Privacy Policy for AI Content Aggregator
Effective Date: May 20, 2025
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://aicontentaggregator.com.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our AI Content Aggregator WordPress plugin, or purchase our products via the Freemius platform.
2. Information We Collect
Comments and User Interactions
- When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form (such as name, email, and comment content), along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection and security.
- An anonymized hash of your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you have a profile picture. You can review the Gravatar privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
- After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if available) will be visible publicly next to your comment.
Media Uploads
- If you upload images to the website (e.g., in comments or user profiles), please avoid uploading images containing embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
- If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year.
- When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Upon logging in, several cookies are set to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, screen options cookies last for one year, and if you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
- If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved that includes the post ID of the article you edited. This cookie expires after one day.
- Our website may use cookies and tracking technologies from third parties, including Freemius, for analytics, licensing, and marketing purposes. Freemius’s cookies help manage your plugin license, process payments, and provide customer support.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
- Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from other websites. These embedded contents behave as if you visited the other website directly.
- These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to those websites.
Data Collected via Freemius Platform
- When you purchase or register the AI Content Aggregator plugin via Freemius, certain personal information (such as your name, email, billing information, IP address, and purchase history) is collected and processed by Freemius.
- Freemius acts as the merchant of record and data processor for these transactions. For details on how Freemius handles your data, please review their privacy policy here: https://freemius.com/privacy/.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Manage and moderate comments and user interactions.
- Provide, maintain, and improve our website and plugin services.
- Process purchases, license activations, and renewals via Freemius.
- Detect and prevent spam, fraud, and other security threats.
- Communicate with you about your account, purchases, updates, and support.
- Comply with legal obligations.
4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
- We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties.
- We share your data with trusted service providers who perform services on our behalf, including Freemius for payment processing and license management.
- Your comments and profile information are publicly visible on the website once approved.
- We may disclose your information if required by law or to protect our rights.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
- Registered users’ personal information is stored in their user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except their username.
- License and purchase data managed by Freemius is retained as per their policies and for as long as necessary to provide services.
6. Your Rights Regarding Your Data
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you have the right to:
- Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Request the correction or deletion of your personal data, subject to legal and administrative exceptions.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Object to or restrict certain processing activities.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at the email address provided on our Contact page. Note that data processed by Freemius must be requested directly through their support channels.
7. Security of Your Data
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
8. Cookies and Your Choices
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Please note that blocking some cookies may affect the functionality of the website and the plugin.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of our website and services after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us via our Contact page.