites may use cookies to collect information about the User through external tracking systems to monitor the User’s interactions with the embedded material.
Data processing period
The comment left by the User, its content and metadata will be stored indefinitely. Thanks to this, we are able to recognize and approve subsequent comments automatically, without sending them to each moderation.
Registered Users have the option of supplementing their profile with personal information. All users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except their username, which cannot be changed). The site administrators can also view and modify this information.
Personal data is stored until consent is revoked, if data processing is based on the consent of the data subject. For example, in the case of a newsletter.
User’s rights to their data
The User has the right to access the processed data at any time, as well as the right to correct them and request their removal from the Website.
The User may request the deletion of all personal data held by the Website.
This does not include any data that we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
The User has the right to withdraw his consent at any time, if the basis for data processing was consent, e.g. in the case of the Newsletter. Revocation of consent is not retroactive.
The User has the right to information who is the data controller, possible method of sharing and recipients of the data.
Transferring data
User comments may be checked through an automatic spam detection service.
Final Provisions
The Administrator reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy.
The changes will be published on the Website pages, modifying the above provision.
The privacy policy comes into force on the day of publication of a uniform text on the Website pages.
Users are required to read the introduced changes and accept them.
In the event of non-acceptance of the new provisions of the Privacy Policy, the User is obliged to delete the account on the Website.