Privacy Policy for www.cgsbnews.com

Last updated: August 25, 2025

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.cgsbnews.com. At CGSB News, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information collected and recorded by www.cgsbnews.com and how we use it. For additional questions or more information about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regard to the information they share and/or we collect on www.cgsbnews.com. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, and we will make clear the reasons for collecting it at the point of collection. If you contact us directly, we may receive information such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of your message, and any attachments you provide.

When you register for an account, we may collect contact information, including your name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

Comments

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

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience, so you do not need to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

Upon logging in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends your login persistence to two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie, indicating the post ID of the edited article, is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited those websites. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Google Ads and Third-Party Advertising

We use Google Ads to serve advertisements on our website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to deliver ads based on your visits to www.cgsbnews.com and other websites. You may opt out of DART cookies by visiting Google’s ad and content network Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Our advertising partners, including Google, may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your preferences and the pages you visit to optimize ad content. Google’s Privacy Policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Third-party ad servers or networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons in their advertisements and links on www.cgsbnews.com, which are sent directly to your browser and automatically receive your IP address. These technologies measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and personalize ad content. CGSB News has no access to or control over these cookies used by third-party advertisers.

We advise consulting the privacy policies of our advertising partners for detailed information on their practices and opt-out options. You can disable cookies through your browser settings; specific instructions can be found on your browser’s respective website.

Log Files

CGSB News follows standard procedures for using log files, which log visitor activity. These files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamps, referring/exit pages, and possibly click counts. This data is not linked to personally identifiable information and is used for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking user movement, and gathering demographic information.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Provide, operate, and maintain our website.
Improve, personalize, and expand our website.
Understand and analyze website usage.
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
Communicate with you, including for customer service, updates, and marketing purposes.
Send emails.
Prevent fraud.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not share your personal data with third parties except as described in this policy or as required by law.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, we store personal information provided in their user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your Data Protection Rights

GDPR Data Protection Rights

Every user is entitled to:

Right to access: Request copies of your personal data (a small fee may apply).
Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to restrict processing: Request restriction of personal data processing under certain conditions.
Right to object to processing: Object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to data portability: Request transfer of your data to another organization or directly to you under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond. Contact us at [email protected] to exercise these rights.

CCPA Privacy Rights

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers have the right to:

Request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal data collected.
Request deletion of personal data collected.
Request that a business not sell their personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond. Contact us at [email protected] to exercise these rights.

Where Your Data Is Sent

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

Children’s Information

We prioritize protecting children online. CGSB News does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you believe your child has provided such information, please contact us immediately at [email protected], and we will promptly remove it from our records.