Your Privacy & Security
Here at officialandreascy.blogspot.com, we greatly value the privacy of our visitors. Hence, this Privacy Policy document aims to clearly outline the types of personal information received and collected and how it is used.
1. User Information We Collect
We collect User Information to provide better services to our users and improve our business:
(a) Information you grant to us, or information provided through a social network
For example, some of our services require you to provide information for a contest or award, or link an account through a social network. Examples of the information we collect may include email, name or phone number.
We work with social networks including, but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus, and LinkedIn. We have access to information you directly provide, and information through those social networking services, based on your privacy settings on those networks.
(b) Information we get from your use of our services
We may collect usage information when you visit different parts of our site, subscribe to our newsletters, or use our applications. We may also automatically collect certain technical information, such as device-specific information (for instance, your hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile information if you use a mobile device to access the site).
2. How We Use User Information We Collect
We make use of the User Information we collect from all of our services and from third parties, to provide, maintain, protect and improve our services, to develop new services and offerings and to protect us and our users. We may also use this aggregated and demographic information to offer you tailored content to meet your needs; such an example could include more relevant search results and ads.
When you contact us, we may keep a record of your communication, as well as other information stated in this Privacy Policy, to help solve any issues you might be facing. We may use your email address to inform you about our services, such as letting you know about upcoming changes or improvements.
Keep in mind that comments’ sections and other similar areas of our services are public. Any information posted in those areas, is viewable and usable by anyone that has access.
We will contact you to ask for your consent before using information for a purpose other than those that are set out in this Privacy Policy. THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY welcomes any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices.
3. Log Files
Like many other websites, when you use our services or view content provided by us, we make use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks with the sole intention of analyzing trends, manage the site, track users’ navigation around the site, and gather demographic information. Importantly, IP addresses, and other such content, are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve marketing, analytics, and the products and services we offer you.
4. Links to Third Party Websites
We include external links for your use and reference. We are not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites. You should be aware that the privacy policies of these sites, may differ from our own.
5. Third Party Comment System
We use a third party online comment system called Disqus. Disqus is a third party application that allows visitors to post comments on our website and connect those and other comments across multiple sites, including third party websites. To post a comment, you will have to login to Disqus and provide some of your personal information on that platform, using one of several options.
Disqus is not acting as our agent. When you post a comment on our website, Disqus will collect information about your visit to this and other sites, including the information you post and your IP address. If you register with, and use Disqus, Disqus may collect and use other information from and about you. This Policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, Disqus' collection or use of your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or other information. We encourage you to review Disqus' Privacy Policy to learn more about its Privacy practices here: https://help.disqus.com/en/articles/1717103-disqus-privacy-policy
6. Email Subscriptions
THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY offers you email subscriptions to receive the latest updates right into your inbox. You can also subscribe to our Daily Newsletter via our email subscription box further below. When you subscribe, please provide only your valid email address and do not subscribe using others’ email addresses.
We use MailChimp to manage our Newsletter and other email lists. There’s no third party tracking in messages we send through MailChimp besides MailChimp’s own analytics, which may aggregate how many subscribers open a message or click the links inside. MailChimp’s Privacy Policy is available at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy.
You can unsubscribe from our Newsletter by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided at the end of the Newsletter. You can also email officialandreascy@andreascy.com, to update your email address, or to request that we delete your email from the Newsletter list.
7. Social Media Widgets
Our website includes social media features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as sharing buttons. These features may collect information like your IP address, the pages you visit on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and Widgets, are either hosted by a third party, or hosted directly on our website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policies of the companies providing them.
8. Cookies and Web Beacons
THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY does use cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information such as which pages the user accesses or visits, or customize web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
9. Google Analytics
THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY uses Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the site. The tool uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.
We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any Personally Identifiable Information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website.
To provide website visitors more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed an Opt-out Browser add-on, which is available by visiting Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, to enable you to opt-out of Google’s programs. To opt out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting please feel free to exercise your rights as detailed in section 2 of our Privacy Policy, or alternatively contact THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY as detailed in section 17 of our Privacy Policy.
10. Quantcast
(a) Quantcast Choice
We use Quantcast Choice to be fully compliant with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on internet user privacy, requiring transparency in how we use your data.
