1. INTRODUCTION
Privacy Policy for Square Circle Community Website
Effective Date: 6/21/2023
Thank you for visiting the Square Circle Community website (“Website”). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you interact with our Website. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information.
2. DATA COLLECTED
DATA STORAGE LOCATION
Information We Collect:
Personal Information: We may collect personal information, such as your name, email address, and any other information you voluntarily provide when you register an account, participate in forums or discussions, or interact with the Website.
Usage Information: We may collect non-personal information, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and website usage statistics through the use of cookies and similar technologies.
Use of Information:
We may use your personal information to provide and improve our services, respond to your inquiries, and communicate with you about updates, events, and relevant information.
We may use non-personal information for analytical purposes, to enhance the user experience, and to improve the functionality and content of our Website.
Sharing of Information:
We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our Website and delivering our services. These service providers are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of your personal information.
We may disclose your information if required by law, to enforce our policies, protect our rights, or in response to a legal request or government investigation.
3. EMBEDDED CONTENT
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged-in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
The Facebook page plugin is used to display our Facebook timeline on our site. Facebook has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Facebook and your IP is not sent to a Facebook server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy .
We use the Twitter API to display our tweets timeline on our site. Twitter has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. Your IP is not sent to a Twitter server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Twitter Privacy Policy .
YOUTUBE
We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.
4. COOKIES
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymized tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.
NECESSARY COOKIES (ALL SITE VISITORS)
- cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
- PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.
NECESSARY COOKIES (ADDITIONAL FOR LOGGED IN CUSTOMERS)
- wp-auth: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_test_cookie Used by WordPress to ensure cookies are working correctly.
- wp-settings-[UID]: WordPress sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
- wp-settings-[UID]:WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
5. Data Security:
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Despite our best efforts, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot ensure or warrant the absolute security of any information you transmit to us.
Third-Party Links:
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing any personal information.
Children’s Privacy:
Our Website is not directed towards individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe that we have inadvertently collected information from a child, please contact us immediately.
Updates to Privacy Policy:
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be effective upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on the Website. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Contact Us:
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us at [contact information].
By accessing or using our Website, you signify your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.