What is Personal Information?
We may collect information from or about you, including information that is considered Personal Information. “Personal Information” is data that can be used to identify a person individually. That’s what this Notice is about: our collection, protection, use, retention, disclosure, and other processing of Personal Information and your rights relating to these activities.
What Personal Information do we collect and use, and how do we collect it?
We collect Personal Information when
- You give it to us
- We collect it automatically, or
- We receive it from others
When you create an account on our site or sign up to receive offers or information, you give us your Personal Information. We also collect this Personal Information through automated technology, such as cookies placed on your browser, with your consent where applicable, when you visit our websites. Additionally, we receive Personal Information from business partners and other third parties, which helps us improve our products and associated services, update and maintain accurate records, potentially detect and investigate fraud, and market our services more effectively.
Who are we?
Our website address is: https://highfens.com. We provide AI expertise through consultancy and services to build long-term relationships with clients. Our team has more than 20 years of experience in High-Performance Computing (HPC), Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a focus on highly scalable solutions and data management.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information entered in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection.
An anonymized string derived from your email address, also known as a hash, may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
When you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter your details when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal information and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login details and your display preferences. Login cookies last for 2 days, while display option cookies last for 1 year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will stay active for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies will be deleted.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and shows the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you were visiting those websites directly. These websites might collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor how you interact with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to the site.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long do we retain your data
If you leave a comment, it and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments, rather than holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also save the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and modify that information.
What rights do you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you have provided. You can also ask us to delete any personal data we possess about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where is your data sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet Anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how Akismet is configured for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter, such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, which pages they visit, and what other sites they used before coming to our site. We use this information to improve our website and services.
Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits by disabling cookies in your browser. You can also opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For more information on how Google collects and processes data, please visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Legal basis for processing
We process your personal information based on one or more of the following legal reasons: your consent, the necessity to perform a contract with you, compliance with legal obligations, or our legitimate interests.
Children’s privacy
Our website is not meant for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has shared personal information with us, please contact us to have it removed.
International data transfers
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your country of residence. We take appropriate measures to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable laws.
Third-party services
We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
Data security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this page periodically for any changes.
How to contact us
You can contact us as described in the Contact Us section to ask questions about how we handle your Personal Information or to make requests regarding your Personal Information.