Who We Are
PowerVersity.com is owned and maintained by PowerVersity Limited, a registered corporation. Powerversity operates content websites, one of which is Powerversity.com.
PowerVersity Limited complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679.
It implies that we are upfront about our ways of collecting and using visitors’ personal data, and you may easily verify what we’re doing with it.
This Privacy Policy describes PowerVersity Limited’s and, by extension, Powerversity.com’s privacy policies.
Section 1 – How we collect and use your information
As part of the purchasing and selling process, when you make a purchase on our site, we gather the personal information you give, such as your name, delivery address, email address, and password.
We may also gather your information if you join up using third-party services such as Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, or Twitter.
Furthermore, when you visit our site, we acquire your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address, which provides us with information that allows us to learn about your browser and operating system. This data also assists us in combating spam.
However, in order to comply with rules, we anonymize (delete identifiable information from) IP addresses for Google Analytics. In addition, we deactivate UserID tracking.
We may also send you emails about our site, new goods, and other updates with your consent. We may also gather your name and email address through our Contact Us page.
Section1.1: What Information Do We Process?
We may collect your emails, IP address, and Operating System information, as previously mentioned in this section. Furthermore, when you purchase items or services from PowerVersity.com, we may gather your mailing/billing address.
Finally, we may gather cookies to improve our service to you. Visit Cookie Policy – How We Use Cookies – PowerVersity.com to learn more about our cookie policy.
Section 1.2: Why And How We Process Your Information
We keep your information to better serve you, to contact you with updates, and to combat spam. For example, when you sign up for a PowerVersity.com account and confirm your email address, you assist prevent spamming, which consumes server resources.
We keep your information in electronic form, mostly on our servers or the servers of our email service providers. When you sign up for an account on Powerveraity.com, we securely save your email address, name, and any other information you supply us during the sign-up process on our site hosting server.
We process the data you offer us when you sign up for an account, as well as the data you provide us when you reply/comment on any of our articles. Our electronic mail servicer provider held your emails on our behalf.
Section 1.3: How To Request The Removal Of Your Data
The method by which you request or delete your data is determined by how you gave us with your data.
To begin, if you created an account on PowerVersity.com, you may get your data by visiting your Personal data page.
You can request to export the data that we store on your Personal data page. When you do this, we will send you an email with a link to confirm your request.
Once you approve the request, we will send you another email with a link to download your data.
Furthermore, via the same Personal data page, you can request that your personal data be deleted from our server.
Finally, if you have an PowerVersity account, you may delete it.
Section 2 – Consent
How We Get Your Permission
When you supply us with personally identifiable information in order to complete a transaction, validate your credit card, make an order, arrange for a delivery, or return a product, we infer that you consent to our gathering and using such information for that particular reason alone.
If we need your personal information for a secondary reason, such as marketing or surveys, we will either ask you directly for your stated agreement or give you the option to say no.
How To Retract Your Consent
If, following your decision to opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your agreement for us to contact you, for the ongoing collection, use, or disclosure of your information, at any time.
To do so, get in touch with us at Contact Us or send a letter to the following address:
PowerVersity Limited, 85 Great Portland Street London, W1W 7LT United Kingdom
Section 3 – Disclosure
We might reveal your personal data if:
- You tell us to do that
- The law requires us to do this.
- To fulfill our Terms of Use’s contractual duties, it is essential.
- You have given your agreement to this, which you may withdraw at any time.
- You must do this on your own in the interest of the general welfare.
Section 4 – Web Hosting
Our website is hosted by Hostinger.com. They provide us with the online platform that allows us to publish contents and sell our digital products and services to you.
Your data is stored through host data storage, databases and their general application. Your data is stored on a secure server behind a firewall.
To make our website faster, we may also use a service called Content Delivery Network (CDN). The CDN Provider caches some of our website data in locations around the globe.
This allows our web page to be delivered to you using the server closest to you, making it faster for you to load and use our website.
Section 5 – Payment
If you make payment via this site, we use Stripe to process your credit and debit card payment. We also use PayPal for payment processing. All payments are encrypted using the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS).
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
Section 6 – Third-party services
In general, the third-party providers we use will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies, so you can understand the way your personal information will be handled by these providers.
Remember that certain providers may be in or have facilities that are in a different jurisdiction from yours or PowerVersity.com’s.
So, if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.
Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.
Links
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Section 7 – Security
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with an AES-256 encryption.
Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and/or your computer. Always sign off when you finish using a shared computer.
Section 8 – Cookies
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers in the form of text files that are inserted and stored by your web browser on your hard drive.
PowerVersity.com use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We may contract third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business and also provide you better service.
You may disable cookies through your individual browser options if you so desire, but it may limit your experience on our platform. Please be assured that our use of cookies does not contain any personal or private information and are free from viruses. Please click here to learn more about cookies.
Section 9 – Google Analytics
PowerVersity.com uses Google Analytics for marketing and personal data optimization purposes. PowerVersity.com also uses Google Digital Marketing to propose targeted offers. To find out more about Google Analytics, click here.
To find out more about Google Digital Marketing, click here. You may opt out of Google Analytics if you so desire. To learn more about how to opt out, please click here.
Section 10 – Facebook Pixel
We may use the “visitor action pixels” from Facebook Inc. on our website. Facebook incorporated is located at the following addresses:
- Facebook Headquarter, 1, Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
- Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4, Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
With this visitor action pixels, we track user behavior after they have clicked on our Facebook ads. This helps us measure the effectiveness of Facebook ads for research purposes.
We do not see the personal data of individual users collected through this medium. However, this data is stored and processed by Facebook, which is why we deem it fit to let you know.
This information may be linked to your Facebook account by Facebook and they may also use it for their own promotional purposes, in line with Facebook’s Data Usage Policy You can allow Facebook and its partners to place ads on and off Facebook.
A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. The use of this service is based on Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 letter of the GDPR. You may decide to opt out of the collection of your data by Facebook pixel, or to the use of your data for displaying Facebook ads by contacting Facebook here.
Section 11 – Age of Consent
Our website is offered and available to you only if you are 18 years or older, or if you are between 13 and 18 years old and have obtained the consent of a parent or legal guardian prior to accessing the website, registering an account, or using the Services. If you do not meet this eligibility requirement, you may not use our website or Services.
PowerVersity.com does not knowingly collect or store any personal information from or about children under the age of 13. We will delete such information if we become aware that it has been submitted through our website. Parents or legal guardians who believe that PowerVersity.com might have any information from or about a child under the age of 13 may submit a request to privacy@powerversity.com and request that such information be removed. We will also ensure such information is blacklisted and not allowed on our website until the child is more than the age of a minor.
Section 12 – Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. If our website is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.
Questions and Contact Information
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information, contact our Privacy Compliance Officer by sending a mail to:
privacy@powerversity.com
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information, contact our Privacy Compliance Officer by sending a mail to:
This privacy policy takes effect from July 2020.