Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://VTnews.com

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

We collect data for information and communication purposes such as name, last name, email, gender, phone number, company size, how you found our site and other related questions. This information is used to reach out to and discuss mentoring options, online courses, customer service, site guidance and content overview. We also use the information for analytics to best customize online content and conversations to our audiences.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.

The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. We may hold comments for review.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

Our email is info@VTnews.com and we collect your basic data such as name, email and what your questions is related to so we can get back to you. We do not share your information.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). 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.

Analytics

We collect analytics via Google analytics and adhere to their use and privacy rules.

Who We Share Your Data With

Our internal marketing team and sales team. No third parties.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your Contact Information

Is used for communications related to VTnews.com only.

How We Protect Your Data

Our site is protected via SSL certificate to ensure your card information or checkout experience is flawless and secure. We also do not share with third parties.

What Data Breach Procedures We Have in Place

Our site is hosted on premium servers and several security measures are established through them for your data protection as well as unique add-ons that ensure the security of data on this site.

What third parties we receive data from

Shopify.com, Community.com, YouTube.com, Getresponse.com, social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Hubspot, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn.

What Automated Decision Making and/or Profiling We Do With User Data

All data is reviewed for spam, derogatory and malicious intent. If this is detected, it is marked as spam.

For Questions or Other Concerns You Can Email