Privacy Policy for SAIRS International
This Privacy Policy describes how SAIRS International (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit and use our website and listen to our podcasts.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect two types of information from you:- Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly. We only collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as:
- Contact Information: Your name, email address, and any other information you provide when you contact us via email, contact forms, or participate in surveys.
- Non-Personal Information: This includes information that cannot be used to identify you personally. This information is collected automatically when you access our website and may include:
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, such as the pages you visit, the time spent on those pages, your clickstream data, and the referring website.
- Technical Data: Your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, and other diagnostic data.
- Podcast Listening Data: While we don’t track individual listener data on our website beyond general analytics, podcast platforms where our podcasts are hosted (e.g., Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts) may collect their own data according to their privacy policies.
2. How We Collect Information
We collect information through:- Direct Interactions: When you send us an email, fill out a contact form, or otherwise communicate with us.
- Automated Technologies: Through cookies, server logs, and analytics tools (like Google Analytics) as you navigate our website.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:- To Provide and Maintain Our Website and Podcasts: To ensure our content is accessible and functional.
- To Respond to Your Inquiries: To answer your questions, feedback, or requests.
- To Improve Our Content and Services: To understand how our website and podcasts are used and to make improvements based on user preferences.
- For Analytics and Research: To analyze trends, track user engagement, and gather demographic information for internal research purposes.
- To Communicate with You: To send you updates, newsletters (if you subscribe), or other information related to our podcasts and content, provided you have given consent.
- To Protect Our Rights: To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, or other illegal activities.
4. Sharing Your Information
We will not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:- Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or providing services to you (e.g., web hosting, analytics providers, email service providers). These third parties are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.6. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location and applicable laws (e.g., GDPR), you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:- Right to Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: Request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Right to Erasure: Request that we delete your personal information, under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: Request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: Request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object: Object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
7. Cookies
Our website uses “cookies” to enhance your experience. Cookies are small data files placed on your device. We use them for:- Essential Website Functionality: To make our website work correctly.
- Performance and Analytics: To understand how our website is used and to improve its performance.