Privacy Policy of MustReadQuotes.com

MustReadQuotes.com collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Users may be subject to different protection standards and broader standards may therefore apply to some. Users can contact the Owner, to learn more about such standards.

This document contains a section dedicated to Users in the European Union and their privacy rights.

This document contains a section dedicated to Users in the United States and their privacy rights.

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Owner and Data Controller

Win Big Ltd
Company number: 10387143
C/O Umc Accountants, Office 7, Pandora Estates, 41-45 Lind Road, Sutton, England, SM1 4PP

Owner contact email: [email protected]

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that MustReadQuotes.com collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Usage Data; Trackers; first name; last name; email address; number of Users; city; device information; session statistics; latitude (of city); longitude (of city); browser information; language; gender; date of birth; username; country; various types of Data; password; state; picture; profile picture; User ID; geographic position; ZIP/Postal code; Data communicated while using the service; browsing history; interests; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); county; answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using MustReadQuotes.com.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by MustReadQuotes.com is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for MustReadQuotes.com to provide its services. In cases where MustReadQuotes.com specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by MustReadQuotes.com or by the owners of third-party services used by MustReadQuotes.com serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through MustReadQuotes.com.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of MustReadQuotes.com (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Retention time

Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Displaying content from external platforms, Advertising, Contacting the User, Analytics, Traffic optimization and distribution, Managing contacts and sending messages, Registration and authentication provided directly by MustReadQuotes.com, Registration and authentication, Backup saving and management, Connecting Data, Heat mapping and session recording, Infrastructure monitoring, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Social features, SPAM protection and Tag Management.

For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

Advertising

This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on MustReadQuotes.com, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside MustReadQuotes.com. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.

Query Click (Query Click Limited)

Query Click is an advertising service provided by Query Click Limited.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United Kingdom – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California
• a Sharing in California

Analytics

The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC)

Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of MustReadQuotes.com, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting Google’s official documentation.

In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

Personal Data processed: browser information; city; device information; latitude (of city); longitude (of city); number of Users; session statistics; Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Cloudflare Web Analytics (Cloudflare Inc.)

Cloudflare Web Analytics is an anonymized analytics service provided by Cloudflare Inc. that gives the Owner insight into the use of MustReadQuotes.com by Users without needing to identify them. Further information may be found here and within the service's privacy policy.

Personal Data processed: device information; language; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information; inferences drawn from other personal information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Backup saving and management

This type of service allows the Owner to save and manage backups of MustReadQuotes.com on external servers managed by the service provider itself. The backups may include the source code and content as well as the data that the User provides to MustReadQuotes.com.

BlogVault Backup (Inactiv.com Media Solutions Private Limited and BlogVault Inc)

BlogVault Backup is a service to save and manage backups provided by Inactiv.com Media Solutions Private Limited and BlogVault Inc.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data.

Place of processing: India – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

Connecting Data

This type of service allows the Owner to connect Data with third-party services disclosed within this privacy policy.
This results in Data flowing through these services, potentially causing the retention of this Data.

Make (Celonis, Inc. )

Make is a workflow automation service provided by Celonis, Inc. that automates the movement of Data between (third-party) services.

Personal Data processed: browsing history; country; Data communicated while using the service; date of birth; device information; email address; first name; gender; geographic position; interests; language; last name; picture; state; Trackers; Usage Data; User ID; username; ZIP/Postal code.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information; geolocation data; audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information; inferences drawn from other personal information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Contacting the User

Contact form (MustReadQuotes.com)

By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes MustReadQuotes.com to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.

This processing constitutes:

Mailing list or newsletter (MustReadQuotes.com)

By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning MustReadQuotes.com. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to MustReadQuotes.com or after making a purchase.

Personal Data processed: city; country; email address; first name; gender; last name; state; Trackers; Usage Data.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana

Displaying content from external platforms

This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of MustReadQuotes.com and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

Google Fonts (Google LLC)

Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows MustReadQuotes.com to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Heat mapping and session recording

Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of MustReadQuotes.com that Users interact with most frequently. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior.
Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback.

Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings (Hotjar Ltd.)

Hotjar is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Hotjar honors generic „Do Not Track” headers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User's data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Infrastructure monitoring

This type of service allows MustReadQuotes.com to monitor the use and behavior of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of MustReadQuotes.com.

Pingdom (Pingdom AB)

Pingdom is a monitoring service provided by Pingdom AB.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: Sweden – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

Web Performance (Web Performance, Inc.)

Web Performance is a monitoring service provided by Web Performance, Inc.Web Performance is a monitoring service provided by Web Performance, Inc.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

Interaction with external social networks and platforms

This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of MustReadQuotes.com.
The interaction and information obtained through MustReadQuotes.com are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on MustReadQuotes.com isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)

The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets (Pinterest, Inc.)

The Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (X Corp.)

The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Managing contacts and sending messages

This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

MailerLite (UAB "Mailerlite")

MailerLite is an email address management and message sending service provided by UAB "Mailerlite".

Personal Data processed: country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; Trackers; Usage Data; username; various types of Data.

