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privacy policy
Last update: November 2022
This Privacy Policy sets out our policies and procedures for collecting, using and disclosing your information when you use the Service. It also brief you about your privacy rights and how they are protected by law.
We use your personal data to provide and improve the Service for you. By using this service, you consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and definitions
Interpretation
The meanings of the encoded words are written in bold letters in accordance with the following terms. The following definitions have the same meanings whether they are in singular or plural form.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
An account means a distinguished account created for you to access all or parts of our Service.
An affiliate
means an entity that controls a party or entity, or is being controlled by a party or entity, or is under joint control by a party or entity, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, capital interest, or other securities that allow it to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors or another administrative body.
Application
means a computer program provided by the company and downloaded by you to any electronic device, called “Al Ittihad App”.
The Company (referred to either as “the Company”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this Agreement) refers to Abu Dhabi Media Company, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Street, Muroor Area, P.O. Box: 63, Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates.
Cookies are small files placed through a website on your computer, mobile or any other device and they contain details of your browsing history on that website among many uses.
The country refers to: The United Arab Emirates.
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, mobile phone, smart TV or digital tablet.
Personal data is any information associated with an identified or a person that can be identified.
The Service refers to the Application, the Website, or both.
“Service Provider” means any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Company. The term also refers to companies or other individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, provide the Service on behalf of the Company, perform Service-related services, or assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
“Usage Data” refers to the data collected automatically, either issued through using the Service or through the Service infrastructure itself (eg the duration of visiting some page).
The website refers to the website of "Al-Ittihad Newspaper", which can be accessed through the link: https://en.aletihad.ae “You” means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company or other legal entity on behalf of which that individual is accessing or using the Service, according to the case.
Collection and use of your personal data
Types of data collected
Personal data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information includes:
Usage data
Usage Data is collected automatically while using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser version, the pages that you have visited, the time and date of your visit, the period spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the Service through a mobile, we may collect certain information automatically, including for example the type of mobile device you use, your mobile identification number, your mobile Internet Protocol address, your mobile operating system, and the type of Internet browser used on your phone, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access the Service through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information as well as improving and analyzing our Service. The technologies we use may include:
These cookies are either "persistent" or session cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer or mobile device when you are not connected to the Internet, while session cookies are deleted once you close your web browser. You can learn more about cookies here: https://www.termsfeed.com/blog/cookies
We use both session and persistent cookies for the purposes described below:
Necessary/necessary cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Managed by: us
Purpose: These cookies are necessary to provide you with the services available through the Website and to allow you to use some of its features. They also help verify users and prevent user accounts from being used by fraudulent individuals. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided, and only we use these cookies to provide you with those services.
Cookie Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookie Policy
Type: persistent cookies
Managed by: us
Purpose: These cookies determine whether users have accepted the use of cookies on the website.
Functional cookies
Type: persistent cookies
Managed by: us<
Purpose: These cookies allow us to remember your choices when using the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preferences. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid having to re-enter your preferences each time you use the Website.
Use of your personal data
The company has the right to use personal data for the following purposes:
Provide and maintain our Service including monitoring the use of our Service.
Manage your account: to manage your registration process as a user of the Service. The personal data you provide may allow you to access various functionalities of the Service that are available to you as a “Registered User.”
Contacting You: i.e. contacting you through email, phone calls, SMS or equivalent forms of electronic communication such as new event notification mechanisms through the Mobile Application regarding updates or informational communications relating to functionality, contracted products or services, including security updates, when required or necessary for its implementation.
Providing you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events that we offer and which are similar to those you have inquired about.
Managing your requests: Fulfilling and managing your requests to us.
Business Transfers: We may use your information to evaluate or effect a merger, liquidation, restructuring, reorganizing, dissolution, sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as an existing business or as part of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or other similar measures, where personal data we hold about users of our Service is among the transferred assets..
For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as analyzing data, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating our service, products, marketing process, and your expertise, and seeking to improve their level.
We may share your personal information in the following cases:
Retention of your personal data
The Company will retain your personal data only for the period necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we must retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce legal agreements and policies.
Usage Data will also be retained by the Company for internal analytics purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to enhance the security or functionality of the Service, or when we are legally required to retain this data for longer periods.
Transformation and transfer of your personal data
Your information, including your personal data, is processed in the offices of the Company's management and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your city, territory, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws differ from those in your jurisdiction.
Your approval in this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information constitutes your consent to such transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and your Personal Data will not be transferred to any organization or country unless you have controls in place to ensure the security of your data and other personal information.
Request to delete personal data
You can apply for the deletion of your personal data by:
When the request is executed, all your data will be deleted from our database, and further communications will be stopped from Abu Dhabi Media Company websites or from relevant third party websites.
Disclosure of personal data
commercial transactions
In the event that the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, your personal data may be transferred. We will send you a notice before your personal data is transferred and become subject to a different privacy policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to justified requests from public authorities (such as a court or government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to:
Security and safety of your personal data
The security and safety of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of data transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee it’s 100% secure of safe.
Detailed information about the processing of your personal data
Our service providers may be able to view your personal data. These third party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about your activity on our Service in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Privacy of minors and young adults
Our Service does not address anyone 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 become aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we learn that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information from our servers.
If we need to rely on approval as a legal basis for processing your information and your state requires a parent's consent, we may require your parent's approval before collecting and using that information.
Links to other websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. When you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's website. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit.
We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party sites or services.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time, and we will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page with the "Last Updated" date at the top of the Privacy Policy.
Please review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective immediately upon being posted on this page.
call us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:
Via email: Legal@admedia.ae
