Privacy Policy

At TheWesternScreen, we prioritize the privacy and security of our users’ personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices for collecting, using, sharing, and protecting the data you provide when engaging with our website and services.

We believe transparency is essential to maintaining your trust. This policy clearly explains what information we gather, how we utilize it to enhance your experience, the limited circumstances for sharing data with trusted third parties, and the robust safeguards in place to protect your privacy.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy carefully. Your use of our website and services constitutes acceptance of the terms described herein. If you disagree with our practices, we respect your decision to discontinue using our offerings.

TheWesternScreen is committed to upholding the highest standards of data privacy and security. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you while prioritizing the confidentiality of your personal information.

Information We Collect

We, along with our trusted third-party service providers, engage in responsible data collection practices to enhance your experience with our Services and provide tailored content and advertising. This process, referred to as “Information Collection” in this Privacy Policy, involves the automatic gathering of certain usage data from your device or web browser when you interact with our Services.

The usage data we collect, collectively termed “Usage Data,” includes information such as your geographical location, IP address, mobile device identifier or other unique identifier, type of browser and computer, Internet service provider, clickstream information, access times, URLs visited, web pages accessed, and interactions with content or advertising on our Services. This data enables us to better understand how our users engage with the Services and to deliver relevant advertising.

To facilitate this data collection on our behalf for analytics purposes, we may enter into contractual agreements with reputable third-party providers. These providers are carefully selected to ensure they adhere to the highest data protection standards.

Purpose of Information Collection

The Usage Data collected by us and our third-party service providers serves various purposes. These include administering and optimizing the Services, managing our servers and software, gathering demographic insights, and delivering targeted advertisements to you on our Services and across other online platforms.

Our third-party advertising networks and ad servers will provide us with aggregated reports detailing the number of advertisements displayed and clicked on our Services, without identifying any specific individual. While the Usage Data we gather is typically anonymous, if we link it to you as a unique individual, we will treat that information as personal data. We handle it with the utmost care and respect for your privacy, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

By engaging in responsible information collection practices and prioritizing transparency, we aim to provide you with a seamless and personalized experience while adhering to industry-leading privacy standards. We believe in being clear and open about how we collect and use data related to you. In the spirit of transparency, this policy provides detailed information about how and when we use cookies.

Disclosure of Your Information

We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, serving advertisements, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

These third-party service providers may include but are not limited to: web hosting providers, payment processors, marketing service providers, and analytics companies. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but are prohibited from using it for other purposes.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Please note that non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. We may also use your personal information to inform you of other products or services available from us and our affiliates.

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information: You may set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). This embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you, the visitor, have visited the other website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This can include tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. This is a standard practice and is generally used for aggregated tracking and user experience improvement.

Please be aware that these third-party websites have their own privacy policies and terms of use. We strongly advise you to review these when visiting any external sites. We do not have control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.

It’s important to note that the privacy settings you have chosen on these third-party websites will dictate what information is collected and how it is used. If you are logged into a third-party website while visiting our site, the third-party may be able to link your visit on our site to your account on their site.

We strive to use only reputable sources for third-party content, but we cannot guarantee the privacy practices of any third-party websites. Therefore, we encourage you to be aware when you leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

Your Choices and Rights

We believe in your right to privacy and control over your personal information. As a user of our Services, you have several choices and rights related to your personal information.

1. Access and Update: You have the right to access your personal information that we hold, and to update or correct this information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
2. Deletion: If you wish, you can request the deletion of your personal information from our systems. Please note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.
3. Objection and Restriction: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, or to restrict such processing in certain circumstances. This means you can ask us to stop using your information in certain ways.
4. Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
5. Opt-Out of Marketing Communications: You have the option to opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us. If you decide to opt-out, we will respect your decision and remove you from our marketing lists.
6. Cookies: You can disable cookies in your browser settings. However, please note that certain features of our Services may not function properly without cookies.

Children’s Privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children who use our Services. Our website and Services are not designed for or intentionally targeted at children under the age of 13. It is not our policy to intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 without obtaining parental consent. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 on our Services without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

If you believe that we might have any information from a child under the age of 13 without parental consent, please contact us immediately at: contact@thewesternscreen.com. We strongly recommend that minors 13 years of age or older ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet and we encourage parents to teach their children about safe internet use practices.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes we make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our Services following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of those changes. 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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at contact@thewesternscreen.com.