Place of processing: Lithuania – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California
• a Sharing in California

OneSignal (Lilomi, Inc.)

OneSignal is a message sending service provided by Lilomi, Inc.

OneSignal allows the Owner to send messages and notifications to Users across platforms such as Android, iOS, and the web. Messages can be sent to single devices, groups of devices, or specific topics or User segments. Depending on the permissions granted to MustReadQuotes.com, the Data collected may also include precise location (i.e. GPS-level data) or WiFi information, apps installed and enabled on the User's device. MustReadQuotes.com uses identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the OneSignal service.

The Data collected may be used by the service provider for interest-based advertising, analytics and market research. In order to understand OneSignal's use of Data, consult OneSignal's privacy policy.

Push notifications opt-out
Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for some or all of the apps on the particular device.

Interest-based advertising opt-out
Users may opt-out of OneSignal advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones. Different device configurations, or updates to devices, may affect or change how these indicated settings work.

Personal Data processed: email address; geographic position; language; Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information; geolocation data; inferences drawn from other personal information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California
• a Sharing in California

Registration and authentication

By registering or authenticating, Users allow MustReadQuotes.com to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, MustReadQuotes.com will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.

Direct registration and profiling (MustReadQuotes.com)

By registering or authenticating directly through MustReadQuotes.com, Users allow MustReadQuotes.com to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Owner may process Data collected when Users register or authenticate also for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, Users can contact the Owner using the contact details provided in this document.

Personal Data processed: country; email address; first name; gender; geographic position; language; last name; password; picture; profile picture; Usage Data; User ID; various types of Data; ZIP/Postal code.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information; geolocation data; audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information; inferences drawn from other personal information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Facebook Oauth (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

Facebook Oauth is a registration and authentication service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; various types of Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Google OAuth (Google LLC)

Google OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Google LLC and is connected to the Google network.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in the United States

Linkedin OAuth (LinkedIn Corporation)

Linkedin Oauth is a registration and authentication service provided by Linkedin Corporation and is connected to the Linkedin social network.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in the United States

Twitter OAuth (X Corp.)

Twitter Oauth is a registration and authentication service provided by Twitter, Inc. and is connected to the Twitter social network.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in the United States

Registration and authentication provided directly by MustReadQuotes.com

By registering or authenticating, Users allow MustReadQuotes.com to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.

Direct registration (MustReadQuotes.com)

The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to MustReadQuotes.com.

Personal Data processed: city; country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; language; last name; password; picture; profile picture; state; Trackers; Usage Data; User ID; username; various types of Data.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information; audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information; inferences drawn from other personal information.

This processing constitutes:

Social features

Public profile (MustReadQuotes.com)

Users may have public profiles that other Users can display. In addition to the Personal Data provided, this profile may contain Users' interactions with MustReadQuotes.com.

Personal Data processed: county; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; geographic position; last name; picture; state; username.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; biometric information; geolocation data; audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

This processing constitutes:

SPAM protection

This type of service analyzes the traffic of MustReadQuotes.com, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.

Akismet (Automattic Inc.)

Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Automattic Inc.

Personal Data processed: email address; Usage Data; username.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)

Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC.
The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.

In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

Personal Data processed: answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information; inferences drawn from other personal information.

This processing constitutes:

Tag Management

This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on MustReadQuotes.com in a centralized fashion.
This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.

Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)

Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Traffic optimization and distribution

This type of service allows MustReadQuotes.com to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between MustReadQuotes.com and the User's browser.
Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.

Cloudflare (Cloudflare Inc.)

Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through MustReadQuotes.com, i.e., communication between MustReadQuotes.com and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from MustReadQuotes.com to be collected.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

• a Sale in California

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar initiatives. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.

Users may also opt out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

Push notifications

MustReadQuotes.com may send push notifications to the User to achieve the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then change those settings for MustReadQuotes.com, some or all of the apps on the particular device.
Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of MustReadQuotes.com.

Push notifications based on the User's geographic location

MustReadQuotes.com may use the User's geographic location to send push notifications for the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for some or all of the apps on the particular device.

Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of MustReadQuotes.com.

Push notifications for direct marketing

MustReadQuotes.com may send push notifications to the User for the purpose of direct marketing (to propose services and products provided by third parties or unrelated to the product or service provided by MustReadQuotes.com).

Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for MustReadQuotes.com or all of the apps on the particular device.

Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of MustReadQuotes.com.

Besides applicable device settings, the User may also make use of the rights described under User rights in the relevant section of this privacy policy.

Unique device identification

MustReadQuotes.com may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences.

Further Information for Users in the European Union

This section applies to all Users in the European Union, according to the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), and, for such Users, supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting information contained in the privacy policy. Further details regarding the categories of Data processed, the purposes of processing, the categories of recipients of the Personal Data, if any, and further information about Personal Data can be found in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

• Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
• provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
• processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
• processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
• processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Further information about retention time

Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.

Therefore:

• Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
• Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:

• Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
• Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
• Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
• Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
• Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
• Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
• Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
• Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.

Further information for Users in the United States

This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running MustReadQuotes.com and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).

The information contained in this section applies to all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are residents in the following states: California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana.

