Privacy Policy - Wikiwand <p>Wikiwand
provides an Internet site and mobile application with a modern interface that optimizes the content
available on Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)
for a quicker and significantly improved reading experience (the “<b>Site</b>”).
Wikiwand respects your
right to privacy.
Your ability to make informed choices about the uses of your
information is important to us.
This privacy policy details how we collect, use
and store information and data that we receive.
If you have any comments or questions about our privacy
policies, please contact us at privacy@wikiwand.com.</p>
<p>As
used in this privacy policy, “<b>Personal Information</b>” means information
that can be directly associated with a specific person or entity such as a
name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address.
Other terms capitalized but
not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning set forth in our
Terms of Service, a current version of which is available at https://www.wikiwand.com/terms (the “<b>Terms</b>”).</p>
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<p>
<b>Information
We Collect </b>
</p>
<p>In
order to use the Site, you may be prompted to log in through a social network
or provide specified information.
If you log in through a social network, such
as Facebook, we will receive such Personal Information about you as is provided
by such social network.
Please check the policies of such social network in
order to understand what information we receive.
If you create an account with
us, we receive and store all information that you provide in the creation of
the account.
</p>
<p>We
also collect information when you make use of the Site, including your browsing
history.
The Site will also
record certain information automatically, such as your IP address, mobile
device or computer, operating system and browser.
In addition, we collect any
information you provide when you contact us for any reason.
You are not required by law to
provide us with any such information, but by using the Site and agreeing to the
Terms you agree to provide us with such information.</p>
<p>We
may use services such as Google Analytics or other analytics services that
provides us with analysis of the use of our Site.</p>
<br>
<p>
<b>How
We Use Information</b>
</p>
<p>We
will not share your Personal Information with third parties without your
explicit permission, except when required by law, regulation, subpoena or court
order or as otherwise expressly set forth herein.
We may use Personal
Information and other information internally – for example, to help diagnose
problems with our servers, and to make the Site more useful for you and for our
other customers.
</p>
<p>By
analyzing all information we receive, we may compile statistical information
across a variety of users (“<b>Statistical Information</b>”).<b>
</b>Statistical
Information helps understand trends and customer needs so that new services can
be considered and so the Site and associated services can be tailored to
customer desires.
We may share Statistical Information with our partners,
pursuant to commercial terms that we determine in our sole discretion.
In
addition, we may provide any information to third parties, so long as we have
removed any information that identifies any specific individual or user, such
as a name, address or contact information.</p>
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<p>
<b>How we Protect Information</b>
</p>
<p>We
follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Personal
Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic
storage is 100% secure.
Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable
means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute
security.</p>
<p>We
will delete any Personal Information provided to us by a user upon the receipt
of a written request by such user.
We cannot restore information once it has
been deleted.</p>
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<p>
<b>Cookies
</b>
</p>
<p>A
cookie is a small piece of text that is sent to a visitor's browser.
The
browser provides this piece of text to the device of the originating visitor
when this visitor returns.
A “persistent” cookie may be used to help save your
settings and customizations across visits.
Most Web browsers are initially
configured to accept cookies, but you can change this setting so your browser
either refuses all cookies or informs you when a cookie is being sent.
Also,
you are free to delete any existing cookies at any time.
Please note that some
features of the Site may not function properly when cookies are disabled or
removed.</p>
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<p>
<b>Third
Party Sites and Services </b>
</p>
<p>We
are not responsible for the use of any data by third parties, and we cannot
vouch for the privacy policies of any third party.
The Site may link to or use web sites
or services belonging to third parties.
We have no control over third-party
sites or services, and all use of third-party sites or services is at your own
risk.
We cannot accept responsibility for the privacy policies of any such
sites.
We are not responsible for content available by means of such sites or services.
We do not endorse any services or offered by third parties and we urge our
users to exercise caution in using third-party sites or services. .
When we
provide information to third parties, we remove any information that identifies
any particular individual or user, such as a name, address or contact
information, but we cannot provide complete assurance that the recipient will
not be able to associate such de-identified information with a particular
individual.
<br>
<br> The Site may contain links to third party content provided or sponsored by Outbrain.
Please see the privacy policy of such third party content provider,
available at http://www.outbrain.com/privacy
in order to understand how it collects, uses and stores your data.
</p>
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<p>
<b>Children</b>
</p>
<p>We
do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of
14.
In the event you become aware that an individual under the age of 14 has
enrolled without parental permission, please advise us immediately.</p>
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<p>
<b>Other Uses or Transfer of Your Information</b>
</p>
<p>We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or
court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or behavior of
any user suspected to have engaged in illegal behavior.
</p>
<p>We may use
subcontractors that are located in countries other than your own, and send them
information we receive.
For example, we may send your information to any
countries outside the United States, Canada or the European Union.
All our
subcontractors will be subject to non-disclosure and non-use obligations.
Nevertheless, some countries may have levels of protection of personal and
other information which are not as high as in your country of residence or
business.</p>
<p>We may transfer our databases containing information if we sell
our business or part of it.</p>
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<p>
<b>Changes</b>
</p>
<p>We
may update this privacy policy from time to time, and we encourage you to
review it periodically.</p>
<br>
<p>
<b>Comments and Questions</b>
</p>
<p>If
you have any comments or questions about our privacy policy, please contact us
at privacy@wikiwand.com.</p>