Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
When you use Elfsight site and products, you trust us with your information. This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand what data we collect, why we collect it, and what we do with it. This is important; we hope you will take time to read it carefully.
2. Information we collect
We collect the following information for the right functioning and operating of our service in compliance with Art. 5 of GDPR Principles relating to processing of personal data.
- IP-address
- Operating system
- Browser type
The above-mentioned information is stored only for 7 days and evaluated anonymously in order to detect and remedy service malfunctions quickly. It is also analyzed to ensure system security, including detection of improper access attempts and fraud and abuse attempts.
We do not transmit this data to any third-parties and do not utilize it to track users for marketing purposes.
In addition, some widgets such as Form Builder, Contact Form, Subscription Form, Popup, Banner, Slider and Announcement Bar contain some personal information that is stored on protected servers’ disks in Google Cloud Platform. This data is encrypted and we do not process or use it in any way or form.
By clicking the Submit button in the widget user agrees to share their data with the widget owner only. Therefore, this information can be processed by the widget owner in accordance with their Privacy Policy.
3. Use of your information
We will never sell, transfer or give your information to a third party without your permission. However, you agree that we may use your information:
- To enhance or improve our users’ experiences.
- To contact you and to respond to inquiries.
Additionally, we may give your information to law enforcement if we are compelled to by a court order, if there has been a violation of any US laws, EU laws or if a violation of Privacy Policy has occurred.
4. Your rights and choices
You have right to: access, update, change or delete your Personal Information. It can be done either directly in your Elfsight Account or by reaching out to us to request the required changes.
Please note that we may need to verify your identity in regards to your request. This verification process may require you to provide us with additional information, especially if you do not have access to your Account or if you are contacting us from an email address that differs from the one you signed up with. If we are unable to verify your identity or request, we may not, in accordance with applicable law, be able to fulfill your request.
5. Cookies
Users who visit websites with Elfsight widgets will encounter only one cookie:
elfsight_viewed_recently — a cookie that prevents hyped-up views.
In order to enhance compliance with GDPR and other privacy laws, we offer options to provide a technical description of this cookie or to disable it altogether at the request of the account owner.
Other cookies from Elfsight interact only with the Elfsight account owners and are designed to support the proper functioning of the service.
6. Law Enforcement
You agree that we may disclose your information to authorities if compelled to by a court order. Additionally, you agree that we may disclose your information if we reasonably believe that you have violated a US law or Privacy Policy or if we believe that a third party is at risk of bodily harm. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you and release your information without receiving any request to third parties where we believe that it is proper to do so for legal reasons, such as instances where we believe your publications violate any law of the United States or any other country having jurisdiction over us, our site, products. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants. We may release your information under the conditions listed in this paragraph whether it is to individuals or entities and to any state or Federal authorities within the United States, or elsewhere.
7. Third parties
Elfsight may post links to third party websites on our site or products, which may include information that we have no control over. When accessing a third party site through our site or products, you acknowledge that you are aware that these third party websites are not screened for privacy or security issues by us, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites.
Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties. Elfsight bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website. You must review their Terms of Service and Privacy to understand how their information collection practices work.
8. Security Measures
We use SSL Certificates and vulnerability scanning to enhance the security of our site. However, we make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your information. It is in our interest to keep our website secure, but we recommend that you use anti-virus software, routine credit checks, firewalls, and other precautions to protect yourself from security and privacy threats.
9. Widgets
YouTube Gallery
By using the YouTube Gallery widget, the website user also agrees to be bound by the YouTube terms of service which can found in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms
10. When this Privacy Policy applies
Our Privacy Policy applies to the site https://elfsight.com/ and products offered on it, but excludes services that have separate privacy policies that do not incorporate this Privacy Policy.
11. Changes
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of privacy policy changes).
