Youngerbee privacy policy
Youngerbee is a registered trademark of Icefair Ltd. This Privacy Policy explains how our organization uses the Personal Data we collect from you when you use our website.
We aim at providing a safe and educational environment for our readers, contributors and the users of our services.
In the following,
– “GDPR” stands for the “European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation”;
– “Personal Data” means information that relates to an individual that is directly or indirectly identified or identifiable;
– “We” or “us” or “ours” stands for Youngerbee.
We comply with the GDPR privacy regulations.
What data do we collect?
We and our third-party vendors use our websites and mobile applications to collect various kinds of Personal Data.
If you are a contributor (you write articles for us or you provide feedback and reviews) we collect the following data:
– Name;
– Email address;
– Phone number (when required);
– Academic or work position;
– Academic affiliation;
– Publicly available data about your employer;
– Social media accounts/ usernames;
– Co-authored publications and blogs;
If you use our website or mobile applications:
– Name;
– Email address;
– Social media accounts/ usernames;
– Geographic location;
– Cookies and data obtained by other tracking methods (see the relative paragraph below), such as your IP address, browser type, your session and the pages that you visit.
How do we collect your data?
Most of the data we collect is provided directly by you, when you:
– Contact us via email or via web form;
– Provide feedback to any of our messages or to other users;
– Submit comments on our website;
– Register online;
– Place an order for any of our services or products;
– Apply as a contributor;
– Help in reviewing content submitted by other users;
– Browse or interact with our website via cookies, log files and other tracking technologies.
We may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:
– Internet;
– Another user’s feedback;
– Social media.
How will we use your data?
We will collect and process your Personal Data for the following purposes:
– To allow you to become a contributor of our website;
– To allow you to provide feedbacks and comments about other contributors;
– To authenticate your identity and your academic affiliations;
– To allow you using our services;
– To communicate with you during our editorial process;
– To facilitate our online interactions with you, for example, by responding to your requests;
– To operate and improve our websites and mobile applications, for example by conducting analytics to optimize our services and analysing user trends;
– To collect data about your activities online, across different websites and social media channels for marketing purposes, including delivering relevant marketing communications to you and to earn marketing commissions.
What is Our Legal Basis of Processing?
We process your Personal Data for the purposes described above on the basis of our legitimate interests; to process your enquiry and requests and to meet our contractual obligations (for example when you register for events); as necessary for compliance with a legal obligation or on the basis of your consent, where applicable.
Data retention
We will retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy unless a longer period is required to comply with legal obligations.
The period of time depends on our legal basis in processing your Personal Data. For example, if it is to meet a contractual obligation, we will keep the data for a period that exceeds the duration of the contract and that represents the statue of limitations for potential legal claims. If we are processing your Personal Data based on our legitimate interest, we will keep the data for a reasonable period of time to satisfy our interest, considering your rights and freedoms. If it is based on your consent, we will keep the data for the time that is necessary to provide our services as you have agreed.
How do we store your data?
We will store your Personal Data in encrypted files and folders. The information collected automatically via cookies and other tracking technologies is stored and processed also by third parties that help us with our operations and marketing activities. For example, the emails that you send us are stored in a server own by our web hosting company while your browser activities are monitored so that we can get reports from Google Analytics.
Marketing
If you have agreed to receive marketing material, we will send you information about events, initiatives, scientific breakthrough, academic news, products and services of ours, as well as those of our partner companies.
What are your data protection rights?
We will provide copies of your Personal Data upon your request in writing. We may charge you a small fee for this service. Under certain conditions you have also the following rights with respect to your Personal Data:
– The right to rectification – correct or update any of your Personal Data that is inaccurate;
– The right to erasure – to request the deletion of your Personal Data;
– The right to restrict processing – to restrict or limit the ways in which we use your Personal Data;
– The right to object to processing – to object to the processing of your Personal Data;
– The right to data portability – to obtain a copy of your Personal Data in an easily accessible format.
We will not be able to ensure the continuation of our services should you decide to withdraw your consent to use your Personal Data. We might need to continue processing your Personal Data in case it is required by law or if it is necessary to keep our services and operations safe and secure.
Cookies and other tracking technologies?
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and
visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you
automatically through cookies or similar technology.
We use cookies to improve your experience on our website, to keep you signed in and to understand how you use our website. Using cookies, we can recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used for advertising, to collect information about the link that you followed, the content that you read, the browser that you used, your device and your IP address. We share some of this data with advertising partners.
Privacy policies of other websites
Our websites contain links to other websites. This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to our website and you should read the privacy policy of the websites that you visit.
Changes to our privacy policy
We may amend this Privacy Policy as our situation, objectives or services change. The revised Policy will be published on our website.
How to contact us
If you have any question or concern regarding this Policy, or if you want to exercise your rights relative to your Personal Data, you must write us to:
yb-privacy@youngerbee.com
Because we want to avoid taking action regarding your Personal Data at the direction of someone other than you, we will ask you for information verifying your identity.