This Privacy Policy applies to any website, mobile site, application/tool, or other service provided by AU-SEO.com and its affiliates (collectively referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our”) that links to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy includes any website distributed, transmitted, published, or broadcast. The Privacy Policy is binding on all individuals and entities, including individuals acting on behalf of an entity, who access, visit, or use the Website, whether through automated or manual processes such as harvesting, crawling, indexing, scraping, spidering, or digital mining content (collectively referred to as “you” or “your”).
1.1. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle and protect personal information and data collected from devices used to access the Website. Please note that this policy does not apply to information collected through other sites, applications, destinations, or services linked from the Website.
1.2. The Website generally collects personally identifiable information with your specific knowledge and consent. For instance, when you fill out a form, complete a survey, make a purchase, subscribe to any of our publications, register for certain services, or register and set up an account to access certain portions of the Website, or the Website as a whole, you may provide a credit, debit, or charge card number, or other payment information such as your name, telephone number, email, street address, age, gender, mobile phone number, and additional personally identifiable information. You may also provide information about your company, such as your position/title, customer demographics, budget preferences, size, and other information regarding your job and company, so we can better cater to your needs. This Privacy Policy shall refer to all such information as your “Registration Information.”
1.3. Our servers may also gather information about you, your online activities, and the device you use to access the Website automatically. This information may include the make, model, settings, specifications, location of your device, and clickstream data related to your online behavior. This information is mainly used to understand our audience’s preferences and how we can best meet these preferences, as described in the following section.
2.1. We use the personal information you provide through the Website to fulfill your requests for products, services, and content. For example, if you subscribe to any of our online content, we may use your email address to send you a confirmation and the requested content on an ongoing basis while you remain subscribed. We may also use this information to contact you about new features, products, or services or to improve our services by customizing them to your needs.
2.2. Unless stated otherwise on our Website, we may share any information we have collected about you and your device with our parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, and selected companies that may have services or products that might interest you. If you do not want your personally identifiable information to be shared with third parties, please get in touch with our Privacy Policy Coordinator at the end of this document. If you do not wish to receive future commercial messages from us, you can unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of any of our emails. Please note that your information may still be used to send you transactional or relationship-related messages.
2.3. We may share access to our database with third-party service providers, such as companies that offer graphic design or copywriting services, but only to fulfill the services they provide to us. If you purchase products or services through our Website, we may share your information with third parties for payment processing, order fulfillment, credit checks, and address verification. Some of your personal information may also be managed by third parties and may be used by their policies. While we only allow these third parties to use your data for the intended purposes, we cannot be held responsible for any inappropriate use by them.
2.4. We may access, use, and share your personally identifiable information for health, safety, and other matters in the public interest. We may also share our database with government or law enforcement officials and private parties to cooperate with official investigations or legal proceedings. This Privacy Policy is by our rights.
2.5. We may use the information we collect about your computer, mobile device, or other devices, including its geographic location, for any lawful business purpose. This information may be able to identify you. We may use this information to diagnose problems with our servers, gather demographic information, analyze trends, track your movements, and administer the Website. We may also use, transfer, sell, and share aggregated, anonymous data about our users as a group for any lawful business purpose, such as analyzing usage trends and seeking compatible advertisers, sponsors, clients, and customers.
2.6. If we, our parent company, or any subsidiary or affiliated entity sell, assign, transfer, or acquire any assets, the information about our Website users may be included in the transferred assets.
2.7. We may use your registration information to identify you and may merge or combine anonymous or non-personally identifiable data about you, your offline and online behavior, and your computer, mobile device, or other devices, including its geographic location, with your registration information and other personally identifiable data for any lawful business purpose.
3.1. The Website may place and store code or other information, known as “Local Device Storage” (e.g., “cookies”), on your computer, mobile device, or other devices. We may use Local Device Storage for any lawful business purpose, primarily for marketing and business development activities and to record registration and personalization information. For example, if you register on the Website, you may have the option to save your username and password using Local Device Storage. Any information stored through Local Device Storage may be shared with our parent company, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
3.2. You can disable Local Device Storage on your computer, mobile device, or other devices if you do not want to use it. However, disabling Local Device Storage may cause some parts of the Website not to function correctly.
Your information may be transferred to and stored on servers and databases outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction, where privacy laws may not be as protective as in your jurisdiction. By consenting to this Privacy Policy and submitting such information, you agree to any such transfer.
5.1. We cannot guarantee the security of the information you send to us or the security of our servers, networks, or databases. By using the Website, you assume all risks related to the information we collect when you access, visit, or use the Website, including any personally identifiable information or other registration information you have provided through the Website. We are not responsible for any loss of such information or the consequences of such failure.
5.2. Suppose a computer, mobile device, or other devices that contains your personally identifiable information or additional registration information is lost or stolen. In that case, you must take all necessary precautions to protect yourself. 5.2. If you choose to store personal information that others can access, we are not responsible for any loss or the consequences of such failure.
5.3. If the security of your information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may attempt to notify you. If appropriate, we may notify you through your computer, mobile device, or other devices.
6.1. This Website is not intended for children, especially those under 13. We advise against minors sharing personal information about themselves on the Website, but we cannot enforce an age restriction on users. If we become aware that an underage user is providing personal information through the Website, we will take steps to erase this information and stop communication with the underage individual.
6.2. To protect your children from receiving unsolicited messages from outside parties, please tell them not to share personal information in publicly accessible areas of the Website.
If you want to opt out of having your personally identifiable information shared with third parties, request updates or changes to your information, or demand changes to your preferences regarding receiving future communications from us (as discussed in Section 2 (B)), or if you have any questions about this policy, please get in touch with our Privacy Policy Coordinator.
privacy@au-seo.com