This Privacy Policy describes how Sharier.com ("we," "us," or "our"), operated by Future Media Partners, collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use our website at https://sharier.com (the "Website").
By using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use our Website.
1. Information We Collect
1.1 Information You Provide Directly
- Contact Form: When you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message.
- Comments: When you leave a comment on an article, we collect your name, email address, website (optional), IP address, and the comment content.
- Newsletter Subscription: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address.
1.2 Information Collected Automatically
- Log Data: Our servers automatically collect information when you visit our Website, including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, date/time of visits, and time spent on pages.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to maintain sessions and improve your experience. See Section 5 for details.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To operate, maintain, and improve our Website
- To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests via the contact form
- To send you our newsletter if you have subscribed
- To display your comments on articles (name and website only; email is never displayed publicly)
- To moderate comments and prevent spam
- To analyze usage patterns and improve our content
- To protect against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity
- To comply with legal obligations
3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: When you subscribe to our newsletter or submit a comment, you give us consent to process your data for those specific purposes. You may withdraw consent at any time.
- Legitimate Interest: We process certain data (such as log data) based on our legitimate interest in operating and improving our Website, and protecting against fraud.
- Contract: When you contact us, we process your data as necessary to respond to your inquiry.
- Legal Obligation: We may process data to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We use third-party services to operate our Website, including Mailgun (email delivery), Google reCAPTCHA (spam prevention), and CDN providers (content delivery). These providers process data on our behalf and are contractually obligated to protect your data.
- 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 or government agency).
- Protection of Rights: We may disclose information to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, or that of our users or others.
5. Cookies
Our Website uses the following types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: Session cookies required for the Website to function properly (e.g., login sessions, CSRF protection). These cannot be disabled.
- Analytics Cookies: If configured, we may use analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our Website. These cookies collect information anonymously.
- Third-Party Cookies: Google reCAPTCHA may set cookies to verify that you are not a bot.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.
6. Data Retention
- Comments: Comment data is retained indefinitely or until you request deletion.
- Newsletter Subscriptions: Your email is retained until you unsubscribe.
- Contact Form Submissions: Contact messages are retained for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry, typically no longer than 12 months.
- Log Data: Server logs are retained for a reasonable period necessary for security and operational purposes.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
7.1 Rights Under GDPR (EEA, UK, Switzerland)
- Right of Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal data.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten").
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time.
7.2 Rights Under CCPA (California, USA)
- The right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared, or sold
- The right to delete personal information held by businesses
- The right to opt-out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell your data)
- The right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights
7.3 Rights Under LGPD (Brazil)
- Confirmation of the existence of processing
- Access to your data
- Correction of incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated data
- Anonymization, blocking, or deletion of unnecessary data
- Data portability
- Information about sharing with third parties
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@futuremediapartners.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
8. International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
9. Children's Privacy
Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information.
10. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include HTTPS encryption, secure password hashing, CSRF protection, and regular security reviews. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Third-Party Links
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal data, or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:
- Email: info@futuremediapartners.com
- Contact Form: https://sharier.com/contact
If you are located in the EEA and believe that your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your member state of habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement.