Privacy Policy
Last updated: December 10, 2023
Alintana.com (accessible at https://www.alintana.com/), hereinafter also referred to as the “Website”, is the official website of Alintana Publishing (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our“).
At Alintana Publishing, We respect the privacy and agency of the users/visitors (hereinafter the “User/s”, “Visitor/s”, “You,” or “Your”) of this Website. We are committed to keeping personally identifiable information safe.
In compliance with Philippine law Republic Act No. 10173, also known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA), any and all personally identifiable information collected from Visitors of this Website through any forms, via email, or with the use of cookies will be treated with the strictest confidentiality and careful processing in all forms.
This Privacy Policy describes the types of data that are collected, stored, used, and/or processed when You visit Alintana.com to check out or sign up for Our publishing services (hereinafter the “Services”) as well as the steps that We take to safeguard Your information. This policy does not apply to data collected offline, emails sent to addresses not ending in @alintana.com, or information gathered via channels other than this Website that do not link to this Privacy Policy page.
Consent
We use the data collected on Our Website to deliver and improve the Services We offer and to operate Our Website as well as to guide Us in Our marketing efforts and in continuing to develop and grow this Website. By visiting this Website, You agree to the collection and use of Your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If You have additional questions or need more information about Our Privacy Policy, please email Us at privacy@alintana.com.
Interpretation & Definitions
The words that use a capitalized initial letter have specific meanings defined in the section above. The following additional definitions likewise remain the same regardless of whether the words appear in singular or in plural form. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
"Account" hereinafter refers to a unique account created on this Website to enable You to access specific Services or particular parts of Our Website that require You to log in.
Note: None of Our Services require You to register for an Account on Our Website as of the time that this Privacy Policy was last updated and We do not collect, store, and/or process any unsolicited personally identifying information not necessary for Service delivery.
"Cookies" hereinafter refers to the small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device, or any other device You use to interact with websites, including Our Website. Cookies collect and store data, including Your online preferences and browser history.
"Device" hereinafter refers to any device that can access this Website including but not limited to a computer, a laptop, a smartphone, or a digital tablet.
"Personal Data" hereinafter refers to any piece of personally identifiable information related to a particular individual from whom data has been collected.
"Service Provider" hereinafter refers to any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of Our Company. It may refer to third-party companies or individuals We have employed to perform Services related to this Website, to assist Us in analyzing how this Website is used, and/or to facilitate the operation and ensure the accessibility of this Website on behalf of Our Company.
"Usage Data" hereinafter refers to data collected automatically, either generated through the use of this Website or from this Website’s infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While visiting/using Our Website, We may ask You to provide Us with personally identifiable information that can be used to contact You or deliver Services to You. The types of Personal Data We may collect include but are not limited to:
First Name
Last Name
Email Address
Phone Number
Notarized Declaration/Certification of Originality (for submissions of copyrighted work)
Usage Data
We collect Personal Data (except for usage data) through Cookies and other tracking technologies as well as through emails We explicitly ask You to voluntarily send Us to contact Us regarding any publishing Service inquiry, literary/artwork submission, or Service-related concerns You may have. When We ask You for Your Personal Data, We make clear what type of data You are being asked to provide and We indicate the reason We are asking for Your Personal Data.
Usage Data
Usage Data is automatically provided by Your internet browser when You visit/use/access Our Website using Your Device. Please refer to Your internet browser’s website to learn more about how to adjust Your web browser’s settings to stop Your web browser from automatically making usage data available or to limit the usage data automatically provided.
Usage Data collected may include but are not limited to Your Device's Internet Protocol address, internet browser type, internet browser version, preferred language, the pages of Our Website that You have visited, the time/s and date/s of Your visit/s, the time spent on those pages, and unique device identifiers.
When You access this Website using a mobile device such as a smartphone, We may also collect mobile device data automatically, including but not limited to the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile Device’s unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile Device, Your mobile operating system, and the type of mobile internet browser You use.
Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track Your activity on Our Website and store the data. Tracking technologies are beacons, tags, and scripts used to collect and process data to improve and analyze Our Website, Our Service delivery methods, and Our marketing efforts. The technologies We use may include but are not limited to:
Cookies or Browser Cookies
A Cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can set Your browser to refuse the placement of 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 particular parts of Our Website. Unless You have rejected Our Cookies or adjusted Your browser settings so that it will refuse Cookies, Our Website may use Cookies.