For such Users, this information supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.

This part of the document uses the term Personal Information (and Sensitive Personal Information).

Notice at collection

The following Notice at collection provides you with timely notice about the categories of Personal Information collected or disclosed in the past 12 months so that you can exercise meaningful control over our use of that Information.

While such categorization of Personal Information is mainly based on California privacy laws, it can also be helpful for anyone who is not a California resident to get a general idea of what types of Personal Information are collected.

ℹ️ You can read the definitions of these concepts inside the “Definitions and legal references section” of the privacy policy.

To know more about your rights in particular to opt out of certain processing activities and to limit the use of your sensitive personal information (“Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information”) you can refer to the “Your privacy rights under US state laws” section of our privacy policy.

For more details on the collection of Personal Information, please read the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” of our privacy policy.

We won’t process your Information for unexpected purposes, or for purposes that are not reasonably necessary to and compatible with the purposes originally disclosed, without your consent.

What are the sources of the Personal Information we collect?

We collect the above-mentioned categories of Personal Information, either directly or indirectly, from you when you use MustReadQuotes.com.

For example, you directly provide your Personal Information when you submit requests via any forms on MustReadQuotes.com. You also provide Personal Information indirectly when you navigate MustReadQuotes.com, as Personal Information about you is automatically observed and collected.

Finally, we may collect your Personal Information from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service or with the functioning of MustReadQuotes.com and features thereof.

Your privacy rights under US state laws

You may exercise certain rights regarding your Personal Information. In particular, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you have:

• the right to access Personal Information: the right to know. You have the right to request that we confirm whether or not we are processing your Personal Information. You also have the right to access such Personal Information;
• the right to correct inaccurate Personal Information. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate Personal Information we maintain about you;
• the right to request the deletion of your Personal Information. You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information;
• the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information. We will provide your Personal Information in a portable and usable format that allows you to transfer data easily to another entity – provided that this is technically feasible;
• the right to opt out from the Sale of your Personal Information; We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
• the right to non-discrimination.

Additional rights for Users residing in California

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in California, you have

• The right to opt out of the Sharing of your Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising;
• The right to request to limit our use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information to only that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods, as is reasonably expected by an average consumer. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our service.

Additional rights for Users residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and Montana

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas and Oregon, you have

• The right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for Targeted Advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you;
• The right to freely give, deny or withdraw your consent for the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer.

Additional rights for users residing in Utah

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Utah, you have

• The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for Targeted Advertising;
• The right to opt out of the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer.

How to exercise your privacy rights under US state laws

To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document.

For us to respond to your request, we must know who you are. We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity and therefore confirm the Personal Information in our possession relates to you. You are not required to create an account with us to submit your request. We will use any Personal Information collected from you in connection with the verification of your request solely for verification and shall not further disclose the Personal Information, retain it longer than necessary for purposes of verification, or use it for unrelated purposes.

If you are an adult, you can make a request on behalf of a child under your parental authority.

How to exercise your rights to opt out

In addition to what is stated above, to exercise your right to opt-out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising you can also use the privacy choices link provided on MustReadQuotes.com.

If you want to submit requests to opt out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising activities via a user-enabled global privacy control, such as for example the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), you are free to do so and we will abide by such request in a frictionless manner.

How and when we are expected to handle your request

We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases within the timeframe required by applicable law. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need.

Should we deny your request, we will explain to you the reasons behind our denial (where envisaged by applicable law you may then contact the relevant authority to submit a complaint).

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive and in all other cases where it is permitted by the applicable law. In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act on the request. In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind them.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of MustReadQuotes.com or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, MustReadQuotes.com may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, MustReadQuotes.com and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with MustReadQuotes.com (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within MustReadQuotes.com and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data) / Personal Information (or Information)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Sensitive Personal Information

Sensitive Personal Information means any Personal Information that is not publicly available and reveals information considered sensitive according to the applicable privacy law.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through MustReadQuotes.com (or third-party services employed in MustReadQuotes.com), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use MustReadQuotes.com, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.

User

The individual using MustReadQuotes.com who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Processor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of MustReadQuotes.com. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of MustReadQuotes.com.

MustReadQuotes.com (or this Application)

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by MustReadQuotes.com as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

Sale

Sale means any exchange of Personal Information by the Owner to a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the applicable law, does not constitute a Sale of your Personal Information.

Sharing

Sharing means any sharing, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer's Personal Information by the business to a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether for monetary or other valuable consideration, including transactions between a business and a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising for the benefit of a business in which no money is exchanged, as defined by the California privacy laws. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the California privacy laws, does not constitute sharing of your Personal Information.

Targeted advertising

Targeted advertising means displaying advertisements to a consumer where the advertisement is selected based on Personal Information obtained from that consumer’s activities over time and across nonaffiliated websites or online applications to predict such consumer’s preferences or interests, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookie

Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.

Tracker

Tracker indicates any technology - e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting - that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.

Legal information

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations.

This privacy policy relates solely to MustReadQuotes.com, if not stated otherwise within this document.

Latest update: July 07, 2022