Privacy policy

This policy applies to all users, whether registered or non-registered.

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our digital channels and not to information collected offline.

Terms and conditions

Please also visit our Terms and Conditions page establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at protawn.com/terms-of-use

Consent

By registering for a Protawn account, you provide your consent to the general privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

If we decide to change our general privacy policy, we will notify you of said changes. We will also update this webpage and modify the privacy policy modification date, below.

Version and modification information

This document was created on May 30th, 2014 and was last modified on September 6th, 2018

Cookies and how we make use of them

Cookies are small files that your web browser stores on your device (for example, your computer’s hard drive). These files contain site/domain-specific information that is passed to and from the website when you interact with it.

Cookies are primarily used to keep track of information that results from your interactions with the site. Without cookies, web servers will view each page request that you make as unique and unrelated.

In the vast majority of cases, you are able to block cookies by adjusting the settings in your web browser. However, by doing so, you will prevent us from logging you into the system, offering you social sign-in and registration options, creating a sense of continuity as you interact with the site, and providing certain security features that are intended to protect your account information.

Consequently, we require you to accept cookies from Protawn as a fundamental condition of using our platform.

Please note that web browsers commonly allow you to delete cookies, which are stored on your computer, by using their options, settings, or history menus. At the end of your session with protawn, you may delete these files.

More detailed information regarding cookies and our cookie policy can be found at protawn.com/cookies

Policies related to user-submitted information

Information that we collect from you

We collect information from you when you register, respond to a survey, fill out a form, or provide information by interacting with the website (for example, when creating and/or completing a comparison between items in the system).

Non-personally identifiable visitor information, including the rankings and comparisons that you make while interacting with Protawn and (or in combination with) general demographic information, may be provided to other parties for purposes including marketing and analytic assessments.

Ways in which we use the information that we collect

The information we collect from you may be used to:

  • Personalize your experience, by enabling us to better respond to your individual needs
  • Improve our website, by analyzing the information and feedback that we receive from you
  • Identify and address customer service and support needs
  • Process transactions within the application
  • Administer a promotion, survey, sponsored comparison, or other site feature
  • To send periodic emails for the purpose of administrating your Protawn account

By engaging in sponsored comparisons, using global items in Protawn, and/or otherwise interacting with user generated content, you consent to share this information in aggregate with those who sponsored or otherwise manage the items.

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the product or service requested.

The email address you provide may be used to send you information, specific to your account, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions. You may terminate such communications by deactivating or deleting your account.

How we protect your information

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you submit, access, or update your personal information.

We provide (and attempt to strictly enforce) transport layer security for all transactions undertaken on the site. The information that you supply, when transmitted via https using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, is encrypted as it travels to and from our servers.

Sensitive information may be obscured or encrypted, when stored in our databases for persistent use, providing you with an additional layer of information security.

The website is evaluated regularly to guard against security vulnerabilities, in accordance with OWASP guidelines and recommendations.

Policies that allow you to access and control your profile information

Users have the option to deactivate or entirely delete their profile information from the active website as well as stored back-ups that are under the direct control of Protawn Corporation.

PLEASE NOTE: Information in stored in such back-ups may continue to exist for a period of 90 days after account deletion.

Choosing to remain anonymous

You may visit our site anonymously, so long as you do not take steps to authenticate or sign-in to your Protawn account and do not communicate personal information to Protawn, via our web forms.

Third party products and services

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.