This privacy policy sets out how Plant Based Arab uses and protects any information that you give while using www.plantbasedarab.com. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Plant Based Arab may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
This policy is effective from March 1st, 2023*.
Who We Are
https://plantbasedarab.com is owned and operated by Waseem Hijazi.
Use of Data
We only use your personal information to provide you with our services, or to communicate with you about the Website or the services.
We employ industry standard techniques to protect against unauthorized access of data about you that we store, including personal information.
We do not share personal information you have provided to us without your consent, unless:
- Doing so is appropriate to carry out your own request
- We believe it’s needed to enforce our legal agreements or that is legally required
- We believe it’s needed to detect, prevent or address fraud, security or technical issues
Sharing of Data
We don’t share your personal information with third parties. Aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted to external services to help us improve the Website and service.
We may allow third parties to provide analytics services. These third parties may use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to collect information about your use of the services and other websites, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information.
We also use social buttons provided by services like Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Your use of these third party services is entirely optional. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices of these third party services, and you are responsible for reading and understanding those third party services’ privacy policies.
How Long We Retain Your Data
We retain all of the information that we collect until we no longer need the information to contact you. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are files that contain an identifier that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. It is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date (unless deleted by the user before the expiry date); while a session cookie will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use Cookies for collection information and to improve our Service. You have the option to refuse to accept these cookies, delete cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your browser. Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.
For more general information on cookies, please read “All About Cookies”.
Affiliate Programs
The Site may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Site. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions. Please read the above section on our “Use of Cookies” for more information.
Plant Based Arab is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com (or Amazon.ca). Amazon offers a small commission on products sold through their affiliate links. Each of your purchases via our Amazon affiliation links supports our cause at no additional cost to you.
Please read our full Affiliate Disclaimer here.
Comments
If you leave a comment on our Site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. Please read the above section on our “Use of Cookies” for more information.
Personal information provided when leaving a comment is stored on WordPress.com as a web hosting companies, who have the industry standard security in place. You can read more about it here.
reCAPTCHA Terms & Services
To help protect the privacy of our users from spam comments, we integrate a Google system known as reCAPTCHA. It enables us to distinguish between human and automated access to websites. By agreeing to use our website, you also agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use of reCAPTCHA.
Email Addresses
We may collect your email address, if you voluntarily provide it to us. This may occur, for example, if you sign up for our newsletter. We will use your email address for the purposes for which you provided it to us, and also from time to time to send you emails regarding the Site or other products or services that we believe may be of interest to you. You may opt-out at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button in the email.
We will not share your email address with third parties.
Third Party Links
Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Children’s Privacy
Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.
Security
We maintain security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, or disclosure. However, no exchange of data over the Internet can be guaranteed as 100% secure. While we make every effort to protect your personal information shared with us through our Site, you acknowledge that the personal information you voluntarily share with us through this Site could be accessed or tampered with by a third party. You agree that we are not responsible for any intercepted information shared through our Site without our knowledge or permission. Additionally, you release us from any and all claims arising out of or related to the use of such intercepted information in any unauthorized manner.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with an “Effective Date” at the top of the page. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. We advise you to review this page periodically for any changes.
If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or if we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information.
By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy.
* The latest change on this Privacy Policy was after the rebranding in March 2023 from demeals to Plant Based Arab. All data obtained previous to the above date continues to be held and used in the same way as prior to the rebranding, under the same owner. *
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us at [email protected].
