Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement
Last Updated: April 24, 2024
We updated our privacy policy to include additional information required under applicable data protection regulations – including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – including the following:
Why we process personal data
Legal grounds for processing personal data
European Union user rights under the GDPR and how to exercise them
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us here at phonecareelectronics. We collect and retain the minimum personal data needed so we can deliver the best possible experience to you.
Submission of personal information is not required to browse phonecareelectronics.com. Furthermore, we discourage disclosure of any of your personal addresses, emails or phone numbers when interacting with our readers in the comments and opinion sections of phonecareelectronics.com.
The purpose of our Privacy Policy is to detail what personal data we obtain, how we obtain it and why. Also, it describes your rights and the options we provide for you to access, update or otherwise take control of your personal data that we retain and process.
(2) phonecareelectronics processes your nickname when you post comments and opinions. The legal ground for phonecareelectronics to process and retain your nickname is to provide you the facility to engage with other phonecareelectronics users. Your nickname will be removed from ALL your previous posts when you delete your account, rendering them anonymous. Your comments, including your nickname, may still be searchable in search engines due to the nature of caching and may be visible for a period following exercising your right to erasure.
Additional Personal Data that is processed when you post Comments or Opinions:
(1) phonecareelectronics processes your IP address when you post comments and opinions. The legal ground for phonecareelectronics to process and retain your IP address is to provide moderated comments and opinions forums devoid of abusive or “spam”-like behavior.
Personal Data that is processed when you communicate with our support representatives:
(1) phonecareelectronics processes your email address when interacting with our support representatives. The legal ground for phonecareelectronics to process and retain your email address is to provide a seamless and high-quality support experience.
Automatically collected information
When you visit phonecareelectronics.com, we may automatically record certain information from the User’s or Visitor’s device by using various types of technology, including cookies, clear gifs or web beacons. This “automatically collected” information may include IP address or other device address or ID, web browser and/or device type, the web pages or sites visited just before or just after visiting phonecareelectronics.com, the pages or other content the User or Visitor views or interacts with on phonecareelectronics.com, and the dates and times of the visit, access, or use of phonecareelectronics.com.
We use this information to improve your experience with phonecareelectronics.com. Furthermore, we use this information to promote safety and security by monitoring suspicious activity or violations of our terms and policies. Such processing is based on our legitimate interest in helping ensure the safety of our services.
If you would like to learn more about what options you have about limiting the gathering of information by third-party ad networks, you can consult the website of the Network Advertising Initiative.
Cookies and similar technologies
In compliance with the European Union legislation, we inform you that our website phonecareelectronics.com uses cookies and similar technologies to store some information about your preferences how the website looks and operates. We never store any personal data in our cookies.
You can remove or reject cookies using your browser or device’s settings. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit phonecareelectronics.com, and some services and features may not work.
Please read our Cookie Statement to learn more about how we use cookies and the options you have.
Third-party websites, products & services: phonecareelectronics.com may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, products and services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices undertaken by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by phonecareelectronics.com. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of any third parties before using their websites, products or services.
Public Information
(1) Posts made within the Comments & Opinions sections are public. When another phonecareelectronics user selects your nickname within Comments and Opinions, they can also view your Favorite phones and your recent posts. Your nickname and avatar will be removed from ALL your previous posts rendering them anonymous. Additionally, your list of Favorite phones will also be deleted.
Children
Submission of personal information is not required to browse phonecareelectronics.com anonymously.
To create an account with phonecareelectronics, individuals must be 16 years of age or older. If we discover that we have collected the personal data from a child under the age of 16, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. If you know of or have reason to believe anyone under the age of 16 has provided us with any personal data, please contact us.
Data Security
Phonecareelectronics.com stores all website data within the European Union. Furthermore, all personal information and backups are encrypted.
Phonecareelectronics.com follows accepted industry standards to protect the information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. Phonecareelectronics.com maintains appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect Personal Data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, unauthorized alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, misuse, and any other unlawful form of processing of the Personal Data in our possession. This includes, for example, firewalls, password protection and other access and authentication controls. We use SSL technology to encrypt data during transmission through public internet, and we also employ application-layer security features to further anonymize Personal Data.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Phonecareelectronics.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or store on the Service, and you do so at your own risk. Phonecareelectronics.com also cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial