Privacy Policy
breakingbanter.com (the "Site", "we", "us", or "our") is a news website dedicated to covering artificial intelligence, recruitment technology, automation, and the latest tech innovations. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website breakingbanter.com, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto.
Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
1. What Information Do We Collect?
Information You Provide to Us
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:
- Register on the Site (e.g., create an account or comment profile).
- Subscribe to our newsletters or email alerts (especially those focused on AI, recruitment tech, and automation news).
- Participate in surveys, contests, or promotions.
- Post comments or interact with our articles.
- Contact us via email or contact forms.
This information may include:
- Identity Data: Name, username, or similar identifier.
- Contact Data: Email address.
- Profile Data: Your interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses (e.g., topics like AI ethics, recruitment automation, etc.).
- User-Generated Content: Comments, opinions, and other content you post on our articles or forums. Please note: any information you post publicly may be viewed and collected by others.
Information Automatically Collected
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Site. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include:
- Log and Usage Data: IP address, browser type, internet service provider, the pages you visit (e.g., articles about AI recruitment tools, automation trends), the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and the referring URL.
- Device Data: Information about your computer or mobile device.
- Location Data: We may infer your general location from your IP address (e.g., city or country) to help us understand our global audience and serve relevant content (like region-specific tech news).
2. How Do We Use Your Information?
We use the information we collect primarily to maintain, protect, and improve our news site and to develop new content relevant to AI, recruitment, and automation. Specifically, we use it to:
- Operate and maintain the Site: Ensure functionality, security, and personalization.
- Manage your account and comments: Allow you to register and post comments on our articles (e.g., discussions about AI in hiring).
- Send you newsletters: Provide you with the latest news, updates, and special offers related to AI, recruitment tech, and automation, if you have opted-in. You can opt-out at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in the email.
- Respond to your inquiries: Answer your questions and provide user support.
- Understand our audience: Analyze trends and user behavior so we can create better, more relevant content (e.g., which AI topics are most popular).
- Display advertising: Serve relevant advertisements, including those related to tech recruitment and automation tools (see Section 5).
- Protect the Site: Detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activity.
3. Will Your Information Be Shared With Anyone?
We may process or share your data based on the following legal basis and in the following situations:
- Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors who perform services for us or on our behalf. This includes, for example, website hosting (e.g., WordPress, Squarespace), email delivery (e.g., Mailchimp, ConvertKit), and analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics). These providers have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
- Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
- Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
4. Do We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?
Yes. We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. We use cookies to:
- Understand and save user's preferences for future visits (e.g., preferred topics like AI or recruitment).
- Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions to offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
- Work with advertising partners (see Section 5) to deliver relevant ads based on your interests in automation and tech.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. If you disable cookies, some features may be disabled, but you will still be able to access the core news content.
5. Advertising and Affiliate Links
Our Site may display advertisements and use affiliate links, especially related to AI software, recruitment platforms, and automation tools.
- Advertising: We may use third-party advertising companies (like Google AdSense) to serve ads when you visit the Site. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you (e.g., AI recruitment software).
- Affiliate Links: Some of our articles may contain affiliate links. This means if you click on a link and purchase an item, we may receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products or services we believe will add value to our readers (e.g., automation tools, tech books). These links are governed by the privacy policies of the third-party retailers.
6. How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). For example, we may retain comment history to maintain the integrity of discussions around AI topics, but you can request deletion.
7. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- The right to access – Request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – Request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The right to erasure – Request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – Request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
- The right to object to processing – Object to our processing of your personal data.
- The right to data portability – Request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.
If you are a European resident, you have these rights under the GDPR. If you are a California resident, you have these rights under the CCPA.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@breakingbanter.com.
8. Children's Privacy
Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can take necessary action.
9. 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 with a new "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact us by email at:
contact@breakingbanter.com
Or visit our website: breakingbanter.com