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Privacy Policy


Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 22-03-2023

We are committed to protecting Your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how We collect, use, store, share and protect the information collected through http://senecaeffect.com (the “Website”).
In this Privacy Policy, "We", "Us", and "Our" refer to The Seneca Effect. For more information about Us, see “Our Details” at the end of this Policy.

This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to Our Terms and Conditions. Capitalized words used but not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given to them in the Terms and Conditions.

Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy apply only to information gathered online through the Website. This Privacy Policy applies where We are acting as a data controller with respect to the Personal Data of visitors, users, clients and customers (“You,” or “Your”); in other words, where We determine the purposes and means of the processing of that Personal Data.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY because it affects Your rights under the law. You confirm that You have read and agreed to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If You do not agree with this Privacy Policy, You cannot use, access, create or publish in the Website. This Privacy Policy may change as We continuously improve the Website, so please check it periodically.

We reserve the right to modify or amend the Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean You accept those changes. If We intend to apply the modifications or amendments to this Privacy Policy retroactively or to Personal Data already in Our possession, We will provide You with notice of the modifications or amendments.

Contents

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  1. Your Data
  2. Data Security
  3. Non-Personal Data
    1. Generally, We collect and store the following Non-Personal Data:
  4. Use of Non-Personal Data
  5. Personal & Non-Personal Data From Other Sources
  6. Your Data Privacy Rights
  7. Your Choices
  8. Your Right to Access
  9. Your Right to Withdraw Consent
  10. Your Right to Update, Correct or Delete
  11. California Privacy Rights
  12. No Personal Data From Children
  13. Cookie Policy
    1. Cookie We Use
    2. Purpose Of Using Cookies
    3. Cookies Used by Our Service Providers
    4. Managing Cookies
  14. Links To Or From Another Website
  15. Public Areas
  16. Interest Based Advertising
  17. Changes And Updates
  18. Assignment
  19. Our Details

1 Your Data

The Seneca Effect strives to provide you with the best possible service. In order to provide this service we may need to collect information from you from time to time. At all times we try to only collect the information we need for the particular function or activity we are carrying out and use it in accordance with this privacy policy.

We collect two basic types of information from You from Your use of the Website: Personal Data and Non-Personal Data.

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2 Data Security

We use HTTPS

HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is an internet communication protocol that protects the integrity and confidentiality of data between your computer and senecaeffect.com. The use of HTTPS makes sure your communication with us is:

Encrypted — The data you exchange with us is secure from eavesdroppers. That means that when you are browsing senecaeffect.com, nobody can track your activities across multiple pages, or steal the data exchange between your computer and senecaeffect.com.

Integral — The use of HTTPS preserves the integrity of data. Your data cannot be modified or corrupted during transfer.

Authenticated — HTTPS protocol authenticates your communication with us. This ensures that you are always communicating with our servers.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information You transmit to Us or store on the Website, and You do so at Your own risk. We also cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of Our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. If You believe Your Personal Data has been compromised, please contact Us at prudentlobster@gmail.com.

If We learn of a security systems breach, then We attempt to notify You electronically so that You can take appropriate protective steps. We may post a notice through the Website if a security breach occurs.

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3 Non-Personal Data

Non-Personal Data includes information that does not personally identify You, but may include tracking and usage information about Your location, demographics, use of the Website and the internet.

When You interact with the Website, We may collect Non-Personal Data and Our servers may automatically keep an activity log of Your use of the Website.

3.1 Generally, We collect and store the following Non-Personal Data:

  • Device information about Your computer, mobile device, or other device that You use to access the Website. This information may include IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language, and other transactional information;
  • Usage information about Your use of the Website. This information includes a reading history of the pages You view.
  • Additional “traffic information” such as time of access, date of access, software crash reports, application errors, session identification number, access times, and referring site addresses.
  • Your search terms and search results.
  • Other information regarding Your use of the Website.

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4 Use of Non-Personal Data

We may disclose or share Non-Personal Data (or other information, other than Personal Data) in any other manner that We deem appropriate or necessary.

Among other things, We will disclose Non-Personal Data to third parties to help Us determine how users use parts of the Website and who Our users are so We can improve the Website.

We will also disclose Non-Personal Data to Our partners and other third parties about how Our users collectively use the Website.

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5 Personal & Non-Personal Data From Other Sources

We may also collect and store information about You that We receive from other sources to, among other things, enable Us to update and correct the information contained in Our database and to better customize Your experience on the Website.

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6 Your Data Privacy Rights

If You are a citizen of the EU, We have summarized the rights that You have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in this Section. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in Our summaries. Accordingly, You should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.

Right to Access. You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not We process Your Personal Data and, where We do, access to the Personal Data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of Personal Data concerned and the recipients of the Personal Data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, We will supply to You a copy of Your Personal Data. The first copy will be provided free of charge, but additional copies may be subject to a reasonable fee.

