Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 25, 2021
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator, GDPR.eu, and other resources.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
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Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
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Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Batoul I. Ajlouni Author Website.
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Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
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Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
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Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
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Service refers to the Website.
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Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
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Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
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Website refers to Batoul I. Ajlouni Author Site, accessible from www.batoulajlouniauthor.com
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You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
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GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
If you voluntarily sign up for Our Site’s newsletter, blog, updates, and promotions, this Site will record your email address, first name, and last name. You can refuse to supply personal information, but that will exclude you from certain related activities such as receiving newsletters, blogs, updates, promotions, and free offers. When subscribers click on a link in one of Our emails or fills out a form, the site may record this information (see below how this information is used). Subscribers may unsubscribe at any time. You may ask for all your data to be deleted at any time (see below for more details)
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
How We Collect Your Data
You directly provide Us with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when You:
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Sign up to Our Newsletter or email updates directly on this Site or through any of Our related promotions on this or other sites.
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Contact Us through Our Contact page.
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Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
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Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
Why We Collect Such Information
We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:
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To provide and operate the Services;
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To respond to Your inquiries sent to Our Website;
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To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;
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To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services;
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To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
How We Store, Use, Share and Disclose Your Site Visitors' Personal Information
Our Website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides Us with the online platform that allows us to promote and provide our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.
How We communicate with You
We may contact you through our marketing campaigns and/or newsletters and/or emails to send information about Our new releases, promotions, updates, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. The technologies We use may include:
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Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse 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 some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
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Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read "Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?" available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_
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Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service 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 an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies: allaboutcookies.org
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
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Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
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Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
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Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or 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 the Website.
Third-party services, such as Google Analytics or other applications that may be offered through this Website, may have their own policies regarding how they collect and store information. As these are external services, such practices are not covered by Our Privacy Policy.
The following links explain how to access cookie settings in various browsers:
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To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Sponsored Links, Affiliate Tracking & Commissions
Our website may contain adverts, sponsored and affiliate links on some pages. These are served through our advertising partners.
Clickable sponsored or affiliate links may be displayed as a website URL or as a titled text link.
Clicking on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links may track your actions by using a cookie saved to your device. You can read more about cookies on this Website above. Your actions are usually recorded as a referral from our Website by this cookie. We might earn a very small commission from the advertiser or advertising partner, at no cost to you, whether you make a purchase on their website or not.
If you have any concerns about this we suggest you do not click on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links found throughout the Website.
Email Marketing Messages & Subscription
We use the consent lawful basis for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect certain data about You, as detailed in the related articles above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through an email marketing service provider. We use: MailerLite. Here is their Privacy Policy.
Our Response to “Do Not Track Signals”," or "California Do Not Track Disclosures." under the California Online Protection Act (CalOPPA)
We do not support “Do Not Track -DNT”. You can set your web browser to send a special signal to websites, analytics companies, and other web services you encounter while browsing, to stop tracking your activity. You can do this by visiting your web browser’s preferences or settings page where You can enable or disable “Do Not Track”.
Your Data Protection Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Union (EU), you are entitled to the following data protection rights:
The right to access – You have the right to request Our Company for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Our Company correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Our Company to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Our Company erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Our Company restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Our Company’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Our Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: bajlouni@batoulajlouniauthor.com
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Union.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
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To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
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To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
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For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
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To contact You: regarding updates, promotions, or informative communications related to the Services, or in response to Your inquiries sent to Us.
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To provide You with news, updates, promotions, 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 enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
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To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
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For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
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For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
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With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
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For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
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With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
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With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
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With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
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With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain 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 Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at Our operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
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 will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. 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:
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Comply with a legal obligation
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Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
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Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
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Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
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Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that 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.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information 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.
Links to Other Websites and Services
Our Service may contain links to other websites and/or services that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the privacy policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so we recommend that you review it frequently. If we make material changes to this Policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of any modifications. Changes and clarifications to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. Your continued use of our Services after the posting of any changes means that you accept those changes.
Withdrawing Your Consent
If You don’t want Us to process Your data anymore, or if You would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about You, You are invited to contact Us at bajlouni@batoulajlouniauthor.com
Contact Us
If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact Us:
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By email: bajlouni@batoulajlouniauthor.com
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By visiting the Contact Page of this Website