Privacy Policy

Effective Date: December 13, 2023.

Circuits-DIY (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://circuits-diy.com/ website (hereinafter referred to as 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 following this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://circuits-diy.com/

Definitions

  • Service Service is the https://circuits-diy.com/ website operated by Circuits-DIY
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • Cookies Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

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:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Cookies and Usage Data

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.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we 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. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse 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.

Advertisements

We display advertisements on our website to cater to developing expenses. We use Google Adsense service to show ads on our site. You should be aware that:

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites.
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.
  • We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at:  https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

You may opt out / learn more about personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Circuits DIY reports that is in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Circuits DIY is committed to submitting all personal data received to the applicable principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To learn more about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), click on the following link: (https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/justice-and-fundamental-rights/data-protection/2018-reform-eu-data-protection-rules_en).

Circuits DIY is responsible for processing the personal data that receives, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and automatically transfers this responsibility to third parties acting on its behalf.

Data Protection Rights

Under the GDPR, you have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, object to processing, and data portability. You can exercise these rights by contacting us at https://circuits-diy.com/contact-us/.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) / California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)

Circuits DIY is committed to protecting the privacy and rights of our users. As part of this commitment, we comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and, as applicable, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), providing specific rights for California residents.

California Residents’ Rights

Under the CCPA and CPRA, California residents have specific rights regarding their personal information, including:

  1. Right to Know: You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected, disclosed, or sold by us in the preceding 12 months.
  2. Right to Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information collected by us, subject to certain exceptions.
  3. Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information, if applicable.

To exercise these rights or for any inquiries regarding your personal information, please contact us at https://circuits-diy.com/contact-us/.

Additional California Privacy Disclosure

Circuits-DIY (“Circuits-DIY.com”) and third parties that provide advertising or other functionality on our behalf, may use cookies, pixel tags, and other technology to help us advertise our products and services to you as informed by your interests. This approach is called interest-based advertising, which means we tailor our ads to you based on information that gives us a sense of what interests you, such as information collected from your activity on the web, including but not limited to, browsing or purchasing products on or through our websites or on third party websites, your activity on mobile sites and applications, or your responses to our marketing emails. Circuits DIY does not sell your data, has not in the past, and is committed not to do so in the future. While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) lacks clear guidance on whether this type of interest-based advertising would be considered a “sale” of personal information under that law, we do not believe this information constitutes a “sale” under CCPA. However, we also want to provide you with ways for you to control the cookies and internet-based information you may share with us. You can always restrict the placement of cookies on your computer or remove them from your browser by going to your browser settings. More information on how to manage these settings on common browsers and devices is below.

Manage cookie settings in Chrome and Chrome Android and Chrome iOS
Manage cookie settings in Firefox
Manage cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Manage cookie settings in Microsoft Edge
Manage cookie settings in Safari and Safari iOS

You can also opt out of receiving interest-based ads from third-party advertisers who are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or who follow the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising by visiting the opt-out pages on the NAI website and DAA website.

Please note that cookie-based opt-outs are applicable only to the browser and device you use when you opt out. If you wish to opt out across all devices, you must replicate your choices across each device, including your mobile device. In addition, if you clear or delete your cookies on that browser or device, you will need to reset your cookie opt-out.

Use of Data

Circuits-DIY uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain the Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer care and support
  • To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
  • To monitor the usage of the Service
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues

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 Pakistan and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Pakistan and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Circuits-DIY 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

Legal Requirements

Circuits-DIY 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 Circuits-DIY
  • 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

As a European citizen, under GDPR, you have certain individual rights. You can learn more about these guides in the GDPR Guide.

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.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Compliance

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) without parental consent. If we become aware that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected without parental consent, we take immediate steps to remove such information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by visiting this page on our website: https://circuits-diy.com/contact-us/ or email us at: [email protected]

Last updated on December 13, 2023.