Política de Privacidade

Please read this privacy policy page in order to understand how your personal data is collected and stored with I am from SouthAmerica (I know you don't know about it) Blog. By using this website, you hereby consent to this privacy policy and agree to its terms.

The following privacy policy informs you of how we collect and process your personal data, including that which you provide by voluntarily “opting in” to subscribe to our list, purchase a product or service or contacting us via our website, as well as that which we may collect automatically from you based upon your activity on our website. For the purposes of this policy, personal data means any information that can be used to identify an individual, directly or indirectly and the term “you”, “your” refers to anyone who uses, visits and/or views our website.

We may update these terms from time and time and will provide notice via email of any material changes made to this Privacy Policy. We will not provide notice of any minor updates, and acknowledge it is your responsibility to read any updated version(s), and that you agree to be bound by the most updated versions of this policy. Your first use of our website after the data of any non-material amendments or alterations will constitute your acceptance of such changes; therefore, we recommend reviewing this policy regularly to stay updated on any changes made. If you do not agree with or understand the contents of this privacy policy, please immediately stop using this website and contact us at iamfromsouthamerica@gmail.com for further assistance.

Please read the following document carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation 2018, the data controller is I am from SouthAmerica (I know you don't know about it) Blog who can be contacted at: iamfromsouthamerica@gmail.com.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.imsouthamerican.com/

Blog name: I am from SouthAmerica (I know you don't know about it) Blog

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

If you contact I am from SouthAmerica (I know you don't know about it) Blog using the contact form or email address provided: iamfromsouthamerica@gmail.com, I will receive additional information about you such as your full name, email address, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send, and any other information you may choose to provide. This data will be processed based on our legitimate interest in communicating with you, answering any questions or concerns you have. We may also retain your data to keep a record of the communication.

This website may use cookies to facilitate your use of the website. Cookies are files with small amounts of data including an anonymous unqiue identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you are viewing the website. Just like other websites, we automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information including but not limited to your IP address, geographic location, language preference, date and time of visitors.

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. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

This information is only collected to better serve and understand your use experience on the website. You have the option of turning off cookies on your computer should you wish to do so. If you choose to do that you may not be able to view all features and content of this website.

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.

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.

Third-Party Software and Services

Please keep in mind that I am from SouthAmerica (I know you don't know about it) Blog has embedded links to third-party services and websites and interacting with them may mean providing information about yourself to those services. For example, some third-party services may request or require access to your data via a pixel or cookie. Please note that if you use the third-party service or click on any links I provide, your data will be handled in accordance with the third party’s privacy policy and practices. We don’t own or control these third parties, and they have their own rules about information collection, use, and sharing, which you should review before using the software or services.

How will we disclose your personal information to third parties

If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply any of other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of I am from SouthAmerica (I know you don't know about it) Blog, our customers and others.

Who we share your data with

The I am from SouthAmerica (I know you don't know about it) Blog may share your data with the following websites and we do our best to only utilise third parties who have been deemed GDPR and LGPD compliant, and who we have either completed a data processing agreement with, or have reviewed and confirmed their policies regarding data processing to ensure compliance:

Analytics: Google Analytics

Contacting The Blog: Contact Form and Gmail

Platform Servicing: Wix

Sharing Buttons: Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Goodreads

Media: Youtube, Spotify, Infogram

Personal Data

Whilst using I am from SouthAmerica (I know you don't know about it) Blog, I may ask you to provide personal identifiable information that can be used to contact or recognise you.

We collect your personal data when you voluntarily directly provide it to use and receive a free or paid resource, product, or service. We may also ask for it when you fill out a form or send an email to contact us and we do so in order to provide the content you have asked for. We may also track your future interactions with our content. The information will be collected by us following your choice to manually enter it in and click to be added to our list. No such information will be collected without you taking action to be added to our list, or in exchange for a free resource.

We use information held about you in the following ways:

To provide you with the information and services that you requested from us;
To identify your registered members (users who have registered on your website);
To provide a great experience for your visitors and customers.
Create aggregate statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred non-personal information, which may be used by us to provide and improve our respective contents;
Comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
To monitor and analyze the performance, operation, and effectiveness of the Wix platform.
To ensure that the platform is safe for use.

How long we retain your data

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.

Any other personal data is only retained for as long as we deem reasonable for the purposes outlined above.

Where is your data retained

Our blog is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with an online platform that allows us to sell products and services to our customers. Your information may be stored in the Wix.com database. Wix.com stores your information on firewall-secured servers.

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS, managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands such as Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

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. You have the right to update, edit or delete any information from our database. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Please contact: iamfromsouthamerica@gmail.com to receive the exported file.

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are located in a country that falls under the scope of the GDPR, data protection laws give you certain rights with respect to your personal data, subject to any exemptions provided by the law, including the rights to:

Request access to your personal data;
Request correction or deletion of your personal data
Object to our use and processing of your personal data
Request that we limit our use and processing of your personal data; and
Request portability of your personal data

You also have the right to make a compliant to a government supervisory authority.

Contacting Us About These Rights

As mentioned before, you can contact us at: iamfromsouthamerica@gmail.com.

How we use your information you provide

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

You have the right to know and understand how your information is used. We will use the data you voluntarily give us in order to carry out the service or product you requested and to notify you about any changes to our policy or services.

If you purchase something from us, we will use your billing address and credit card information to complete your desired purchase or purchases only, and will not store or share any such information. If you make a purchase from us, we may also use your personal information to send necessary updates to our products or services you have purchased, or to keep you informed of any necessary information relating to products or services.

How information is stored and shared

You have the right to know what information is stored (and not stored) and how it is processed. Your information is stored through a data management system, and it is important for us to take appropriate measures to ensure your information is kept confidential. You understand that there are limited purposes where we will share your confidential information, including with those who are providing technical support for our website, or those who are members of our team, including legal and accounting.

Any parties who will have access to your information will keep such information confidential and will never share any to unrelated parties to the best of our abilities. Information provided by you will never be shared, sold, or given to any other company or person without your consent, other than what is required to complete a purchase or reuqest you have made, unless required to do so by law or any government requirements. We require all such third parties to treat your personal information in accordance with the law, and only allow them access to process your personal data specific, necessary purposes. Where we have outsourced a function or activity to an external service provider, we will only disclose personal data that the service provider needs to undertake that function or activity, and we require external service providers to agree to keep your personal data secure in accordance with the relevant law. We will not share your personal data with any third party for that party’s marketing purposes unless we have obtained your consent to do so.

Please be aware that we may disclose information provided if we are required to do so by law, or if there is an honest, good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to protect the rights of our website that any portion of our policies are being violated, to prevent or mitigate belief that a crime may being committed, or to protect that safety or rights of our uses. We will always take all reasonable measures to protect and safeguard your information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy:

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 27th July 2024 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page. We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy page will constitute as your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we notify you either through email or by placing a prominent notice on our website.