At the Accidental Coder, accessible from https://theaccidentalcoder.com, one of my main priorities is the privacy of my visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by the Accidental Coder and how I use it.
If you have additional questions or require more information about my Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact me.
This Privacy Policy applies only to my online activities, and is valid for visitors to this website with regards to the information that they shared and/or is collected in the Accidental Coder. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent
By using this website, you hereby consent to its Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Information I collect
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point I ask you to provide your personal information.
If you contact me directly, I may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send me, and any other information you may choose to provide.
When you register for an Account, explicitly, I might ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.
How I use your information
I use the information I collect in various ways, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain this website
- Improve, personalize, and expand this website
- Understand and analyze how you use this website, which helps me to improve your experience
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- Communicate with you
- Send you emails
- Find and prevent fraud
Log Files
The Accidental Coder follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this, and it is a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website for understanding how the site is used, and gathering demographic information. Our Privacy Policy was created with by editing text generated by the Privacy Policy Generator and the Online Privacy Policy Generator. Our use of it neither represents an endorsement of their product nor their site.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, the Accidental Coder uses 'cookies'. These cookies might be used to store session information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.
For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies".
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
Should the Accidental Coder host advertising, the ad partners will be listed here, and you may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of these advertising partners.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on the Accidental Coder, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that the Accidental Coder has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
The Accidental Coder's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.
If you make a request, I have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact me. Please note, though, that data is only collected as part of the registration process. My removing the data equates to removing your account. Should you have your account removed, you will still be able to use all the features of the site with the exception of commenting and accessing resources.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
I would like to make sure that you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. I might charge you a small fee for this service, payable in advance.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that I correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that I complete the information you believe to be incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that I erase your personal data, which means deleting your account.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that I restrict the processing of your personal data, but note that 'processing' is required in order to provide you a user account.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to my processing your personal data, which will be rectified by eliminating its processing, i.e. removing your user account.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that I transfer the data that I have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions. I might charge a small fee for this service, payable in advance.
If you make a request, I have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact me.
Children's Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. I encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
The Accidental Coder does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information (PII) from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on this website, I strongly encourage you to e-mail me immediately and I will use my best effort to promptly remove such information.