Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 10, 2023

Your privacy is important to us

It is SecuredStatus’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to securedstatus.com (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, or “securedstatus.com”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.

This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms of service posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms of service.

1. Website Visitors

Like most website operators, SecuredStatus collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. SecuredStatus’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how SecuredStatus’s visitors use its website. From time to time, SecuredStatus may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

SecuredStatus also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on https://securedstatus.com blog posts. SecuredStatus only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

2. Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to SecuredStatus’s websites choose to interact with SecuredStatus in ways that require SecuredStatus to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that SecuredStatus gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who leave a comment at https://securedstatus.com to provide a username and email address.

3. Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

4. Advertisements

Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by SecuredStatus and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms of service of every site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.

6. Aggregated Statistics

SecuredStatus may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. SecuredStatus may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, SecuredStatus does not disclose your personally-identifying information.

7. Affiliate Disclosure

This site uses affiliate links and does earn a commission from certain links. This does not affect your purchases or the price you may pay.

8. Cookies

To enrich and perfect your online experience, SecuredStatus uses “Cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. SecuredStatus uses cookies to help SecuredStatus identify and track visitors, their usage of https://securedstatus.com, and their website access preferences. SecuredStatus visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using SecuredStatus’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of SecuredStatus’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to SecuredStatus’s use of cookies.

9. GDPR Compliance

SecuredStatus acts as the data controller for the personal information collected from individuals located in the European Union (EU) and is responsible for ensuring compliance with the GDPR.

We will only process personal information from individuals in the EU when we have a lawful basis for doing so, which may include the necessity of processing for the performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, protection of vital interests, consent, or legitimate interests pursued by the data controller or a third party.

Individuals in the EU have certain rights regarding their personal information under the GDPR, including the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, data portability, object, and not be subject to automated decision-making. If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in this Privacy Policy.

10. CPRA Compliance

Under the CPRA, we are required to disclose the categories of personal information we collect. These categories may include but are not limited to:

  • Identifiers (such as name, address, email address).
  • Personal records (such as telephone number, payment information).
  • Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law (such as gender or age).
  • Commercial information (such as purchase history).
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information (such as IP address, browsing history).
  • Geolocation data.
  • Professional or employment-related information.
  • Inferences drawn from any of the above categories.

If you are a resident of California, you have additional rights under the CPRA, including the right to know about the personal information collected, disclosed, or sold, the right to opt-out of the sale of personal information, and the right to request the deletion of personal information. To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in this Privacy Policy.

11. Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, SecuredStatus may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in SecuredStatus’s sole discretion. SecuredStatus encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.