Privacy Policy for CortexTimes.com
Effective Date: July 5, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how CortexTimes.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit and use our website, CortexTimes.com (the “Site”). By accessing or using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information in connection with your use of the Site:
- Personal Information: This is information that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly. We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you interact with the Site, such as when you:
- Subscribe to our newsletter (e.g., email address).
- Submit comments or other user-generated content (e.g., name, email address).
- Contact us through forms or email (e.g., name, email address, message content).
- Participate in surveys or polls.
- Usage Data: We automatically collect certain information about your device and how you interact with our Site. This may include:
- Your IP address.
- Browser type and version.
- Operating system.
- Referring URLs.
- Pages you visit on our Site.
- Time and date of your visit.
- Time spent on those pages.
- Unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information.
- Cookies: Small data files stored on your device. We use them for functionality (e.g., remembering preferences), analytics (e.g., understanding traffic patterns), and advertising (e.g., showing relevant ads).
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect and analyze usage data to understand how users interact with our Site. Google Analytics may collect information about your IP address, geographic location, device, and browsing behavior.
- Google AdSense: As a monetization partner, Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site or other websites. These cookies enable Google and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for various purposes, including:
- To provide and maintain our Site and its content.
- To personalize your experience on our Site.
- To understand and analyze how you use our Site.
- To improve our Site, content, and user experience.
- To send you newsletters, updates, and promotional materials if you have subscribed.
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
- To monitor the usage of our Site.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
- To display advertisements relevant to your interests through Google AdSense.
- To comply with legal obligations.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, email delivery, and marketing assistance. These service providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed.
- For Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
- With Google AdSense and Analytics: Your usage data, including information collected via cookies, is shared with Google for the purpose of analytics and serving relevant advertisements. Google’s use of this information is governed by Google’s own Privacy Policy.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
- To Enforce Our Rights: We may disclose your information to protect the rights, property, or safety of CortexTimes.com, our users, or others.
4. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
5. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
6. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:
- Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.
- Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Erasure: The right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Restriction of Processing: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Object to Processing: The right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Data Portability: The right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the “Contact Us” section below.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via the methods provided on our Contact Us page on CortexTimes.com.
