Privacy Policy

Effective as of December 2020

Our clients and contacts are important to us and we respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how Webmaster Tips uses information gathered from you and through our website.

Information Collection

Webmaster Tips may collect information from our users at several different points on the site. Webmaster Tips is the sole owner of the information collected on Webmaster Tips (https://www.wmtips.com).

If you use our website for informational purposes only, i. e. if you do not register, leave ratings or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal Data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following Data, which are technically necessary in order for us to display our website to you and to guarantee stability and security:

• IP-address,
• Date and time of the request,
• Content of the request (specific site/page),
• Access status/HTTP-status code,
• Respective data amount transferred,
• Website that the request is coming from,
• Browser,
• Server Log Files,
• Operating system and its interface,
• Language and version of the browser software.

Cookies

In addition to the data mentioned previously, Webmaster Tips may use cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a Web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. We may use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user's hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed using the settings of your browser.

Third-Party Services

Webmaster Tips uses a number of third-party services to facilitate our services or to assist us in analyzing how the website 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.

Advertising

• Google AdSense

  Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited. This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Website and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, Usage Data.
  Place of processing: Ireland.

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Analytics

• Google Analytics

  Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, Usage Data.
  Place of processing: United States.

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• StatCounter

  StatCounter is an analytics service provided by StatCounter.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, Usage Data.
  Place of processing: Ireland.

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Interaction with external social networks and platforms

• AddThis

  AddThis is a service provided by Oracle Corporation, which displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of this Website.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, Usage Data.
  Place of processing: United States.

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Displaying content from external platforms

• Google Fonts

  Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
  Place of processing: United States.

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• YouTube video widget

  YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, Usage Data.
  Place of processing: United States.

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Log Files

Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. These include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. We use this information to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. We may use a tracking utility that uses log files to analyze user movement.

Legal Disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, Webmaster Tips may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process.

Links

Webmaster Tips contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Webmaster Tips is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Webmaster Tips.

Notification of Changes

Whenever Webmaster Tips changes its privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact the editor of Webmaster Tips using our Online Contact Form.