Right to Rectification. You have the right to have any inaccurate Personal Data about You rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete Personal Data about You completed.

Right to Erasure. In some circumstances You have the right to the erasure of Your Personal Data without undue delay. Those circumstances include: the Personal Data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; You withdraw consent to consent-based processing; You object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the Personal Data have been unlawfully processed.

However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Right to Restrict Processing. In some circumstances You have the right to restrict the processing of Your Personal Data. Those circumstances are: You contest the accuracy of the Personal Data; processing is unlawful but You oppose erasure; We no longer need the Personal Data for the purposes of Our processing, but You require Personal Data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; and You have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, We may continue to store Your Personal Data. However, We will only otherwise process it: with Your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.

Right to Object to Processing. You have the right to object to Our processing of Your Personal Data on grounds relating to Your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in Us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Us or by a third party. If You make such an objection, We will cease to process the Personal Data unless We can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override Your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

You have the right to object to Our processing of Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If You make such an objection, We will cease to process Your Personal Data for this purpose.

You have the right to object to Our processing of Your Personal Data for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to Your particular situation, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

Right to Data Portability. To the extent that the legal basis for Our processing of Your Personal Data is consent, or that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which You are party or in order to take steps at Your request prior to entering into a contract, and such processing is carried out by automated means, You have the right to receive Your Personal Data from Us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

Right to Complain to a Supervisory Authority. If You consider that Our processing of Your Personal Data infringes data protection laws, You have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of Your habitual residence, Your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

Right to Withdraw Consent. To the extent that the legal basis for Our processing of Your Personal Data is consent, You have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.

You may exercise any of Your rights in relation to Your Personal Data through written notice to Us. See Our Contact Details at the end of this Policy.

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7 Your Choices

In general, if You register on the Website, You may update the information You have provided to Us.

When You register on the Website, You may be able to indicate Your preferences regarding marketing communications. You may be able to change those preferences and select the categories of communications that interest You.

You will not be able to opt-out of receiving certain service-related or transactional communications relating to the Website unless You cancel Your registration or subscription.

Even after Your account is cancelled, We may retain Your information for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy.

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8 Your Right to Access

We provide You with reasonable access to the Personal Data that You may provide through the Website.

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9 Your Right to Withdraw Consent

At any time, You may legitimately object to the processing of Your Personal Data, except if otherwise provided by applicable law. You may decline to share certain Personal Data with Us, in which case We may not be able to provide to You some of the features and functionality of the Website.

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10 Your Right to Update, Correct or Delete

You may update, correct, or delete Your Account Data and preferences at any time by accessing Your Account settings page on the Website. If You wish to access or amend any other Personal Data We hold about You, or to request that We delete any information about You that We have obtained from an Integrated Service, You may contact Us. Please note that while any changes You make will be reflected in active user databases instantly or within a reasonable period of time, We may retain all information You submit for backups, archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, satisfaction of legal obligations, or where We otherwise reasonably believe that We have a legitimate reason to do so.

We will however retain Your information needed for administrative and transactional communications.

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11 California Privacy Rights

If You are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits You to request and obtain from We, information regarding the disclosure of Your Personal Data to the third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year, free of charge, once a year.

We do not share Your Personal Data with third parties for those parties' direct marketing use. For more information about Our privacy and data collection policies, You may wish to review Our Privacy Policy.

California residents, who are under 18 and are registered users of We, are allowed to request and have removed, any content or information that they have posted publicly. However, in cases where the law does not require or allow the removal of information, this may not be applicable. This is under California Business and Professions Code Section 22581.

California Do Not Track Disclosure: We do not track the personally identifying information of Our users and visitors over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising. We respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. However, some other third-party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities so that they can tailor the information or advertising they present to You. If You wish to opt out of this tracking, You can enable privacy settings in Your browser.

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12 No Personal Data From Children

We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 13 years of age in the USA or 16 years of age in the European Union. The Website is not directed to children under the age of 13 in the USA or 16 in the European Union. We will not knowingly allow children under 13 in the USA or 16 in the European Union to register for or become users of the Website.

If You are under 13 in the USA or 16 in the European Union years of age, You should not provide Personal Data to Us.

If We discover that a child under the age of 13 in the USA or 16 in the European Union has provided Us with Personal Data and We do not have parental consent, We will immediately delete that child’s information.

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13 Cookie Policy

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but Personal Data that We store about You may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. In this blog, cookies are used for ads personalisation.

13.1 Cookie We Use

Session Cookies

These are temporary cookies that contain no expiration date and  are deleted after the users browser is closed. You will be required to log in again at the next session, where you will be treated as a new user

Session cookies examples: Shopping cart, remembering previous actions, managing and passing security tokens, multimedia content player session cookies, load balancing session cookies and third party social content plug in sharing cookies

Persistent Cookies

These are cookies which are saved in your browser until they are deleted by the you or are deleted by your browser after they reach their expiration date.

