Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for devswings.com

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy outlines how devswings.com collects, uses, and protects your personal information. By using our website, you agree to the terms of this policy. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws, including Google AdSense policies.  

2. Who We Are

Our website address is: http://devswings.com.

3. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our services, including:

  • Comments: When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection.
  • Media: If you upload images, please avoid embedding location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract this data.  
  • Cookies:
    • For comments, you may opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience.
    • We use temporary cookies to determine browser cookie acceptance during login.
    • Login cookies store login information and screen display preferences.
    • An edit/publish cookie stores the post ID of edited articles.
    • Google AdSense Cookies: Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.  
    • User Choices: Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.  
  • Embedded Content: Embedded content from other websites may collect data, use cookies, and track your interaction.  
  • Log Data: We collect log data, including IP addresses, browser type, and access times, for website analytics and security.
  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about website usage. This information is used to improve our website and services. Google Analytics may collect data such as your IP address, browser type, and operating system.  
  • Information you provide directly: if you use contact forms, or register an account.

4. Use of Information

We use your information for:

  • Providing and maintaining our website.
  • Responding to comments and inquiries.
  • Improving website functionality and user experience.
  • Preventing spam and abuse.
  • Serving relevant advertisements through Google AdSense.
  • Analyzing website traffic using Google Analytics.
  • Account management.

5. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with:

  • Service providers that assist us in operating our website.
  • Google AdSense and other advertising partners.
  • Automated spam detection services.
  • If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
  • Google Analytics.

6. Data Retention

  • Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely for follow-up comment approval.
  • User profile information is stored for registered users, who can edit or delete it.
  • Log data is stored for a limited time for security and analytics purposes.

7. Your Rights

You have the following rights:

  • Access: You can request a copy of your personal data.
  • Rectification: You can request corrections to inaccurate data.
  • Erasure: You can request the deletion of your personal data (subject to legal obligations).  
  • Data Portability: You can request an exported file of your personal data.
  • Object to processing.
  • Restrict processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us.

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance user experience and serve personalized ads. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings or by visiting the opt-out links provided by Google and other third-party vendors.

9. Third-Party Advertising (Google AdSense)

  • We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website.
  • Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your browsing history.
  • You can control ad personalization through Google’s Ads Settings.
  • Third party vendors including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.  

10. Data Security

We implement security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access and disclosure.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy periodically. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page.

12. Contact Us

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