DiscoveryChart.com Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2024-06-11

 

Introduction

DiscoveryChart.com ("us", "we", or "our") operates the website, https://www.discoverychart.com (the “Site” or the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Use.

 

Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a User’s device.

 

Data Controller

Data Controller means a person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your data.

 

Data Processor (or Service Providers)

Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any person (other than an employee of the Data Controller) who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

 

Data subject

Data Subject is any living individual who is the subject of Personal Data.

 

Personal data

Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

 

GDPR

GDPR means the General Data Protection Regulation, being Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

 

User

The User is the individual using our Service. The User corresponds to the Data Subject, who is the subject of Personal Data.

 

Usage data

Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

 

Information Collection And Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you. The types of data we collect are listed below.

 

Personal data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

 

E-mail address

Usage data

Watchlists and readlists

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.

 

Usage data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g., 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.

 

Location data

We may use information about your location if you give us permission to do so (“Location Data”). We use this data to provide features of our Service, to improve and customize our Service. You can enable or disable location services when you use our Service at any time through your device settings.

 

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. Examples of Cookies we use:

 

Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.

Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Use of data

DiscoveryChart.com uses the collected data for various purposes:

 

To provide and maintain our Service;

To notify you about changes or updates to our Service;

To notify (through push notifications) you if you choose to use DiscoveryChart or DrillAlert app push alerts;

To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so;

To provide customer support and administrative purposes;

To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service;

To monitor the usage of our Service;

To detect, prevent, and address technical issues;

To provide updates on the status of any application you may have submitted;

To contact you regarding any information or other content that you have posted to the DiscoveryChart.com website;

To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.

Your Choice

You may, of course, decline to share your personally identifiable information with DiscoveryChart.com, in which case DiscoveryChart.com will not be able to provide you with some of the features and functionality found on the DiscoveryChart.com Service. If you are a Registered User (as defined in the Terms of Use) with a registered account on the DiscoveryChart.com Service, you may update, correct, or delete your account information and preferences at any time by going to . To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting your account access or making corrections to your information. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.

 

Retention of data

DiscoveryChart.com will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. DiscoveryChart.com will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

Transfer of data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. DiscoveryChart.com will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

 

Disclosure of data

Under certain circumstances, DiscoveryChart.com may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

 

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you. The types of data we collect are listed below.

 

Legal requirements

DiscoveryChart.com may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

 

To comply with a legal obligation;

To protect and defend the rights or property of DiscoveryChart Media B.V.;

To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service;

To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public;

To protect against legal liability.

Security of 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. If DiscoveryChart.com learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using the DiscoveryChart.com Service or providing personal information to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security and privacy issues relating to your use of the DiscoveryChart.com Service. DiscoveryChart.com may post a notice on the DiscoveryChart.com Site if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

 

"Do Not Track" signals

We do not support Do Not Track ("DNT"). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

 

Your Rights

DiscoveryChart.com aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. Whenever made possible, you can update your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to change your Personal Data, please contact us to make the required changes. If you wish to be informed what Personal