Persistent cookies examples: Authentication, language selection, theme selection, favorites, internal site bookmarks, menu preferences, address and payment information.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies allow us to remember choices that have been made by you in order to create an experience that’s made to fit. These cookies safely store authentication and identification information, for example your language selection or region.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies allow us to collect information, such as the most used pages or error messages, in order to understand how you use our website and enable us to create a better user experience. All information collected by performance cookies in anonymous.

13.2 Purpose Of Using Cookies

Purpose: We use cookies are used for ads personalization

Authentication - We use cookies to identify You when You visit Our Website and as You navigate Our Website;

Status - We use cookies to help Us determine if You are logged into Our Website;

Personalization - We use cookies to store information about Your preferences and to personalize the Website for You;

Security - We use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect Our Website and Services generally;

Analysis - We use cookies to help Us to analyze the use and performance of Our Website and Services;

Cookie Consent - We use cookies to store Your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.

13.3 Cookies Used by Our Service Providers

Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on Your computer when You visit Our Website.

Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of Our Website. Google Analytics gathers information about Website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to Our Website is used to create reports about the use of Our Website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google AdSense. We publish Google AdSense interest-based advertisements on Our Website. These are tailored by Google to reflect Your interests. To determine Your interests, Google will track Your behavior on Our Website and on other Websites across the web using cookies.] OR [We publish Google AdSense advertisements on Our Website. To determine Your interests, Google will track Your behavior on Our Website and on other Websites across the web using cookies. This behavior tracking allows Google to tailor the advertisements that You see on other Websites to reflect Your interests (but We do not publish interest-based advertisements on Our Website).

13.4 Managing Cookies

You can disable cookie tracking and learn more about the privacy policies of the third parties We use by visiting the following links:

Third Party Opt Out Page Privacy Policy
Google Analytics Opt Out Privacy Policy
Google Adsense Opt Out Privacy Policy

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The Website may contain links to other sites operated by Our affiliates or third parties. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy do not apply to information gathered through these other sites. We are not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of third parties and other sites.

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15 Public Areas

Please remember that any information You share in public areas, such as message boards or feedback sections, becomes public and anyone may take and use that information. Please be careful about what You disclose and do not post any Personal Data that You expect to keep private. Please consult the applicable guidelines, if any, for use of Our chat rooms and other community areas for more information.

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16 Interest Based Advertising

To help ensure that You receive ads that are relevant to Your interests on the Website, Our advertisers’ services, and elsewhere on the Internet, We and third parties (including service providers, advertisers, and advertising companies) may collect information about Your online activities over time and across different sites, apps, and devices. We and third parties may use that information to help understand audience segments. Advertisers may use the segments to determine the audience groups to which they wish to deliver particular ads. Through this process, We do not use information that directly identifies You.

Opt Out. You can opt out of receiving interest-based advertising on Your computer or laptop from some companies, including Us and Our service providers. 

If You wish to opt out of receiving interest-based advertising on Your mobile device, please see the advertising preferences information on support.apple.com for iOS devices or support.google.com for Android devices.

Opting out does not mean You will no longer receive advertising. It means that the company or companies from which You opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to Your web preferences and usage patterns.

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17 Changes And Updates

Please revisit this page periodically to stay aware of any changes to this Privacy Policy, which We may update from time to time. If We modify the Privacy Policy, We will make it available through the Website, and indicate the date of the latest revision. Any material changes will be posted on this Website and will come into effect 30 Days after their posting.

In the event that the modifications materially alter Your rights or obligations hereunder, We will make reasonable efforts to notify You of the change. For example, We may send a message to Your email address, if We have one on file, or generate a pop-up or similar notification when You access the Website for the first time after such material changes are made. If You do not refuse the changes in writing before they become effective, this shall mean that You have consented to the Privacy Policy as changed. Your continued use of the Website after the revised Privacy Policy has become effective indicates that You have read, understood and agreed to the current version of the Privacy Policy.

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18 Assignment

We may change Our ownership or corporate organization while providing the Website and Services. We may also sell certain assets associated with the Website. As a result, please be aware that in such event, We may transfer some or all of Your information to a company acquiring all or part of Our assets or to another company with which We have merged. Under such circumstances We would, to the extent possible, require the acquiring party to follow the practices described in this Privacy Policy, as it may be amended from time to time. Nevertheless, We cannot promise that an acquiring company or the merged company will have the same privacy practices or treat Your information the same as described in this Privacy Policy.

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19 Our Details

If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy or if you need to make a request please contact us at:

E-mail: prudentlobster@gmail.com


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