Privacy Policy

– Privacy Policy –

In this Privacy Policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refers to: First Aid Kit Fan website.

This privacy policy sets out how First Aid Kit Fan website ( https://firstaidkitfan.com/) uses and protects any information that you provide, whilst using First Aid Kit Fan website services. First Aid Kit Fan website may change this policy as and when necessary. We will provide a more prominent notice (including email notification of privacy policy changes where applicable).

What information we collect about you and how we use this information

Account and Profile Information

You don’t have to create an account to use this website and view the content of our forum. If you do choose to create a forum account, you will be required to agree to our separate FORUM PRIVACY POLICY. All privacy policy details relating to forum membership are dealt with in this other policy document and are not discussed here.

Whilst using the First Aid Kit Fan website the following information may be collected (not public):

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address (not public)
  • Geographical location
  • Browser type and version (not public)
  • Operating system (not public)
  • Referral source (not public)
  • Length of visit, page views, website navigation and any other related browsing activity

Contact Information

If you email us, we will keep the content of your message, your email address, and your contact information to respond to your request.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data that is stored on your computer or mobile device. Like many websites, we use cookies and similar technologies to collect additional website usage data.  Although most web browsers automatically accept cookies, many browsers’ settings can be set to decline cookies or alert you when a website is attempting to place a cookie on your computer. You can learn more about how we use cookies and similar technologies here.

We use cookies for the following purposes

We do not use cookies directly except in relation to membership of our forum (see FORUM PRIVACY POLICY).

Cookies used by our service providers

Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. Embedded content from other websites may also use cookies.

Log Data

We receive information when you view content on or otherwise interact with our website, which we refer to as “Log Data,” even if you have not created a forum account. For example, when you visit our website. This Log Data includes information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device information (including device and application IDs), search terms. We use Log Data to operate our services and ensure their secure, reliable, and robust performance. We use information you provide to us and data we receive, including Log Data and data from third parties, to make inferences like what topics you may be interested in and what languages you speak. This helps us better design our services for you and personalize the content we show you.

Embedded content from other websites

This website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). For example, we use embedded content from the YouTube video service on our site.  Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. These other sites are governed by their own privacy policies, not this one.

Information We Share and Disclose

How we share information we collect (sharing with third parties)

Service Providers: We share the information above (ie ‘log data’) with third parties that help us operate, provide, improve, integrate, customize, support and market our services. We work with third-party service providers to provide website and application development, hosting, maintenance, backup, storage, virtual infrastructure, analysis and other services for us, which may require them to access or use this information. This is done under close instruction from us, including policies and procedures designed to protect your information.

Links to Third Party Sites: Our website may include links that direct you to other websites or services whose privacy practices may differ from ours. If you submit information to any of those third party sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies, not this one. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website you visit.

Social Media Widgets: The Services may include links that direct you to other websites or services whose privacy practices may differ from ours. Your use of and any information you submit to any of those third-party sites is governed by their privacy policies, not this one.

Third-Party Widgets: Some of our Services contain widgets and social media features, such as the Facebook “share” or Twitter “tweet” buttons. These widgets and features collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on the Services, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Widgets and social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Services. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

Law, Harm, and the Public Interest

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Privacy Policy or controls we may otherwise offer to you, we may preserve, use, or disclose your personal data if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; to protect the safety of any person; to protect the safety or integrity of our platform, including to help prevent spam, abuse, or malicious actors on our services, or to explain why we have removed content or accounts from our services; to address fraud, security, or technical issues; or to protect our rights or property or the rights or property of those who use our services. However, nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal defences or objections that you may have to a third party’s, including a government’s, request to disclose your personal data.

Non-Personal Information

We share or disclose non-personal data, such as aggregated information like the number of people who clicked on a particular link etc.

How to access and control your information

Accessing or Rectifying Your Personal Data

This is only applicable if you register as a member of our forum, in which case you will need to agree to our separate FORUM PRIVACY POLICY during the registration process.

Deletion of Your Personal Data

This is only applicable if you register as a member of our forum, in which case you will need to agree to our separate FORUM PRIVACY POLICY during the registration process.

Cookies should be deleted from your side. Almost all browsers have an option to delete cookies.

Restrict Processing

Request that we stop using your information: This is only applicable if you register as a member of our forum, in which case you will need to agree to our separate FORUM PRIVACY POLICY during the registration process.

Opt out of communications: This is only applicable if you register as a member of our forum, in which case you will need to agree to our separate FORUM PRIVACY POLICY during the registration process.

Data portability

This is only applicable if you register as a member of our forum, in which case you will need to agree to our separate FORUM PRIVACY POLICY during the registration process.

How we store and secure information we collect

We use data hosting service providers to host the information we collect, and we use technical measures to secure your data. While we implement safeguards designed to protect your information, no security system is impenetrable and due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that data, during transmission through the Internet or while stored on our systems or otherwise in our care, is absolutely safe from intrusion by others.

Online Privacy Policy Only

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

Your Consent to This Policy

By using our site, you consent to our Privacy Policy.

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.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us .