Web Beacons
Sections of Our Website and Our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear GIFs, pixel tags, and single-pixel GIFs) that permit the Company, for example, to count Users who have visited those pages or opened those emails.
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your Device when You go offline while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
- Essential CookiesType: Session CookiesAdministered by: UsPurpose: These Cookies are essential for Us to provide You with Services available through this Website and to enable You to use specific Website features. These Essential Cookies help to authenticate Users and prevent fraudulent use of User Accounts. Without these Cookies, the Website cannot be accessed and the related Services cannot be delivered. We only use these Cookies to provide You with Services and to ensure You can access the Website properly.
- Functional CookiesType: Persistent CookiesAdministered by: UsPurpose: These Cookies allow Us to collect and store data on the choices You make when You use this Website. Functional Cookies enable the Website to remember, for example, Your log in details or Your language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter Your preferences every time You use this Website.
- Tracking and Performance/Analytics CookiesType: Persistent CookiesAdministered by: Third PartiesPurpose: These Cookies are used to track traffic to and on this Website as well as how its Users interact with this Website. The data collected through these Cookies may or may not directly or indirectly identify You as an individual Visitor. The data collected through these Cookies are typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the Device You use to access this Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features, or new functions of this Website to see how Our Users react to them.
- Marketing/Advertising CookiesType: Persistent CookiesAdministered by: Third PartiesPurpose: These Cookies are used to track Your activity on Our Website to serve You with targeted advertisements on specific pages on this Website.
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
If You prefer to avoid the use of Cookies on this Website, You must disable the use of Cookies in Your browser and then delete the Cookies saved in Your browser associated with this Website. You may use this option to prevent the use of Cookies at any time.
If You do not accept Our Cookies, You may be unable to access/use sections and/or Services otherwise available on this Website and certain features may not function properly.
If You would like to delete Cookies or set Your web browser to delete or refuse Cookies, please visit the help pages of Your web browser.
- For the Chrome web browser, please visit this page from Google: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
- For the Internet Explorer web browser, please visit this page from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
- For the Firefox web browser, please visit this page from Mozilla: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
- For the Safari web browser, please visit this page from Apple: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
For any other web browser, please visit Your web browser's official web pages.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To operate and maintain Our Website, including monitoring the usage and performance of Our Website.
To manage Your Account, including Your registration as a User with an Account on this Website. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different sections and Services on this Website that are only available to registered Users with Accounts.
Note: None of Our Services require You to register for an Account on Our Website as of the time that this Privacy Policy was last updated and We do not collect, store, and/or process any unsolicited personally identifying information not necessary for Service delivery.
For the performance of a contract. We use Your Personal Data for the development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the Service/s You have purchased from Us or of any other type of contract with Us through this Website.
To contact You by email, phone call, SMS, or any other similar form of electronic communication, regarding updates or informative communications related to Our Services and/or this Website.
To provide You with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which We offer that are similar to those that You have already purchased or inquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests and inquiries, including but not limited to Your requests for feedback, an expedition of service delivery, joint venture partnership, and additional information regarding Our Services and current offers.
For business transfers. We may use Your data as We evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or any other sale or transfer of parts or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or a similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about Our Website Users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes. We may use Your data for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of Our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving Our Website, Services, marketing efforts, and User/Visitor experience.
We may share Your Personal Data in the following situations:
We may share Your Personal Data with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of Our Website, for payment processing, and to enable us to contact You using third-party software.
We may share or transfer Your Personal Data in connection with or during the negotiations of any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business by another company.
We may share Your Personal Data with Our affiliates when necessary for Service delivery, Website operation, or Our marketing efforts, in which case We will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include any other company owned or co-owned by the owner of Our Company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
We may share Your Personal Data with Our business partners to offer You certain Services, products, or promotions.
When You voluntarily share or publish Personal Data or otherwise interact in public areas on this Website with other Users, Your Personal Data may be viewed by all Users/Visitors and may be publicly distributed.
With Your consent, We may disclose Your Personal Data for any other purpose.
