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Privacy Policy

At Curious Programmer, accessible via www.curiousprogrammer.dev, 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 Curious Programmer and how we use it.

Last updated: 20 October 2024

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

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Curious Programmer. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the TermsFeed Privacy Policy Generator.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information we collect

Information you offer

If you contact us directly, we may receive information you provide about you such as your name, email address, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

Information you provide

Marketing contact information: if you sign up for our monthly newsletter, Curious Programmer may collect information such as email address. This may be collected through the Website.

Information we collect automatically

Identifiers: when you access and use our Website, we automatically collect information about your device, which may include: device type, your device operating system, browser type and version, IP address, hardware identifiers.

Website Usage Data: when you visit our Website, we may automatically log information about how you interact with the sites, such as the referring site, date and time of visit, and the pages you have viewed or links you have clicked. This may change depending on your choice regarding cookies.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Curious Programmer uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to provide functionality, such as storing your settings, and to recognize you as you use our Services and our Website.

Preferences: Certain actions, like choosing the dark or light more option are stored in your browser's local storage.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website
  • Develop new features, and functionality
  • Read, moderate and reply to your comments

Commenting

When you provide a comment on the Website, your comment will be entered through a commenting platform brought to you by Utterances https://utteranc.es. Utterances does not collect any personal information, does not log, write or retain any data, sets a cookie to store the github api token. Utterances may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

  • Utterances uses GitHub issues to store issues and comments.
To read their latest privacy policy, please visit their GitHub repository.

Log Files

Curious Programmer 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 information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, Curious Programmer uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

For more general information on cookies, please read “Cookies” article from the Privacy Policy Generator.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

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Third Party Privacy Policies

Curious Programmer's Privacy Policy does not apply to other websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party services for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

With most services, you can turn off tracking through their privacy policies.

It's okay that you use an AdBlocker to restrict analytics from from being downloaded. If you do so, please drop me a line on clarice@bouwer.dev to tell me what you think about the content of the website so that I can produce better work and get an idea of how many people are accessing the site.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.

Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.

Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's 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.

We do none of the above so we've got you covered.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

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.

Again, none of this data is captured so you're all good.

Children's Information

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.

Curious Programmer 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.

There may be swearing but we keep it to a minimum as we try remain as professional as possible. Parental guidance is still advised.