Specifically, Quantcast Choice operates as a Consent Management Platform (CMP) that allows the implementation of the IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework. Quantcast Choice enables us to source consent to use consumer data to measure activity on our site and recognize and deliver relevant advertising and online content to EU citizens, all while staying compliant with GDPR.
(b) Quantcast Analytics
We use Quantcast Analytics to help analyze how users use our site. The tool uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. Quantcast tags are tiny graphics the size of a full stop embedded in web pages. Information gathered by Quantcast tags is not tied to personally identifiable information of visitors to our site.
This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY and to compile statistical reports on website activity for THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY, in order to improve user's experience and to see how the site is used. Quantcast does not make any attempt to tie visitor data to personally identifiable information. The Quantcast Privacy Policy is available here: https://www.quantcast.com/privacy
9. Google Analytics
THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY uses Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the site. The tool uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.
We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any Personally Identifiable Information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website.
To provide website visitors more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed an Opt-out Browser add-on, which is available by visiting Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, to enable you to opt-out of Google’s programs. To opt out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting please feel free to exercise your rights as detailed in section 2 of our Privacy Policy, or alternatively contact THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY as detailed in section 17 of our Privacy Policy.
10. Quantcast
(a) Quantcast Choice
We use Quantcast Choice to be fully compliant with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on internet user privacy, requiring transparency in how we use your data.
Specifically, Quantcast Choice operates as a Consent Management Platform (CMP) that allows the implementation of the IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework. Quantcast Choice enables us to source consent to use consumer data to measure activity on our site and recognize and deliver relevant advertising and online content to EU citizens, all while staying compliant with GDPR.
(b) Quantcast Analytics
We use Quantcast Analytics to help analyze how users use our site. The tool uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. Quantcast tags are tiny graphics the size of a full stop embedded in web pages. Information gathered by Quantcast tags is not tied to personally identifiable information of visitors to our site.
This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY and to compile statistical reports on website activity for THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY, in order to improve user's experience and to see how the site is used. Quantcast does not make any attempt to tie visitor data to personally identifiable information. The Quantcast Privacy Policy is available here: https://www.quantcast.com/privacy
11. DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our website. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to officialandreascy.blogspot.com, similar to other online websites. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL - https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Some of our Advertising Partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our Advertising Partners include: Amazon Associates, Rakuten LinkShare, CJ Affiliate, and oneNetworkDirect.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks, employ technology for the advertisements and links that appear on our website sent directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technology tools (such as Cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements, and/or to customize the advertising content that you see.
THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY has no access to, or control over these cookies that are utilized by third-party advertisers. You are advised to consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices, as well as for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites.
It is possible to disable cookies, if you wish so, through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
12. Security and Protection of User Information
THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY has implemented reasonable security mechanisms to protect User Information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. Examples of these security mechanisms include limited and password-protected access, firewalls, and SSL encryption to protect transmission of data. However, please keep in mind that no security system is impenetrable. It may be possible for third parties to intercept or access User Information. THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY cannot guarantee the security of such information and cannot be held responsible.
THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY never sells or shares any User Information with individuals or companies.
13. Right to be Forgotten
Right to be Forgotten Users subject to the data privacy laws of the European Union and/or the United Kingdom may at any time issue a request to us that we remove, cease using, and/or permanently delete any information that you have submitted to us. Such valid requests will be honored promptly, according to the applicable rules and regulations of the European Union and the United Kingdom. Any request to destroy some or all of the information you submit to us, must be made in writing, to the designated contact information provided here.
Please note that, any information destroyed or removed cannot be recovered; once destroyed, such information must be resubmitted by the user before we are able to verify, confirm, or disclose any such information in the future.
14. Children Under Age of 13
Our website is not directed towards children under 13, and we will not knowingly collect information for any child under the age of 13. If you are the parent of a child under the age of 13 and have a concern regarding your child's information on our website, please let us know.
15. Enforcement and Dispute Resolution
We regularly review our compliance with our Privacy Policy. When we receive formal written complaints, we will contact the person who made the complaint to follow up.
16. Changes to this Privacy Statement
The contents of this Privacy Policy statement may be altered at any time, at our discretion. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
17. Contacting us
17. Contacting us
By using our website, mobile applications, and services, you consent to our collection and use of your personal data described in this Privacy Policy. If you require more information or have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us here or by email at officialandreascy@andreascy.com.
18. Effective Date of this Privacy Policy
This document is in effect as of January 27th, 2024.
