Privacy Policy
Updated October 2024
TheTechStorm Privacy Policy
TheTechStorm respects the privacy of our users. To maintain trust and transparency between us and our users, TheTechStorm has published the information below explaining how your privacy is been protected.
User Information
This privacy policy sets out how TheTechStorm uses and protects any information that you give TheTechStorm when you use this website.
TheTechStorm is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
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name
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contact information including email address
- Non-identifiable information about you, such as your browser type and the IP address that your ISP designates to your machine.
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
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We may use the information to improve our products and services.
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We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent
access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
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whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at s.williams@thetechstorm.com
Third Party Ads Server
Advertisements displayed on TheTechStorm Blog are served by third-party advertisement providers such as Google, Amazon and InfoLinks. These Third party vendors, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on visits to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. You can opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the advertising opt-out page. You can also learn more about opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.)
TheTechStorm may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from March 2018.