Privacy Policy « Softfully.com

Privacy Policy Statement

This Privacy Policy governs how S O F T F U L L Y collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the https://www.softfully.com Software News Website. This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by S o f t f u l l y™.

Personal identification information:

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to when Users visit our site, subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, their name, and email address. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

Non-personal identification information:

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. The non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer, and technical information about the user’s means of connection to our Sites, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

Web browser cookies:

Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance the User experience. User’s web browsers place cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. The user may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

How we use collected information:

Softfully.com may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:
To improve customer service
The information you provide helps us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
To personalize user experience
We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.
To improve our Site
We may use the feedback you provide to improve our products and services.
To send periodic emails
We may use the email address to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests.

How we protect your information:

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored on our Site.

Our Site complies with PCI vulnerability standards to create as secure an environment as possible for Users.

Sharing your personal information:

We do not sell, trade, or rent User’s personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above. We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.

Changes to this privacy policy:

Softfully has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will post a notification on the main page of our Site, and revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms:

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Cookie Policy Statement

Softfully has created this privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: Softfully.com

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information. This information stays private and is not shared with any other company or institution.

This site contains links to other sites. Softfully is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

European Union’s Cookie Law

European laws require that digital publishers give visitors to their sites and apps information about their use of cookies and other forms of local storage. In many cases these laws also require that consent be obtained.

The Cookie Law is a piece of privacy legislation that requires websites to get consent from visitors to store or retrieve any information on a computer, smartphone, or tablet. It was designed to protect online privacy, by making consumers aware of how information about them is collected and used online, and giving them a choice to allow it or not.

It started as an EU Directive that was adopted by all EU countries in May 2011. The Directive gave individuals the right to refuse the use of cookies that reduce their online privacy. Each country then updated its laws to comply. In the UK this meant an update to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.

What are cookies?

Cookies are pieces of data, normally stored in text files, that websites place on visitors’ computers to store a range of information, usually specific to that visitor – or rather the device they are using to view the site – like the browser or mobile phone.

They were created to overcome a limitation in web technology. Web pages are ‘stateless’ – which means that they have no memory, and cannot easily pass information between each other. So cookies provide a kind of memory for web pages.

Cookies allow you to log in on one page, then move around to other pages and stay logged in. They allow you to set preferences for the display of a page, and for these to be remembered the next time you return to it.

Cookies can also be used to watch the pages you visit between sites, which allows advertisers to build up a picture of your interests. Then when you land on a site that shows one of their adverts – they can tailor it to those interests. This is known as ‘behavioral advertising’.

Almost all websites use cookies in some way or another, and every page you visit on those sites writes cookies to your computer and receives them back from it.

Cookies are incredibly useful – they allow modern websites to work the way people have come to expect – with an ever-increasing level of personalization and rich interactive functionality.

However, they can also be used to manipulate your web experience in ways you might not expect, or like. It could be to your benefit, or the benefit of someone else – even a business or organization that you have never had any direct contact with, or perhaps heard of.

It is impossible to tell just by looking at them, whether particular cookies are benefitting you or another party. You have to rely on the website you are visiting to tell you how it uses cookies.

Third-party cookies

When visiting a website you may receive cookies from the visited site (first part), both sites run by other organizations (third parties). Notable examples are the presence of “embedded” videos or “social plugins” from social networking services. These are parts of the page visited generated directly from these sites and integrated into the site’s host page. The most common use is aimed at content sharing on social networks.

The presence of these plugins entails the transmission of cookies to and from all sites managed by third parties. The management of information collected by third parties is governed by their policies so please refer. To ensure greater transparency and convenience, We report below the web addresses of several informative procedures for managing cookies.

Also includes certain components from Google Analytics, a web traffic analysis provided by Google. Even in this case, it is third-party cookies collected and handled anonymously to monitor and improve the performance of the host site (cookie performance).

Google Analytics can gather and analyze anonymous information about usage patterns. This information is collected by Google Analytics, which processes them to draw up reports on the websites themselves. This site does not use (and does not allow third parties to use) the Google Analytics tool to track or collect personal identification information. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google nor try to connect an IP address with the identity of a user. Google may also communicate this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.