Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 6, 2024

Introduction

Welcome to Codepen Blog. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website Codepen Blog (the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

1. Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, etc.
2. Technical Data: IP address, browser type, version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform.
3. Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
4. Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

How We Collect Information

We collect information about you in the following ways:

1. Direct Interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise.
2. Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.
3. Third Parties or Publicly Available Sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources.

Use of Your Information

We use the information we collect in the following ways:

1. To Provide and Manage Our Services: Including delivering our content, providing customer support, processing transactions, and sending administrative messages.
2. To Improve Our Site: We may use the feedback you provide to improve our products and services.
3. To Personalize User Experience: We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use the services and interact with the resources provided on our site.
4. To Communicate with You: To send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions. If you opt-in, we may also send you promotional emails about new products, special offers, or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address you have provided.
5. For Marketing and Promotions: We may use your information to send you promotional messages and marketing materials.
6. To Manage and Protect Our Business and Website: Including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting, and hosting of data.
7. To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may process your data to comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

Sharing Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

1. With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
2. For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
3. With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy.
4. With Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
5. To Comply with Laws: If we are legally required to do so to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
6. To Protect Rights: If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Codepen Blog, our customers, or others.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other types of misuse.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

1. Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
2. Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
3. Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
4. Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
5. Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
6. Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our support email: [email protected].

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. 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 site.

Third-Party Links

Our site may contain links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our site, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

International Data Transfers

We may transfer your personal data to countries other than the country in which you are resident. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. We ensure that any such international transfers are made following applicable data protection laws and that your data is treated securely and following this Privacy Policy.

Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal data, we will either delete or anonymize it, or if this is not possible (for example, because your personal data has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal data and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

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 and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. 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.

Children’s Privacy

Our site does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at [email protected].

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: [email protected]
By visiting this page on our website: https://codepen.blog
Governing Law
This Privacy Policy and any disputes related to it shall be governed by and construed following the laws of the jurisdiction in which Codepen Blog operates, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

Dispute Resolution

If you have any concerns or disputes about our Privacy Policy or our data processing practices, please contact us first at [email protected], and we will do our best to resolve your issue as soon as possible. If we are unable to resolve the issue to your satisfaction, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Additional Information for California Residents

If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These include:

1. Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
2. Right to Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information that we collect or maintain.
3. Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information.

To exercise your rights under the CCPA, please contact us at [email protected].

Additional Information for EEA Residents

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data. If you wish to be informed what personal data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us at [email protected].

You have the following data protection rights:

1. The Right to Access, Update, or Delete: You have the right to access, update, or request deletion of your personal data.
2. The Right of Rectification: You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
3. The Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
4. The Right of Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
5. The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to be provided with a copy of your personal data in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.
6. The Right to Withdraw Consent: You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time when Codepen Blog relies on your consent to process your personal data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Thank you for visiting the Codepen Blog and trusting us with your personal information. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on August 6, 2024.