Privacy Policy

Last updated: 26 July 2020

At Geeky Hacker, accessible from https://geekyhacker.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Geeky Hacker and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Information collection and use

Log files

Geeky Hacker follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The logs are anonymized and do not contain any personal information.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Our website uses these “cookies” to collection information and to improve our Service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

For more details read our Cookie Policy.

For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies”.

Google AdSense and DoubleClick

We also use third party advertisements on Geeky Hacker to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program).

This website uses Google AdSense to serve advertisements. AdSense is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google AdSense uses what is called a DoubleClick Cookie. A DoubleClick cookie is a cookie that gets placed on a user’s device when the user clicks on an ad on a partner’s website.

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads on Geeky Hacker
Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to Geeky Hacker and/or other sites on the internet
Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting Ad Settings. (Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting aboutads.info). User can choose to disable or selectively turn off cookies or third-party cookies in the browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how user is able to interact with the site.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics (with IP anonymization feature enabled), a web analytics service. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Analytics cookies are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” which is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on our website (such as on a contact form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, how long the visitor has been on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses take place completely in the background. Website visitors are not advised that such an analysis is taking place.

Data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its site from abusive automated crawling and spam.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please visit the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

One Signal

This website uses One Signal for sending notification to subscribed users. More details in the following section.

One Signal is headquartered in the United States of America (411 Borel Ave Suite 512, San Mateo, CA 94402). One Signal is governed by the Data Protection Act of the State of California.

When you agree to get notifications on our site, One Signal collects and processes the data from the SDK (WordPress plugin).

Occasionally, One Signal may share User data with other third-party Platforms for the following purposes:

Cross-reference data on several different mobile devices (IP addresses, hashed email addresses, web browsers used, or mobile devices used) to find a single End User;
Create business analyses, predict trends or factors common to several users by creating algorithms or by analyzing anonymous data (aggregate data) from previous data and advertising, marketing or analytical data;
Associate Users’ hashed email addresses with cookies from sites visited by the User or with the ID of the User’s smartphone or tablet system in order to provide targeted advertising, personalized offers on brands or companies that may be of interest to the User.

To find out how to withdraw your consent, We invite the User of the Application that You are to read article 6 of One Signal’s Privacy Policy: https://onesignal.com/privacy_policy

Children’s privacy

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Geeky Hacker does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Security

The security of your Personal Information 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 Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

We use SSL/TLS encryption to provider better security and for the protection of the data transmission. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser address bar (“https://”). We additionally, redirect any connection from “http://” to “https://”.

Links to other sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites 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.

Compliance with laws

We will disclose your Personal Information where required to do so by law or subpoena.

Geeky Hacker complies with EU data protection laws.

Information Regarding Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your personal information.

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information, as described in this Privacy Policy, depends on the information we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your personal information because:

You have given us permission to do so
To comply with the law

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the personal information we have on you
The right of rectification
The right to object
The right of restriction
The right to data portability
The right to withdraw consent

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.