Website Policy

Last updated: 08-Mar-2024

Welcome to IceDust. This page outlines our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our website and the choices you have associated with that data.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

1. Data Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our website to you.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded personal information. Visitors to the website can download and extract any data from images on the website.

2. Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Cookies and Usage Data

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the website is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, our website pages that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

3. Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website.

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.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our website.
  • Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

4. Use of Data

IceDust uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our website
  • To notify you about changes to our website
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our website when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our website
  • To monitor the usage of our website
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues

5. Analytics

We use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

6. Subscription Service

We offer a subscription service for users who wish to receive updates and news about our projects and content. By subscribing, you agree to receive emails from us about new content, news, and other updates. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email.

7. Embedded Content and Third-Party Integrations

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., web maps, data visualizations, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Use of Web Map Applications and Data from Measurement Stations

Our service integrates web map applications and data from various measurement stations to provide users with real-time information and visualization tools. While these applications do not directly collect personal information from users on our site, they may collect non-personally identifiable information related to user interaction and usage patterns. We utilize this data to enhance our service offerings and improve user experience. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of the respective services for more detailed information.

8. 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.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, prior to the change becoming effective and update 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.

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