At TechWilla, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. Please read this privacy policy carefully. By using the site, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
Information We Collect
Personal Data
We may collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us when you subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a contact form, or otherwise contact us. This information may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Any other information you choose to provide
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and your use of the site. This information may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Pages visited and time spent on pages
- Referring website address
- Date and time of your visit
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To send you newsletters and updates (if you subscribed)
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
- To analyze website usage and improve our content
- To detect and prevent technical issues or fraud
- To comply with legal obligations
Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services that collect, monitor, and analyze data to improve our service. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.
Analytics
We may use analytics services such as Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our site. These services may collect information about your use of the website, including your IP address.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the website owners. We use different types of cookies for different purposes.
Types of Cookies We Use
| Cookie Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Essential Cookies | Required for basic site functionality (e.g., cookie consent preferences) | 1 year |
| Analytics Cookies | Help us understand how visitors interact with our website (Google Analytics) | 2 years |
| Advertising Cookies | Used to deliver personalized advertisements (Google AdSense, DoubleClick) | 13 months |
Google Advertising Cookies
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this website. Google AdSense uses several cookies to serve ads and measure their effectiveness:
- __gads / __gpi: Used to serve ads on non-Google sites
- __eoi: Used to track ad interaction and prevent repeated ads
- DSID: Used for ad selection and delivery on non-Google sites
- IDE: DoubleClick cookie used to register and report user actions after viewing/clicking ads
- NID: Contains an unique ID for remembering preferences and other information
- 1P_JAR: Used to gather website statistics and track conversion rates
- ANID: Used to remember settings such as preferred language and number of results
- CONSENT: Used to store user consent state for the current domain
Important: No advertising cookies are placed until you explicitly consent to advertising cookies via our cookie consent banner. You may withdraw consent at any time by clearing your browser cookies or clicking "Cookie Settings" at the bottom of any page.
Your Cookie Choices
You have several options for managing cookies:
- Our Cookie Banner: When you first visit our site, you can choose which cookie categories to accept. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the site to function.
- Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings menu.
- Google Ad Settings: Visit Google Ads Settings to control personalized advertising.
- NAI Opt-Out: Visit the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
- DAA Opt-Out: Visit Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out page.
- EDAA Opt-Out (EU): Visit Your Online Choices for European users.
Do Not Track
Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. Currently, there is no industry standard for handling DNT signals, so we do not currently respond to DNT browser settings. However, you can control tracking through our cookie consent banner.
Google AdSense Advertising
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for including advertisements from Google Inc. ("Google"). Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
Google AdSense uses the DoubleClick cookie to serve ads on our site. The DoubleClick cookie is used by Google in the ads served on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a partner's website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user's browser.
Personalized Advertising: Google may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by Google, please visit Google's Advertising Policies.
Opt-Out Options: You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or NAI's opt-out page.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Correction: You may request that we correct inaccurate data
- Deletion: You may request that we delete your personal data
- Opt-out: You may unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information below.
GDPR Compliance (European Union)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). TechWilla aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: You have given consent for processing for specific purposes (e.g., newsletter subscription)
- Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., website analytics, security)
- Legal Obligations: Processing is necessary for compliance with legal obligations
Your GDPR Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Right of Access: Request copies of your personal data
- Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data
- Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
- Right to Restrict Processing: Request restriction of processing of your personal data
- Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another organization
- Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we relied on consent
Data Controller
For the purposes of the GDPR, TechWilla is the data controller. If you wish to exercise any of these rights or have questions about our data practices, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
Complaints
If you believe that your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this 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 "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact form: Contact Page