Introduction to Our Privacy Commitment

At startfree.org, accessible from startfree.org, your privacy is a top priority. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information that is collected and recorded by startfree.org and how we use it. We are dedicated to transparently managing your data, especially as you explore our content on Credit Card, Financing, Financial Analysis, and Digital Assets. If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Information We 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 we ask you to provide your personal information. This might include:

• Personal Data You Voluntarily Provide: This includes information such as your name, email address, and any other details you share when subscribing to newsletters, commenting on articles, or contacting us directly.
• Usage Data: We collect information about how you access and use our website. This usage data may include your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide and maintain our website: Ensuring a smooth and functional experience for all users.
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website: Tailoring content to better suit your interests in Credit Card, Financing, Financial Analysis, and Digital Assets.
• Understand and analyze how you use our website: For analytical purposes to enhance our services.
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality: Based on user interaction and feedback.
• Communicate with you: Either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
• Send you emails: Pertaining to updates, financial news, and special offers relevant to our site categories.
• Find and prevent fraud: Protecting our users and our platform.

Log Files

startfree.org follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files includes 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, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, startfree.org uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store 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 detailed information on how we use cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of startfree.org. Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on startfree.org, which are sent directly to users' browsers. 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 startfree.org has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers. You can learn more about behavioral advertising and how to opt-out at https://digitaladvertisingalliance.org/.

Third-Party Links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites. This is important when discussing complex topics like Financing and Digital Assets, where external resources are often linked.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. startfree.org does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in startfree.org. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

We would like to make sure 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. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Security of Your Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that 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 Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We implement various security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information on our site, especially when dealing with sensitive information related to Financial Analysis.

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

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at Contact Page.