Last updated: 1 October 2023.
If you need any additional information or have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us by email at [email protected].
The MADAR network places great importance on visitors’ privacy. This privacy policy outlines the types of personal information received and collected by the MADAR website and how that information is used.
Log files
Like many other websites, MADAR uses log files. The information collected in these files includes the Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, service provider, date and time of use, pages visited and links clicked. These details are used to analyse visitors’ behaviour and patterns in order to understand them and improve the website’s service appropriately. None of this data is linked to personal information.
Cookies
We use temporary files, or cookies, to store information about visitors’ preferences, record specific information about users to understand their behaviour on the website and the pages they visit, and customise web page content based on the visitor, browser type or other information the visitor sends through their browser.
Third parties
Some third parties, such as Google, Facebook and Twitter, may use cookies to identify users and customise their experience, including advertising, based on their preferences on those parties’ websites.
You can opt out of cookies used to identify you and personalise the advertisements provided by Google according to your preferences by visiting Google’s advertising page:
http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Third parties automatically receive your IP address when you visit our website. They may also use other technologies, such as cookies, to understand how you use the site and your preferences, measure the effectiveness of their advertisements or customise those advertisements to your interests.
MADAR has no access to or control over cookies used by these third parties.
For more information about third-party practices and instructions on disabling their use of data, please consult the privacy policy of the relevant party. MADAR’s privacy policy does not apply to any third party, and we cannot monitor or control those parties’ activities concerning the information they collect about you.
If you wish to disable cookies, you can do so through your browser options. For more detailed information about managing cookies, please consult your browser’s website.
Signing in through social networks
When you sign in to MADAR through a social network to comment on the website, we collect certain information about you, such as your name, profile picture, account identification number (ID), email address and website.
Comment policy
When you leave a comment on MADAR, we collect certain information about you, either from social networks or by asking you for it. We also obtain your profile picture from Gravatar using your email address.
All the information we collect, together with the date, time and text of the comment, except for your email address, is displayed publicly on the website and may be viewed or retained by anyone. We do not share any of your personal information with third parties; we only display public information on the website beside your comment, as described above.