Retention of Your Personal Data
Our Company retains Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with Our legal obligations, including but not limited to complying with applicable laws, resolving disputes, and enforcing Our legal agreements and policies.
We delete emails regularly as soon as the necessary processing is finished and we only keep records for as long as required by law. For any copyrighted work submitted for possible publication/publishing, whether in print or online, through Alintana Publishing and its publishing imprints and/or its affiliates and Service Providers, We review any submission for at least three (3) months and delete all rejected submissions upon Your acknowledgement of receipt of Our submission status notification email response. For any Personal Data or submissions pertinent to any contracts where We have engaged You as a result of a successful accepted copyrighted work submission, We retain all records for as long as necessary to the execution of the contract and as prescribed by Philippine law.
The Company also retains Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Website, or when We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods of time.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Your Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating office and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing of Your information are located. This means that Your information may be stored and transferred to then maintained on computers located outside of Your city, province, state, region, country, or any other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in Your own jurisdiction.
Continuing to visit/use Our Website constitutes Your consent to this Privacy Policy. Your consent to this Privacy Policy and Your submission/provision of Personal Data and copyrighted work represents Your agreement to any data transfer necessary for processing the data for Our purposes.
Our Company is committed to taking all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is handled securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy so that no transfer of Your Personal Data to another organization or country can take place unless there are adequate security controls in place.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We are going to provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law Enforcement
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data when required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities such as the police, a court, or a government agency.
Other Legal Requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with this Website
Protect the personal safety of Users of this Website or the public
Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us but 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, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data
The third-party Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process, and transfer Your Personal Data, including Your activity on Our Website in accordance with their Privacy Policies. We use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the operation and performance of Our Website as well as to process payments made by Users to Our Company.
Email Marketing
We may use Your Personal Data to send You newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us.
Payments - PayPal
We offer Services on Our Website that require payment which can be made online through PayPal payment processing. We do not store Your payment details. All payment information that is collected through the Website is processed and stored by PayPal.
The Personal Data PayPal may collect to process Your payment for any Service/s You purchase on Our Website include but are not limited to Your PayPal login credentials, Your payment instrument number (e.g. credit card number), and the security code associated with Your payment instrument.
Your Personal Data which You provide during the checkout process on Our Website is transmitted directly to Our third-party payment processor PayPal whose use of Your Personal Data is governed by their Privacy Policy. PayPal complies with the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. To learn more about PayPal and how they handle Personal Data, please review PayPal’s privacy policy here: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full.
Analytics - Google Analytics
Targeted Ads - Google AdSense
Google AdSense is an advertising program that delivers ads served by Google Ads on Our Website. As a third-party Service Provider, Google AdSense may use Advertising Cookies to serve its ads and its partners’ ads on Our Website based on Your previous visits to Our Website and/or other websites on the internet.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings which can be found at https://www.google.com/settings/ads. You may also be able to set preferences related to targeted ads by using tools provided by programs like the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) program at www.aboutads.info/consumers and the Network Advertising Initiative at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/.
To learn more about Google AdSense and how to opt out of ad targeting or User-based advertising, You may visit https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/142293?hl=en or review the AdSense Program policies at https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/48182?hl=en.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for EU Residents
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes as stated in this Privacy Policy.
Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary to protect Your vital interests or those of another natural person.
Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.
In any case, the Company can help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing of Your Personal Data, in particular, whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Your Rights under the GDPR
The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.
You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:
Request for access to Your Personal Data. You have the right to access, update, or delete the Personal Data We have collected from You. When possible, You can access, update, or request for the deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If You are unable to perform these actions Yourself, please contact Us to assist You. You may also request for and receive a copy of Your Personal Data that We have stored.
Request for correction of the Personal Data that We have about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate Personal Data that We have about You corrected.
Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists wherein We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for processing Your Personal Data and You find that Our processing of Your Personal Data in this situation objectionable. You also have the right to object wherein We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes without Your consent.
Request for the erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when We have no good reason to continue processing it.
Request for the transfer of Your Personal Data. We can provide You, or a third-party Service Provider You have chosen, with Your Personal Data in a commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent for us to use, process, and/or store Your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, particular Services We offer and parts of Our Website may become unavailable to You.
