At Shareholders' Digest, we are committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you use our financial news website and related services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide better services to all our users. The types of information we collect include:

1.1 Information You Provide to Us

• Contact Information: When you subscribe to our newsletter or alerts, we collect your email address.
• Account Information: If you create an account, we collect your name, email, and password.
• Communication Data: When you contact us, we collect the content of your messages.
• Newsletter Preferences: Your preferences for specific financial news categories.

1.2 Information We Collect Automatically

• Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our website, including pages visited, time spent, and links clicked.
• Device Information: Information about the device you use to access our services, including IP address, browser type, operating system, and device identifiers.
• Location Data: General location information based on your IP address.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To provide, maintain, and improve our financial news services
• To send you daily market updates, newsletters, and financial alerts
• To personalize your experience and deliver relevant financial content
• To communicate with you about service updates, security alerts, and support messages
• To analyze website usage and improve our content and user experience
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security vulnerabilities
• To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms of service

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: With trusted third-party vendors 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.
• Legal Requirements: When required by law or to respond to legal process, to protect our rights, or to prevent fraud or imminent harm.
• Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• Aggregated Data: We may share aggregated, anonymized data that does not identify any individual.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

Types of cookies we use:

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website
• Preference Cookies: Remember your settings and preferences
• Marketing Cookies: Used to track effectiveness of marketing campaigns

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

5. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate information.
• Right to Erasure: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request restriction of processing your personal data.
• Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request transfer of your data to another organization.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

7. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to other financial websites, market data providers, or investment platforms that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.

If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. 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 and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.