This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.
Effected on December 4, 2014
Policy summary
Personal Data collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
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Access to third party services’ accounts
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Access to the Facebook account
Permissions: App Notifications, Birthday, Contact email, Current City, Post Likes to my Wall and Share
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Access to the Twitter account
Personal Data: Various types of Data
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Advertising
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Google AdSense, Apple iAd and AdMob
Personal Data: Cookie and Usage Data
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Analytics
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Google Analytics
Personal Data: Cookie and Usage Data
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Contacting the User
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Contact form
Personal Data: Address, Country, Date of Birth, Email, First Name, Last Name, Province and State
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Phone contact
Personal Data: Phone number
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Mailing List or Newsletter
Personal Data: Cookie, Country, Email, First Name, Last Name and Usage Data
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Content commenting
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Comment system managed directly
Personal Data: Cookie, Email, First Name, Last Name, Usage Data and Username
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Disqus and Facebook Comments
Personal Data: Cookie and Usage Data
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Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
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Google Website Optimizer
Personal Data: Cookie and Usage Data
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Displaying content from external platforms
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Google Maps widget, Youtube video widget, Vimeo video and Instagram widget
Personal Data: Cookie and Usage Data
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SoundCloud widget
Personal Data: Usage Data
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Hosting
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Amazon Web Services
Personal Data: Various types of Data
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Interaction with external social networks and platforms
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Facebook Like button and social widgets, Twitter Tweet button and social widgets, Tumblr sharing button and social widgets and Linkedin button and social widgets
Personal Data: Cookie and Usage Data
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Location-based interactions
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Geolocation
Personal Data: Geographic position
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Registration and authentication
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Direct registration
Personal Data: City, Country, Date of Birth, Email, First Name, Gender, Last Name, Password, Phone number, Picture, Province, State and Username
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Instagram Authentication, Facebook Authentication, Twitter OAuth and Linkedin OAuth
Personal Data: Various types of Data
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Further information about Personal Data
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Access the Address Book
This Application may request access to your Address Book.
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Push notifications
This Application may send push notifications to the User.
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Unique device identification
This Application may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users’ preferences.
Contact information
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Data owner
W-World Media ltd- Vancouver, BC, Canada, privacy@wnews.wpstagecoach.com
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Full policy
Data Controller and Owner
W-World Media ltd- Vancouver, BC, Canada,
privacy@wnews.wpstagecoach.com
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: First Name, Last Name, Email, Cookie, Usage Data, Username, Date of Birth, Address, Country, State, Province, Gender, Phone number, Password, City, Picture and Geographic position.
Other Personal Data collected may be described in other sections of this privacy policy or by dedicated explanation text contextually with the Data collection.
The Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or collected automatically when using this Application.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third party services used by this Application, unless stated otherwise, serves to identify Users and remember their preferences, for the sole purpose of providing the service required by the User.
Failure to provide certain Personal Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services.
The User assumes responsibility for the Personal Data of third parties published or shared through this Application and declares to have the right to communicate or broadcast them, thus relieving the Data Controller of all responsibility.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Data Controller processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Data Controller at any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Data Controller’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller.
Retention time
The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that the Data Controller suspend or remove the data.
The use of the collected Data
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Application to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Access to third party services’ accounts, Content commenting, Contacting the User, Analytics, Registration and authentication, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Location-based interactions, Hosting, Displaying content from external platforms, Content performance and features testing (A/B testing) and Advertising.
The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document.
Facebook permissions asked by this Application
This Application may ask some Facebook permissions allowing it to perform actions with the User’s Facebook account and to retrieve information, including Personal Data, from it.
For more information about the following permissions, refer to the Facebook permissions documentation and to the Facebook privacy policy.
The permissions asked are the following:
Basic information
By default, this includes certain User’s Data such as id, name, picture, gender, and their locale. Certain connections of the User, such as the Friends, are also available. If the user has made more of their data public, more information will be available.
App Notifications
Send notifications
Birthday
Provides access to the birthday
Contact email
Access the user’s contact email address.
Current City
Provides access to the user’s current location
Post Likes to my Wall
Publish stories about things the user Likes to the Wall.
Share
Share items on the user’s behalf.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Access to third party services’ accounts
These services allow this Application to access Data from your account on a third party service and perform actions with it.
These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit authorization by the User.
Access to the Facebook account (This Application)
This service allows this Application to connect with the User’s account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook Inc.