Exercising Your GDPR Data Protection Rights
You may exercise Your rights to access, rectification, cancellation, and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We are going to try Our best to respond to You as soon as possible.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for California Residents
This section of Our Privacy Policy covers and applies only to Visitors/Users of Our Website who reside in the State of California in the United States of America.
Categories of Personal Information Collected
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Visitor/User or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal information which We may collect or may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months.
Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the CCPA & CPRA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects Our good faith belief to the best of Our knowledge that some of the types of data from the applicable category may be and may have been collected. For example, certain categories of personal information would only be collected if You provided such personal information directly to Us.
- Category A: Identifiers.Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.Collected: Yes.
- Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).Examples: A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.Collected: Yes.
- Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).Collected: No.
- Category D: Commercial information.Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered.Collected: Yes.
- Category E: Biometric information.Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as fingerprints, faceprints, voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke/s, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.Collected: No.
- Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.Examples: Interaction with Our Service/s on Our Website or advertisement/s.Collected: Yes.
- Category G: Geolocation data.Examples: Approximate physical location.Collected: Yes.
- Category H: Sensory data.Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.Collected: No.
- Category I: Professional or employment-related information.Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations.Collected: No.
- Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.Collected: No.
- Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.Examples: Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.Collected: No.
Under CCPA, personal information does not include:
Publicly available information from government records
Deidentified or aggregated consumer information
Information excluded from the CCPA's scope, such as:
Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data
Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994
Sources of Personal Information
We collect the categories of Personal Data listed above from the following sources:
Directly from You. For example, from the emails We explicitly ask You to voluntarily send Us regarding any publishing Service inquiry, literary/artwork submission, or Service-related concerns, from preferences You express or provide through Our Website, or from Your purchases of Services offered Our Website.
Indirectly from You. For example, from Your activity on Our Website.
Automatically from You. For example, through cookies We or Our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate through Our Website.
From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors, to monitor and analyze the use of Our Website, for payment processing, or other third-party vendor-related roles help us operate and maintain this Website so we can deliver Services to You.
Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes
We may use or disclose Personal Data We collect on Our Website for "business purposes" or "commercial purposes" (as defined under the CCPA), which may include the following examples:
To operate and maintain Our Website and provide You with Our Services.
To provide You with support and to respond to Your inquiries, including investigating and addressing Your concerns as well as monitoring and improving Our Website, Service delivery, and marketing efforts.
To fulfill or meet the reason You provided Your Personal Data. For example, if You share Your contact details to ask a question about Our Service, We are going to use that Personal Data to respond to Your inquiry. If You provide Your Personal Data to purchase a Service, We are going to use that information to process Your payment and facilitate delivery.
To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by any applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
As described to You when collecting Your Personal Data or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA.
For internal administrative and auditing purposes.
To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, including, when necessary, to prosecute those responsible for such activities.
Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how We use this information, please refer to the "Use of Your Personal Data" section of this Privacy Policy.
If We decide to collect additional categories of Personal Data or use the Personal Data We collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes We are going to update this Privacy Policy.
Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes
We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed Your Personal Data in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes:
Category A: Identifiers
Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
Category D: Commercial information
Category F: Internet or other similar network activity
Category G: Geolocation data
Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of those categories of personal information were in fact disclosed but reflects Our good faith belief to the best of Our knowledge that some of the Personal Data collected under those categories may be and may have been disclosed.
When We disclose Personal Data for a business purpose or a commercial purpose, We enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep the Personal Data confidential and not use it for any purpose except executing the contract.
Sale of Personal Information
As defined in the CCPA, "sell" and "sale" mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means a consumer's personal information by the business to a third party for valuable consideration. This means that We may have received some kind of benefit in return for sharing personal information, but not necessarily a monetary benefit.
Please note that the categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of these categories of Personal Data were in fact sold, but reflects Our good faith belief to the best of Our knowledge that some of the Personal Data collected under those categories may be and may have been shared for value in return.
We may “sell” and may have “sold” in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information:
Category A: Identifiers
Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
Category D: Commercial information
Category F: Internet or other similar network activity
Category G: Geolocation data.
