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ThisisprivacypolicysetsouthowEnglish4Todayusesandprotectsanyinformationthatyouprovide,whilstusingEnglish4Today’sproductsandservices.English4Todaymaychangethispolicyasandwhennecessary.Inthecaseofchangestothispolicy,wewillprovideamoreprominentnotice(includingemailnotificationofprivacypolicychanges).
1.Whatinformationwecollectaboutyouandhowweusethisinformation
1.1AccountandProfileInformation
Additionally,whilstusingEnglish4Todaythefollowinginformationmaybecollected(notpublic):
MostactivityonEnglish4Todayispublic,includingyourprofileinformationmentionedabove.Youalsomaychoosetopublishyourlocationinyourprofile.Informationpostedaboutyoubyotherpeoplewhouseourforummayalsobepublic.Forexample,otherpeoplemaymentionyouusing@nicknameinposts.Youareresponsibleforyourtopics,postsandotherinformationyouprovidethroughourservices,andyoushouldthinkcarefullyaboutwhatyoumakepublic,especiallyifitissensitiveinformation.Youmaychoosetoregisterconnectingyouraccounttoaccountsonanotherservice(e.g.Facebooklogin),andthatotherservicemaysendusinformationaboutyouraccountonthatservice.Weusetheinformationwereceivetoprovideyoufeatureslikecross-postingorcross-serviceauthentication,andtooperateourcommunity.Wecreatenewaccountinourcommunityforyoubasedonyourthirdpartyaccountinformationyoushare.
1.2ContactInformation
1.3PrivateMessagesandNon-PublicCommunications
1.4Cookies
Acookieisasmallpieceofdatathatisstoredonyourcomputerormobiledevice.Likemanywebsites,weusecookiesandsimilartechnologiestocollectadditionalwebsiteusagedataandtooperateourcommunity.Althoughmostwebbrowsersautomaticallyacceptcookies,manybrowsers’settingscanbesettodeclinecookiesoralertyouwhenawebsiteisattemptingtoplaceacookieonyourcomputer.However,manyofourcommunityfeaturesmaynotfunctionproperlyifyoudisablecookies.WedonotsupporttheDoNotTrackbrowseroption.Youcanlearnmoreabouthowweusecookiesandsimilartechnologieshere.
Weusecookiesforthefollowingpurposes
1.4.4Ourserviceprovidersusecookiesandthosecookiesmaybestoredonyourcomputerwhenyouvisitourwebsite.
1.5LogData
2.InformationWeShareandDisclose
2.1Howweshareinformationwecollect
2.2Sharingwiththirdparties
Belowarethethirdpartyservicesweuseonourcommunity:
2.2.2LinkstoThirdPartySites:Ourcommunitymayincludelinksthatdirectyoutootherwebsitesorserviceswhoseprivacypracticesmaydifferfromours.Ifyousubmitinformationtoanyofthosethirdpartysites,yourinformationisgovernedbytheirprivacypolicies,notthisone.Weencourageyoutocarefullyreadtheprivacypolicyofanywebsiteyouvisit.
2.2.3SocialMediaWidgets:TheServicesmayincludelinksthatdirectyoutootherwebsitesorserviceswhoseprivacypracticesmaydifferfromours.Youruseofandanyinformationyousubmittoanyofthosethird-partysitesisgovernedbytheirprivacypolicies,notthisone.
2.3Law,Harm,andthePublicInterest
NotwithstandinganythingtothecontraryinthisPrivacyPolicyorcontrolswemayotherwiseoffertoyou,wemaypreserve,use,ordiscloseyourpersonaldataifwebelievethatitisreasonablynecessarytocomplywithalaw,regulation,legalprocess,orgovernmentalrequest;toprotectthesafetyofanyperson;toprotectthesafetyorintegrityofourplatform,includingtohelppreventspam,abuse,ormaliciousactorsonourservices,ortoexplainwhywehaveremovedcontentoraccountsfromourservices;toaddressfraud,security,ortechnicalissues;ortoprotectourrightsorpropertyortherightsorpropertyofthosewhouseourservices.However,nothinginthisPrivacyPolicyisintendedtolimitanylegaldefencesorobjectionsthatyoumayhavetoathirdparty’s,includingagovernment’s,requesttodiscloseyourpersonaldata.
2.4Non-PersonalInformation
3.Howtoaccessandcontrolyourinformation
3.1AccessingorRectifyingYourPersonalData
Youhavetherighttorequestacopyofyourinformation,toobjecttoouruseofyourinformation.Ifyouhaveregisteredanaccountonourcommunity,weprovideyouwithtoolsandaccountsettingstoaccess,correct,delete,ormodifythepersonaldatayouprovidedtousandassociatedwithyouraccount.Youcanrequestfordownloadingyouraccountinformation,includingyourcreatedcontent(posts).Youalsocanrequestcorrection,deletion,ormodificationofyourpersonaldata.Yourrequestandchoicesmaybelimitedincertaincases:forexample,iffulfillingyourrequestwouldrevealinformationaboutanotherperson,orifyouasktodeleteinformationwhichweoryouradministratorarepermittedbylaworhavecompellinglegitimateintereststokeep.Whereyouhaveaskedustosharedatawiththirdparties,forexample,byinstallingthird-partyapps,youwillneedtocontactthosethird-partyserviceprovidersdirectlytohaveyourinformationdeletedorotherwiserestricted.
3.2DeletionYourPersonalData
3.3RestrictProcessing
3.3.2Optoutofcommunications:Youmayoptoutofreceivingemailnotificationsrelatedtoyoursubscribedforumsandpostsorpromotionalcommunicationsfromusbyusingtheunsubscribelinkwithineachemail,updatingyoursubscriptionsettingsinMyProfile>Subscriptionpage,orbycontactingusasprovidedbelowtohaveyourcontactinformationremovedfromourpromotionalemaillistorregistrationdatabase.
3.4Dataportability
4.Howwestoreandsecureinformationwecollect
Weusedatahostingserviceproviderstohosttheinformationwecollect,andweusetechnicalmeasurestosecureyourdata.Whileweimplementsafeguardsdesignedtoprotectyourinformation,nosecuritysystemisimpenetrableandduetotheinherentnatureoftheInternet,wecannotguaranteethatdata,duringtransmissionthroughtheInternetorwhilestoredonoursystemsorotherwiseinourcare,isabsolutelysafefromintrusionbyothers.
5.ChildrenandOurCommunity
Ourcommunityisnotdirectedtochildren,andyoumaynotuseourservicesifyouareundertheageof13.Youmustalsobeoldenoughtoconsenttotheprocessingofyourpersonaldatainyourcountry(insomecountrieswemayallowyourparentorguardiantodosoonyourbehalf).
6.OnlinePrivacyPolicyOnly
Thisonlineprivacypolicyappliesonlytoinformationcollectedthroughourwebsiteandnottoinformationcollectedoffline.
7.YourConsentToThisPolicy
Byusingoursite,youconsenttoourPrivacyPolicy.
8.ChangesToThisPrivacyPolicy
9.ContactUs
IfyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthisPrivacyPolicy,pleasecontactus.
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