XtraPunch.com respects and values your privacy. We strive to keep your personal information safe and keep your privacy protected. Your personal information and privacy is governed by the terms and conditions mentioned on this page.

Our website address is: xtrapunch.com.

Personal Information We Collect

Comments

When visitors leave comments or submit any form on the site, we collect the data shown in the form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms, emails and other communications

When visitors fill and submit a contact form or any other form on this website, their personal information such as name, phone, email, address, etc. is required for processing the request and provide our services. Such forms also automatically collect and transmit visitors’ IP address, browser information, and other personally non-identifiable data collected by the website and its partner websites.

By submitting any form, contacting us via email or reaching us via any other channel or medium, visitors understand and agree that we may contact with our visitors via any manner possible to provide our services and also communicate marketing and promotional offers. All communications may be stored on our computers and servers.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

This website also uses third-party services such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Ads, Google Analytics and other website tracking services to collect visitor information for rendering our services. Such services make use of cookies and other tracking mechanisms for collecting, storing, tracking and processing visitor information such as website usage, webpages visits, time spent on the website, and source of visitors.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

All visitor data that we collect is shared and used by our partners and associates to provide and improve our services. Visitor data is shared with our service providers, including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, Google Ads, Google Adsense, Google Analytics, etc.

How long do we keep your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

When visitors submit any form or send a communication in any manner, the information is stored on our servers and local computers indefinitely.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Visitors information is also routed through third-party providers for implementing newsletters, chats, and other features.

How we protect your data

Our servers are protected by advanced mechanisms to maintain safety of the website and its visitors. Any payments or financial transactions are handled by third-party providers who implement adequate measures to keep your information safe. Despite all the safety measure, we cannot ensure absolute safety and privacy of your personal information. The website does NOT guarantee any protection for any data shared with or transmitted to this website.

Updates to this privacy policy

This privacy policy governing this website can be changed without any prior notice. Visitors are advised to check the privacy policy page for any updates and changes.

Last updated: 15 March 2019