Permissions asked: App Notifications, Birthday, Contact email, Current City, Post Likes to my Wall and Share.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Access to the Twitter account (This Application)
This service allows this Application to connect with the User’s account on the Twitter social network, provided by Twitter Inc.
Personal Data collected: Various types of Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Advertising
These services allow User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Google AdSense (Google)
Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Inc. This service uses the “Doubleclick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Application and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the Doubleclick Cookies by clicking on: google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout?hl=en.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Apple iAd (Apple Inc.)
Apple iAd is an advertising service provided by Apple Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
AdMob (AdMob Google Inc.)
AdMob is an advertising service provided by AdMob Google Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Google)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
Contacting the User
Contact form (This Application)
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the Users authorizes this Application to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.
Personal Data collected: Address, Country, Date of Birth, Email, First Name, Last Name, Province and State.
Phone contact (This Application)
Users that provided their phone number might be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to this Application, as well as for fulfilling support requests.
Personal Data collected: Phone number.
Mailing List or Newsletter (This Application)
By registering to the mailing list or to the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Application. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Application or after performing a purchase.
Personal Data collected: Cookie, Country, Email, First Name, Last Name and Usage Data.
Content commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Application.
Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when users do not use the content commenting service.
Comment system managed directly (This Application)
This Application has its own internal content comment system.
Personal Data collected: Cookie, Email, First Name, Last Name, Usage Data and Username.
Disqus (Disqus)
Disqus is a content commenting service provided by Big Heads Labs Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Facebook Comments (Facebook)
Facebook Comments is a content commenting service provided by Facebook Inc. enabling the User to leave comments and share them on the Facebook platform.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of this Application.
Google Website Optimizer (Google)
Google Website Optimizer is an A/B testing service provided by Google Inc.
Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Displaying content from external platforms
These services allow you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them.
If a service of this kind is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when users do not use it.
Google Maps widget (Google)
Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Youtube video widget (Google)
Youtube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
SoundCloud widget (SoundCloud Limited)
Soundcloud is an audio content delivery service provided by SoundCloud Limited that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data collected: Usage Data.
Place of processing : Germany – Privacy Policy
Vimeo video (Vimeo, LLC)
Vimeo is a video content visualization service provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Instagram widget (Instagram, Inc.)
Instagram is an image visualization service provided by Instagram, Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Hosting
These services have the purpose of hosting data and files that enable the Application to run and be distributed. Some of these services work through servers geographically distributed, making difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
Amazon Web Services (Amazon)
Amazon Web Services is a hosting service provided by Amazon.com Inc.
Personal Data collected: Various types of Data.
Interaction with external social networks and platforms
These services allow interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Application.
The interaction and information obtained by this Application are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
If a service enabling interaction with social networks is installed it may still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook)
The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter)
The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Tumblr sharing button and social widgets (Tumblr Inc.)
The Tumblr sharing button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Tumblr social network provided by Tumblr Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Linkedin button and social widgets (Linkedin)
The Linkedin button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Linkedin social network provided by Linkedin Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Location-based interactions
Geolocation (This Application)
This Application may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Application.
Personal Data collected: Geographic position.
Registration and authentication
By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services.
In this case, this Application will be able to access some Data, stored by these third party services, for registration or identification purposes.
Direct registration (This Application)
The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Application.
Personal Data collected: City, Country, Date of Birth, Email, First Name, Gender, Last Name, Password, Phone number, Picture, Province, State and Username.
Instagram Authentication (Instagram, Inc.)
Instagram Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Instagram, Inc. and is connected to the Instagram social network.
Personal Data collected: Various types of Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Facebook Authentication (Facebook)
Facebook Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Facebook Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.
Personal Data collected: Various types of Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Twitter OAuth (Twitter)
Twitter Oauth is a registration and authentication service provided by Twitter Inc. and is connected to the Twitter social network.
Personal Data collected: Various types of Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Linkedin OAuth (Linkedin)
Linkedin Oauth is a registration and authentication service provided by Linkedin Inc. and is connected to the Linkedin social network.
Personal Data collected: Various types of Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
Further information about Personal Data
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Access the Address Book
This Application may request access to your Address Book.
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Push notifications
This Application may send push notifications to the User.
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Unique device identification
This Application may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users’ preferences.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related services.
The User is aware of the fact that the Data Controller may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User’s Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System Logs and Maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System Logs) or use for this purpose other Personal Data (such as IP Address).
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
The rights of Users
Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above.
This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Application and can request that the Data Controller erase the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users.
