This is the privacy policy of greekbiodiversity.blogspot.com website and describes how greekbiodiversity.blogspot.com ("GB," "We," "Us" or "Our") handles Personal Information (as defined below) that users ("You," "Your” or "User") provide to Us, or that We collect from You through the use of Our Website, which is located at www.beingr.eu.
Each country has different laws and rights relating to Personal Information of their residents. If You are a resident located outside the European Union, EU, in addition to this Privacy Policy, please also see Your country specific disclosures.
This Privacy Policy is subject to Our Terms of Service at https://greekbiodiversity.blogspot.com/p/terms/. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, as specified in the “Changes to This Privacy Policy” section below.
Your Consent
You should read this entire Privacy Policy before submitting information to Us or using Our Websites. Whenever You submit personal and non-personal information via Our Website or otherwise to Us, whether online or offline, You consent to the collection, use disclosure, transfer, and storage of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Types of Information We Collect
"Personal Information" means information such as Your first/middle initial or name, last name, e-mail address, street address, mailing address if different, town or city, state, zip code, telephone number, profile photograph, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, credit card information and any other information that could allow someone to identify You or contact You, including information collected through cookies and other technology.
GB, collects Personal Information of the sort that web browsers, hardware, software and servers typically make available, such as the IP address, device ID, browser type, language preference, referring site, pages viewed, one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser, and the date and time of each visitor request. GB's purpose in collecting this information is to better understand how GB's visitors use its Website. From time to time, GB may release such information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its Website.
How We Collect Personal Information
GB may collect Personal Information when You choose to interact with GB in ways that require GB to gather such information, such as if You browse on GB register as an user, update or add information to Your GB profile, provide content to GB through Your computer or phone, make a donation to GB through the Website, make a purchase from the GB store (collectively, the GB "Services"), or otherwise communicate or engage with Us about the GB Services. GB, does not disclose Personal Information other than as described herein. You can refuse to supply Personal Information, with the caveat that doing so may prevent You from engaging with our Website, such as registering as an GB User, maintaining an GB profile, or posting content to GB. Without providing personal information (other than the automatic provision of Your IP address), You will still be able to access and use GB on a read-only basis.
How We Use Personal Information
We may use the Personal Information that You provide in order to deliver the GB Services and to administer and maintain the GB Website, respond to Your inquiries, improve our services, business, and Website, manage our business including spam detection and fraud prevention purposes, for marketing, legal and research purposes, and to understand how You use Our Websites and services. If You register as an GB User, You must give Us current, complete and accurate information and keep the information You provide to Us up to date. We cannot and shall not be responsible for any problems or liability that may arise if You do not give Us current, accurate, truthful, or complete information or if You fail to update the information You give Us.
When We Disclose and Share Personal Information
GB discloses Personal Information to contractors, service providers, consultants and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on BEINGr's behalf or to provide Services available at GB's Website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others.
Some of those contractors, service providers and affiliated organizations may be located outside of Your home country; by using GB's Website, You consent to the transfer of such information to them. GB will not rent or sell Personal Information to anyone. We share your Personal information with entities that support Our business and operations such as hosting Our Websites and data, communicating with You, fraud and spam detection, data analytics, and other legitimate business purposes including communicating with Google Analytics, Bing Webmaster Tools and Google Tag Manager.
Other than as described above, GB discloses Personal Information only when required to do so by law, or when GB believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of GB, third parties, or the public at large. Unless authorized by You through Your opt-in, or as provided above, We will make Your Personal Information available to non-affiliated third parties only in the following circumstances:
1. If We are compelled to do so by a governmental agency, court, or other entity (e.g., to respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process);
2. If We believe Your actions violate a law, regulation, this Privacy Policy, or any applicable website's terms of use, or if You threaten the rights, property or safety of Us, Our Websites, Our Apps, any other Users, or third party;
3. If, in Our sole discretion, We believe disclosure is necessary to investigate or resolve possible problems or inquiries, to protect Our assets, to defend Our interests or comply with Our legal and regulatory obligations; or to protect a User's safety;
4. If there is a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, transfer of control, joint venture or other business combination involving GB.
If You are a registered User of GB and have supplied Your email address, GB may occasionally send You an email to tell You about new features, solicit Your feedback, or just keep You up to date with what's going on with GB and Our services. We primarily use blogs and groups to communicate this type of information, so We expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If You send Us a request (for example via a support email or via one of Our feedback mechanisms), We reserve the right to publish it in order to help Us clarify or respond to Your request or to help Us support other Users. GB takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of Personal Information.