Sharing Personal Information
We may share Your Personal Data identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties:
Service Providers
Payment Processors
Our Affiliates
Our Business Partners
Third-party vendors to whom You or Your agents authorize Us to disclose Your Personal Data in connection with the Services We provide to You
Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16 Years of Age
We do not knowingly collect, sell, and/or share Personal Data from minors under the age of 16 through Our Website, although certain third-party websites that We link to may do so. These third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies and We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's internet usage and instruct their children to never provide Personal Data on websites without their permission. While there is the option of sending us affirmative authorization from the parents or guardian of a minor who is under the age of 16 so that the minor can exercise the "right to opt-in" and provide us with the Personal Data needed to access certain parts of Our Website and Our Services, we highly discourage this because this Website is a business website which should not be accessed by minors in the first place. Please refer to the “Children’s Privacy” section of this Privacy Policy to learn more.
Your Rights under the CCPA
The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:
The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
The right to request. Under CCPA, You have the right to request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes, and sharing of Your Personal Data. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We can disclose the following to You:
The categories of Personal Data We collected about You
The categories of sources for the Personal Data We collected about You
Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling Your Personal Data
The categories of third parties with whom We share that personal information
The specific Personal Data We collected about You
If We sold Your Personal Data or disclosed Your Personal Data for a business purpose, We can disclose to You:
The categories of Personal Data sold
The categories of Personal Data disclosed
The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out). You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your Personal Data. To submit an opt-out request please contact Us via email.
The right to delete Personal Data. You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We can delete (and direct Our Service Providers to delete) Your Personal Data from Our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny Your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to:
Complete the transaction for which We collected the Personal Data, provide a good or service that You requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of Our ongoing business relationship with You, or otherwise perform Our contract with You.
Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
Debug products/Services to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the Personal Data's deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research's achievement, if You previously provided informed consent.
Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us.
Comply with a legal obligation.
Make other internal and lawful uses of that Personal Data that are compatible with the context in which You provided it.
The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer's rights.
Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights
In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us:
Through the contact details on this page on Our Website: https://www.alintana.com/p/contact-alintana-publishing.html
By sending us an email: privacy@alintana.com
Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your Personal Data.
Your request to Us must:
Provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify You are the person about whom We collected Personal Data or an authorized representative
Describe Your request with sufficient detail that allows Us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to You in a timely manner
We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if We cannot:
Verify Your identity or authority to make the request
And confirm that the Personal Data relates to You
We are going to disclose and deliver the required Personal Data free of charge within 45 working days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 working days when reasonably necessary and with prior notice. Any disclosures We provide is only going to cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable request's receipt.
For Personal Data portability requests, We are going to select a format to provide Your Personal Data that is readily usable and should allow You to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
You have the right to opt out of the sale of Your Personal Data. Once We receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from You, We are going to stop selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right to opt out, please contact Us.
The Service Providers We partner with (for example, Our analytics or advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal information as defined by the CCPA law. If You wish to opt out of the use of Your Personal Data for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, You may do so by following the instructions below.
Please note that any opt-out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt out on every browser that You use.
Website
You can opt out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by Our Service Providers by following Our instructions presented on the Service:
The NAI's opt-out platform: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
The EDAA's opt-out platform http://www.Youronlinechoices.com/
The DAA's opt-out platform: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN
The opt-out is going to place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You use to opt out. If You change browsers or delete the cookies saved by Your browser, You will need to opt out again.
Mobile Devices
Your mobile device may give You the ability to opt out of the use of information about the apps You use in order to serve You ads that are targeted to Your interests:
"Opt out of Interest-Based Ads" or "Opt out of Ads Personalization" on Android devices
"Limit Ad Tracking" on iOS devices
You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences and/or permissions settings on Your Device.
Children's Privacy
This Website is a business website so Our Website does not address or target anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If You are a parent, guardian, or concerned adult who has become aware that Your child or a minor You know has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us so that We can take steps to remove the Personal Data from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information. Should We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
Links to Other Websites
Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third-party link, You are going to be directed to that third-party website. We strongly recommend that You review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, and/or practices of any third-party websites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time so please check back regularly. We are going to put a notice on Our Website prior to any change to this Privacy Policy becoming effective then post the most updated version of the Privacy Policy on this page after updating the "Last updated" date. All changes to this Privacy Policy are immediately effective as soon as they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
Through the contact details on this page on Our Website: https://www.alintana.com/p/contact-alintana-publishing.html
By sending Us an email: privacy@alintana.com