Privacy Policy
This privacy policy was last updated on November 10th, 2024
Welcome to The Sphere Chronicles
We value your privacy greatly. That is why we came up with this policy. It explains the ways in which we collect and utilize your information when you make a visit to our site, at SphereChronicles.net. You will also learn how we may disclose your personal information, and the measures we have put in place to protect it.
The Information We Collect
There are two major reasons why we collect information from our site’s visitors. First is to be in a position to provide a better experience to them. And second is in order to improve our services.
There are three types of information that we collect:
- Details you enter directly on our website – those are things like your name and email address. Others are your phone number as well as the payment information you may enter at some point.
- Usage data – this is information that our website is able to collect as you access and use it, specifically things like your IP address, the type of browser you use, and the things you get to do while interacting with the website.
- Cookies/tracking information – these help us keep you logged in within sessions, as well as keep track of your preferences. Besides our site’s own cookies, we also use those from third parties (like Google Analytics). It is possible for you to specify how you’d want these to affect you, through your browser’s cookie preferences settings.
How the Collected Information Is Used
The information collected from you is subsequently used in a number of ways:
- For our website’s operation and maintenance
- For improvement of our website’s features/services
- For communicating with you
- For transaction processing
- For security and prevention and fraudulent activities
On Information Sharing
We never share – by way of selling, trading, or otherwise transferring – the information we collect from you unless you give us consent to do so. That is with the exception of third parties we trust to help us in our website’s operation/in doing business – and provided the said third parties commit to maintaining the confidentiality of the information.
On The Security Of The Data
We truly go to great lengths to ensure that your data remains secure. However, the reality is that it is impossible to have a web-based activity that is 100% secure, hence why we are not in a position to offer a guarantee that we would keep your data absolutely secure – much as we endeavor to always protect it.
International Transfers of Data
Our operations are of a global nature. What this means is that the information we collect from you may end up in foreign countries (that is, countries other than the one you are in). And the applicable laws for data protection in those other countries may be different from those that apply where you are. All in all, we do everything in our power to ensure the proper protection of your data all through.
Where these international transfers of data come into play, we go out of our way to ensure that proper safeguards (for instance, the European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses) are applied. Ultimately, when you use our website, you consent to the possible transfer of your information beyond your country of residence.
Legal Basis for Processing (Essential to Ensure Compliance with GDPR)
The data collected from you may subsequently be processed on the legal basis of:
- Consent: Certain personal information is processed on the basis of your consent – as, for instance, at the point when you sign up for our newsletters or when you give us permission to send you marketing communications. Should you wish to withdraw the consent (at any point in time), you can contact us at: info [at] spherechronicles [dot] net.
- Performance of contracts: Certain information collected from you may subsequently be processed as part of what needs to be done in fulfilling a contract or in service provision. That is for instance when you register on our site or when you proceed to make a purchase.
- Legitimate Interest: This is for instance when we process the data collected from you with a view to improve our service or analyze our website’s performance. (Even in these instances, we ensure that your rights/freedoms don’t get trampled upon by our pursuit of legitimate interest).
- Legal obligation compliance: These include instances where we need to comply with regulatory, tax, and accounting requirements.
Our Policy With Regard to Retention of Data
The personal information collected from you is retained only for as long as it is needed to meet the demands stated in this policy. The only exception is where we have legal permission or obligation to retain it longer. The applicable retention periods are:
- For transaction data – which is collected in the course of you making purchases or making payments – the minimum period for retention is 7 years, and this is in order to ensure compliance with accounting/financial regulations
- Usage data – this is kept (fully anonymized and aggregated, wherever possible) for up to two years, and it helps in analyzing and improving the performance of the website
- Marketing information – this (which is mainly your contact information that is collected when you opt into our marketing communications) is retained until you unsubscribe or make a request for deletion.
Upon the expiry of these data retention periods, the data may be deleted. Or it may be used for things like analysis and reporting (internally), after undergoing anonymization. Should you have any further queries about our policy with regard to data retention, or if you specifically wish to request that we delete your data, use this email address: info [at] spherechronicles [dot] net
Links to Third Party Websites
You will often find links to other websites within our site. Since those are third-party websites, we take no responsibility for how they deal with the issue of privacy (or the content in them). The best thing to do would be to read the various websites’ privacy policies, to see whether or not they are agreeable to you.
The Privacy of Children
The Sphere Chronicles is not meant for children whose age happens to be below 13. We don’t knowingly, deliberately, or intentionally ever collect personal information from such children (who are below 13).
Should it come to our attention that we unknowingly collected information from such children whose age is less than 13, we delete it as soon as possible.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you are (location-wise), you may have certain rights pertaining to your personal information. That is for instance with regard to its access, its correctness, or its restriction. Others may pertain to its portability or objection.
Also available to you may be the right to withdraw consent, which is especially applicable where our legal basis for processing the information is consent. All you need to do, whenever you feel the need to exercise these rights is get in touch with us at: info [at] spherechronicles [dot] net.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may amend this policy whenever the need arises for us to do so, from time to time. We would always post such changes on this page – with the updated date indicated at the top. You are encouraged to be reviewing this privacy policy from time to time, so as to remain updated on our data practices.
How You Can Contact Us
Should you have any queries or concerns with regard to our privacy policy, you can get in touch with us at contact [at] spherechronicles [dot] net.