At Verified Bios (“we,” “our,” or “us”), accessible at https://verifiedbios.com/, we respect the privacy of our visitors and are committed to handling personal information responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we may collect when you visit our website, how that information may be used, when it may be shared, and the choices available to you regarding your personal information.
By accessing or using Verified Bios, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy. Where consent is required by applicable law, we will seek your consent before processing your information for the relevant purpose.
1. Information We Collect
Verified Bios may collect information you provide directly and certain technical information generated when you use our website.
The information collected depends on how you interact with our website, the features we provide, and the third-party services we use.
2. Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you contact us, submit a comment, send feedback, or use other interactive features available on our website.
Depending on the feature, this information may include:
– Your name or username.
– Your email address.
– Your website URL, if provided.
– The contents of your message, comment, or enquiry.
– Other information you choose to provide.
If you leave a comment, information such as your IP address and browser user agent may also be processed to help detect spam and maintain website security.
If our website uses the Gravatar service to display profile images alongside approved comments, an anonymised hash generated from your email address may be shared with that service to check whether you have a Gravatar profile.
Please avoid including sensitive personal information in public comments or messages.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Verified Bios may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, remember preferences, understand website usage, and improve the browsing experience.
Depending on the features enabled on our website, cookies may be used to:
– Remember your comment details so you do not have to enter them again.
– Maintain login sessions and account preferences, if user accounts are available.
– Store cookie consent preferences.
– Support analytics, website performance measurement, and security.
– Deliver advertisements and measure advertising performance, where applicable.
Cookie duration varies according to the purpose of the cookie and the service that sets it. For example, login cookies may expire after a short period, while preference cookies may remain for longer.
Where required by law, non-essential cookies will only be used after you provide the appropriate consent. You can manage your preferences through the cookie consent controls available on our website or through your browser settings.
Disabling certain cookies may affect some website features.
4. Automatically Collected Information
When you visit Verified Bios, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, security tools, analytics services, or other services we use.
This information may include:
– Your IP address.
– Browser type and version.
– Device and operating system information.
– Pages visited and links clicked.
– Referring websites.
– Date, time, and duration of visits.
– General website usage and performance information.
We may use this information to understand how visitors use our website, identify technical problems, protect against suspicious activity, and improve our content and services.
We may also use Google Search Console to monitor search performance, indexing, and visibility in Google Search. Search Console primarily provides aggregated website performance information rather than individual visitor browsing histories.
5. Embedded Content and Social Media
Some articles published on Verified Bios may contain embedded content from third-party platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and other social media or media-sharing services.
Embedded content may behave similarly to visiting the original third-party website. These providers may collect information about your interaction, use cookies or similar technologies, and associate your activity with an account if you are logged in to their services.
Verified Bios does not control the privacy practices of these external platforms.
6. Advertising and Third-Party Services
Verified Bios may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising networks, including Google AdSense, if these services are enabled on our website.
Advertising providers may use cookies, device identifiers, or similar technologies to deliver advertisements, measure their effectiveness, prevent fraud, and, where permitted, personalise advertisements based on browsing activity.
The information used for advertising and the choices available to you depend on the advertising provider, your location, and your consent preferences.
For more information about how Google uses information from websites that use its services, visit:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You can learn more about Google’s advertising technologies and available personalisation controls at:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Where applicable, you can manage advertising consent and personalisation preferences through the controls provided by Google and our website.
7. Images and Media
Verified Bios may publish photographs, graphics, videos, and other media relating to the personalities and subjects featured in our articles.
If you upload images through any feature we provide, those files may contain embedded metadata, such as EXIF information, which can sometimes include location details.
We recommend removing sensitive metadata from images before uploading them.
Publicly accessible images and media published on our website may be viewed or downloaded by visitors, depending on the relevant page and technical settings. We encourage visitors to avoid sharing media containing private or sensitive information.
8. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information to third parties for money.
However, we may share or allow the processing of certain information in the following circumstances:
– Service providers: With hosting companies, website maintenance providers, security services, email providers, and other service providers that help operate our website.
– Spam prevention and security: With automated services that help detect spam, abuse, fraudulent activity, and security threats.
– Analytics and advertising providers: With third-party services used for website measurement or advertising, subject to applicable law and consent requirements.
– Legal obligations: Where disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, court orders, or other legal obligations.
– Protection of rights: Where reasonably necessary to protect our website, users, rights, property, or security.
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and contractual arrangements with us.
9. How Long We Retain Your Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, subject to applicable legal, security, and operational requirements.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and how it is used.
For example:
– Comments: Comments and associated information may be retained to support moderation, detect spam, and maintain discussion records.
– Contact messages: Messages may be retained for as long as necessary to respond to enquiries and maintain relevant records.
– Account information: If user accounts are available, account information may be retained until the account is deleted or deactivated, subject to applicable retention requirements.
– Technical and security logs: These may be retained for a limited period necessary for troubleshooting, security monitoring, and fraud prevention.
– Cookies: These remain for the period specified by the relevant cookie or until removed, where applicable.
When information is no longer needed, we will take reasonable steps to delete it or otherwise handle it in accordance with applicable requirements.
10. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These rights may include the ability to:
– Request access to personal information we hold about you.
– Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
– Request deletion of your personal information.
– Object to, or request restrictions on, certain types of processing.
– Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
– Request a copy of certain information in a portable format, where applicable.
– Lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority.
These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.
To submit a privacy request, contact us using the email address provided in the Contact Us section. Please describe your request clearly so we can review it and respond appropriately. We may need to verify your identity before acting on certain requests.
We will handle valid requests in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
11. Children’s Privacy
Verified Bios is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed at children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through features intended to collect such information. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action.
Where applicable law establishes a different age threshold or additional requirements for children’s data, we will follow those legal requirements.
12. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect information processed through our website against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss, and misuse.
These measures may include website security tools, access controls, software updates, and other appropriate safeguards.
However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot promise absolute security for information transmitted to or stored by our website.
13. External Links
Our articles and pages may contain links to external websites, including news publications, social media platforms, public records, and other information resources.
These websites are operated independently and have their own privacy policies, security practices, and terms of use.
Verified Bios is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites. We encourage visitors to review the applicable policies before providing personal information to third-party services.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, the services we use, our data-handling practices, or applicable legal requirements.
When changes are made, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to stay informed about how information is handled when using Verified Bios.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your privacy rights, or have concerns about how your information is handled, please contact us.
Website: https://verifiedbios.com/
Email: verifiedbios@gmail.com
We will review privacy-related enquiries and respond as appropriate under applicable law.
Thank you for visiting Verified Bios.