Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to GeekProphecy.com and Charmonium.com and governs data collection and usage for visitors of these websites. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Geek Prophecy include GeekProphecy.com, Charmonium and Charmonium.com. The Geek Prophecy website is a science and spirituality discussion forum and web publication. By using the Geek Prophecy website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered, Geek Prophecy may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- First and Last Name
- E-mail address
If you purchase Geek Prophecy’s products, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Geek Prophecy’s public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to participate in the forums, or other functionality provided, or make a purchase. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
Geek Prophecy collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.
Geek Prophecy may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other offerings from Geek Prophecy. .
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Geek Prophecy does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Geek Prophecy may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Geek Prophecy, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. These third parties are Google Analytics for website statistics, and Sendinblue Inc. who provides Geek Prophecy services to send e-mail to subscribers of Geek Prophecy’s e-mail newsletter. Sendinblue, Inc.’s Privacy Policy can be found at https://www.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/.
When credit card numbers are transmitted for authorization, Square, Inc. provides Geek Prophecy those merchant services. Square, Inc.’s Privacy Policy governing these transactions can be found by visiting https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy-no-account.
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.
If you’re logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used to help make our website appealing. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose your browser has to establish a direct connection to Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our plugin. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
Further information about handling user data, can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Compliance with Law Enforcement
Geek Prophecy may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Geek Prophecy or the site; (b) protect and defend the right or property of Geek Prophecy; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Geek Prophecy, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
Geek Prophecy may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Geek Prophecy, in order to determine what Geek Prophecy services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and to improve our website to deliver content in a more efficient manner.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Geek Prophecy. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Geek Prophecy website.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. This is logged for security reasons in order to help identify fraudulent activity and to keep account secure.
Use of Cookies
The Geek Prophecy website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
On of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Geek Prophecy pages, or register with Geek Prophecy site or services, a cookie helps Geek Prophecy to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Geek Prophecy webpage, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Geek Prophecy features that you customized.
You have the ability 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. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Geek Prophecy services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Geek Prophecy secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Geek Prophecy uses the following methods for this purpose:
- SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
When credit card numbers are transmitted for authorization, Square, Inc. provides Geek Prophecy those merchant services. Square, Inc.’s Privacy Policy governing these transactions can be found by visiting https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy-no-account.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
- Delete your personal information from our records; and
- Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children under Thirteen
Geek Prophecy does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. When you do ask for permission, please let them know what a bright person they are raising for you to read privacy policies.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Geek Prophecy may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Geek Prophecy, you may opt out of such communications by clicking the unsubscribe link located within each email we send.
External Data Storage Sites
We store your data on servers provided by A2 Hosting, Inc. with whom we have contracted with. A2 Hosting’s Privacy Policy can be found at https://www.a2hosting.com/about/policies.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. GeekProphecy.com does compress images and strip them of metadata upon upload but does not guarantee that all metadata will be removed from uploaded images.
Changes to this Statement
Geek Prophecy reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the Website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Geek Prophecy welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. You can contact Geek Prophecy regarding this privacy policy by emailing contact@geekprophecy.com. You may also contact Geek Prophecy by post at 1400 McCallie Ave #200, Chattanooga TN, 37404.