Privacy and cookie policy of DearOla.com

Last revised 13 September 2024

1. Definition of a word

In this Privacy and cookie policy of DearOla.com, "Policy" means this Privacy and cookie policy of DearOla.com.

2. Policy revisions

This Policy will be revised when necessary. When it is revised, the revision will be announced in a notice on DearOla.com. DearOla.com's user-account-holders may also be informed by email. And the Policy will always carry the date of the latest revision. Your continued use of DearOla.com, after a revision of the Policy, constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy.

3. User data that the website collects and why

3.1 When you visit the website, your browser automatically gives the website some information about your visit, such as the page you are visiting, your browser type, and your IP address.

This information about visits is used in aggregate, by the website, to analyse the website's traffic. The website does not use this information, whether alone or in combination with other information, to identify a user.

3.2 To create a user account on the website, you are required to supply some personal information, such as your name, email address, geographical location, and some of your interests.

The owner of the website may themself use this information to show you relevant ads on the website. The owner of the website may also use this information to communicate with you, including sending you relevant email ads.

Your creation of a user account on the website requires your consent to above uses of the information that you give. But you may at any time revoke your consent to being sent email ads, by clicking an unsubscribe link.

You may also at any time erase the information that you have supplied, by closing your account.

3.3 To solicit a confidential advice from Dear Ola, you give your email address and your city and country of residence. You may also give additional personal information.

The owner of the website may themself use this information to communicate with you, including sending you relevant email ads.

Your solicitation of a confidential advice from Dear Ola requires your consent to the foregoing uses of the information that you give. But you may at any time revoke your consent to being sent email ads, by clicking an unsubscribe link.

4. Cookie

4.1 In aid of its analysis of its traffic in item 3.1 above, the website may use cookies to distinguish visits on the website.

4.2 If you have a user account on the website and you log in on the site, the website uses a cookie to identify you as having been authenticated.

You can set your browser to clear this cookie. But this may impair your use of the site.

4.3 See also the part on cookies in item 6 below.

5. Sharihg of data

The owner of the website does not sell or rent user-supplied data to, or otherwise share this data with, anyone. Except that the general public can read the comments made by the website's user-account-holders on the problems published on the site. And the general public can therefore also see a user-account-holder's name, user number, and photo. While user-account-holders can, in addition, see one another's profiles. These are the ways the website works. And your creation of a user account on the site requires your consent to these.

The owner of the website may, however, disclose user-supplied data to someone outside the website if required by law, regulation, subpoena, or warrant. The owner of the website may also disclose this data to someone outside the website if they believe this to be necessary to protect their rights, property, or personal safety. Or if they believe this to be necessary to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of another person.

6. Ads

Ads are served on the website by third parties who may use cookies and similar technoloies to collect information about user online behaviour.

7. Data protection

The owner of the website takes stringent technical and organisational care to protect the information given to them by the website's users.