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Information Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If You are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), GB's legal basis for collecting and using the Personal Information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information We collect and the specific context in which We collect it. In addition, We process Personal Information with the principle of data minimization in mind. This means that We limit ourselves to the minimum amount of personal information which is needed to achieve the particular purpose for which We process the Personal Information. Below are some examples of the purposes for which Personal Information may be processed.
GB may process Your Personal Information because:
1. The processing is necessary to provide the services and features You have requested
2. The processing is necessary to perform a contract with You
3. The processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of Our business, such as fraud prevention, information security, or to comply with the law
4. You have provided consent for Us to do so.
How We Retain Personal Information
We retain Your Personal Information associated with Your registration for so long as You remain a registered User of GB. In addition, We may retain Personal Information from closed accounts to comply with national laws, prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigation, enforce Our User Agreement and take other actions permitted or required by applicable national laws.
Children
We do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Information from children or knowingly allow children to make purchases through Our Website. Visitors 12 years of age and younger must obtain an adult's permission before submitting any Personal Information to our Website. In the event that We learn that We have received any Personal Information from a visitor 12 years of age or younger, and We do not receive parental permission within a reasonable period of time of Our request for it, We will delete that information as quickly as possible. If You believe that We might have Personal Information from or about a child 12 years of age or younger, please contact Us at beingr@gmail.com.
Cookies
Automated technology collects information from Your computer or mobile device and includes cookies, web beacons, local shared objects, or other similar technology. A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. A "web beacon" is a small object or image that is embedded into a web page, application, or email and is used to track activity. They are also sometimes referred to as pixels and tags.
As You access or use Our Website, We and/or third parties may collect information using cookies, web beacons, pixels, navigational and location data collection (clickstream, log files, server logs) and other similar technologies for the purposes described in this Policy. GB uses cookies to help GB identify and track visitors, their usage of the GB Websites and their Website access preferences. GB visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using GB's Website.
Third Party Analytics Disclaimer
We and/or third-parties and service providers on Our behalf, use cookies, web beacons and other similar technology, to collect information for the purposes described in this Policy including analytics, monitoring performance and improvement of Our online services (traffic, errors, page load time, popular pages, etc.).
Analytics
We use Google Analytics and Bing webmaster tools to understand how Our website, services, and products perform, how You use them, and to serve You with ads on third-party websites. To learn more about how Google processes Your data, please visit: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. To opt out of Google Analytics, please install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on by visiting: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
How We Protect Your Personal Information
We are committed to protecting the Personal Information You share with Us through the use of GB and We maintain reasonable physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect Your Personal Information. We limit access to Personal Information by Our own employees to individuals who are authorized for the proper handling of such information and any employee found violating Our standards of security and confidentiality is subject to Our disciplinary processes. We request Our service providers to follow the same policy. Unfortunately, We cannot guarantee that data transmitted over the Internet will always be secure. As a result, although We strive to protect Your Personal Information, We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information You transmit or We may learn as a result of Your use of GB and You do so at Your own risk. If, for any reason, You do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use or attempt to take advantage of any of the information, services, features or functions of GB that might require You to provide Your Personal Information.
Your Rights with Your Personal Information
If You are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), You have certain rights with regard to
Your Personal Information. Those include:
1. The right to access, update or delete the information We have about You. In many instances, You can personally access and update Your Personal Information by accessing Your online account settings when logged in. If You are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You.
2. The right of rectification. You have the right to have Your information corrected if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
3. The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of Your Personal Information.
4. The right of restriction. You have the right to request that We restrict the processing of Your Personal Information.
5. The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information that We have about You in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
6. The right to withdraw consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent at any time where iNaturalist relied on Your consent to process Your personal information.
Please note that for Your safety and security, We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. For any such information or requests, contact the GB Data Protection Officer at beingr@gmail.com.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, GB may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at GB's sole discretion. We will post an updated and revised version of this Privacy Policy on the GB Website when any material changes have been made, and GB encourages visitors to check this Privacy Policy often so You are aware of the most current terms and conditions that apply to You. The revisions are effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute Your acceptance of such change.
All Users
If any User of Our Website, or any Subscriber has any questions about this Privacy Policy, please select your EU country from this list for more details
This Privacy Policy was last modified on September 23, 2023. full-width