Privacy Policy

Updated August 1, 2023

At dacmedium.com, we are committed to your right to privacy and being transparent about how, when and why we store your Personal Data. Personal Data is any information that can be used to identify a specific individual such as your name, email address and telephone number.This policy covers the dacmedium.com website, desktop clients, laptop clients and mobile clients.

This privacy policy pertains to the use of the website at dacmedium.com (hereinafter the ”Website”). The Website recognizes that you are concerned about how we collect, use and share information about you, and we wish to assure you that we do so reasonably and with the utmost care.

This policy is applicable worldwide and has been updated to incorporate the privacy rights of clients protected by the GDPR that took effect on May 25, 2018.

Please review the Privacy Policy for this Website carefully. By visiting this Website, you are accepting all of its terms and conditions listed below. This policy may be updated from time to time for reasons such as operational practices or regulatory changes, so we recommend that you review our Privacy Policy when returning to our Website.

Collection of Your Personal Data

We may collect the following categories of Personal Data about you when you use or otherwise interact with our Products:

Name
Email address
Time zone
Home/work/mobile telephone number/skype name
IP addresses and other information collected passively
Mobile Device identifiers

We collect and/or process your Personal Data in connection with the below activities related to:

Registering for email and newsletter subscriptions
Placing e-commerce transactions or orders
Registering to attend an online seminar, webinar, workshop or course

How We Use Your Personal Data

The Website uses the information you provide for several purposes, such as to communicate with you and to give you a better experience when visiting The Website by personalizing tools, content, services and email messages. The information collected by The Website may also be used to create market surveys of the Website’s audience comprised of anonymous statistical demographic information but no personally identifiable information.

Choice (Opt-in/Opt-out Policy)

You may choose whether or not to provide your personal data, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers, and services if they require Personal Data that you have not provided.

You may sign-up, and therefore consent, to receive newsletter communications from us. Upon registering for our newsletter, or from time-to-time, you may be asked to indicate whether you are interested in receiving information from us about special offers or news about our website. If you do choose to receive these communications by means of an opt-in, we will occasionally send you an email message that matches your request(s). We currently provide the following opt-out opportunities:

At any time, you can follow an “Unsubscribe” link provided in every newsletter to unsubscribe from that mailing list or email service.  Notwithstanding anything else in this Privacy Policy, please note that this website reserves the right to contact you in the event of a change in our Terms of Service and/or this Privacy Policy or for other strictly service-related and/or administrative announcements.

Data Retention

How long the Website retains your Personal Data depends upon the type of data and the purpose for which we process the data.

Sharing Your Personal Data

The Website does not rent, sell or otherwise share your personal data with unaffiliated third parties without your express consent except that:

(i) We may respond to court orders, or similar legal process by disclosing Personal Data and other related information, if required to do so by law. We may also use your Personal Data and other related information to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

(ii) We may possibly share Personal Data and any other information available to us in order to investigate, prevent, or take action based upon a good faith belief regarding suspected fraud or other illegal activities,  situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of The Website’s terms of service, or as otherwise required by law.

(iii) We may share Personal Data in the event we enter into a merger, sale, assignment, in which case user information would be one of the assets transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of us or our assets may continue to use your Personal Data as set forth in this policy. We may also do so if we go into bankruptcy or similar proceeding.

Linked Websites and Third Party Services

Our Website  may provide links to other third-party websites and services that are not co-branded or affiliated with us. These links and websites are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these (and all) sites you visit or services you use.

Your Personal Data Rights

You have certain rights with respect to your Personal Data. In certain circumstances, we may not be able to fully comply with your requests, or we may ask you to provide us with additional information in connection with your request, which may be Personal Data, for example, if we need to verify your identity or the nature of your request. In such situations, however, we will still respond to let you know of our decision.

You have the right to make any of the following requests. To do so, please contact us using the contact details referred to in the “Contact Us” section of this policy.

Access: You may request more information about the Personal Data we hold about you. You may also request a copy of the Personal Data.

Correction: If you believe that any Personal Data this Website is holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may request that we correct or supplement such data. Please contact us as soon as possible upon noticing any such inaccuracy or incompleteness.

Objection: You may contact us to let us know that you object to the collection or use of your Personal Data for certain purposes.

Erasure: You may request that we erase some or all of your Personal Data from our systems.

Restrict Data Processing: You may ask us to restrict further processing of your Personal Data.

Portability: You have the right to ask for a copy of your Personal Data. You may also request that we transmit the data to another entity where technically feasible.

Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your Personal Data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note, however, that if you exercise this right, you will have to provide express consent on a case-by-case basis for the use or disclosure of certain of your Personal Data, if such use or disclosure is necessary to enable you to utilize some or all of our Products.

Right to File a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint about this Website’s practices with respect to your Personal Data with the supervisory authority of your country or EU Member State.

How We Protect and Secure Your Information

Although The Website adheres to generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information you provide to us, the fact of the matter is that to date, there is no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, that is 100% secure.  Therefore, although The Website makes every reasonable effort to protect your information, it cannot guarantee absolute security.

Passive Data Collection

When you visit this Website, we may collect passive information about your actions. This type of information is generally collected from two sources:  the server logs and cookies. Each time you log onto the Website, it automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address and the pages you request.

IP Address.  Your IP address is a number that is assigned by your ISP (Internet Service Provider) to your computer to identify its location. Your IP address is stored in our user registration databases when you register for our newsletter or engage in an e-commerce transaction.

Cookies.  Our site may use a feature of your browser to set a “cookie” on your computer. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous and unique alphanumeric identifier that we transfer to your computer through your web browser, where it is then stored on your computer’s hard drive. 
You may modify your browser preference to provide you with choices relating to cookies. You may accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or opt to be notified when a cookie is sent.  If you choose to reject cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the services offered by the Website.

Linked Websites and Third Party Services

Our Website may provide links to other third-party websites and services that are not co-branded or affiliated with us. These links and websites are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these (and all) sites you visit or services you use.

Guidelines Regarding Children/Minors

The Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. The Website does not encourage visits by children under the age of 13 and it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.  If the Website learns that it has collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, it will delete that information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

It is the Website’s policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If material changes are made regarding how we treat our users’ personal information, you will be notified  by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the Website home page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or anything else about the Website, you can contact us at the following email address: debra@dacmedium.com