Privacy Policy
Ensuring Data Protection in Machine Translation and Beyond
Effective Date: [01.12.2024]
This Privacy Policy outlines how machinestranslation.com (“we,” “our,” or “us”) handles your information. This Privacy Policy describes how we handle your data when you use our Website and Services (“Website and Services”), including the collection, use, disclosure and protection of your data.
Your use of or access to the Website and Services constitutes your acceptance of this Agreement. If you do not agree then please stop using the service immediately.
Information We Collect
1.1 Specific Information about Yourself
We may collect the following:
Types of Personal Information: Name, email address, phone number and others that you provide when registering for an appointment or contacting us.
1.2 Non-Personal Information
Among others, this includes type of browser and operating system used to access the Website and Services.
1.3 Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and other similar technologies to improve your experience:
Identifying visitations in lifetime requests.
Usage of the Website for functionality improvement.
You can set your browser to refuse cookies but this may limit your experience. More Information: Cookies and Tracking Below
The Usage of Information That We Collect
We rely on data we collect from you to facilitate your use of, and help personalize, our Website and Services. Following are the details how we use your data:
Administering and maintaining the website and services
Operating and improving our Website, Services, and related tools.
Correcting technical errors and troubleshooting as well as putting processes in place to secure your information.
Iterating on the design and usability of the Website based on user feedback and analytics.
Personalizing Your Experience
Customizing content, recommendations, and features based on your interests and preferences
Showing information or promotions about your previous usage of this Website and Services.
To improve your experience by recognizing when you visit our website again and remembering your preferences during the session.
Processing Transactions and Sending Updates
Secure and efficient handling of payments, subscriptions, and purchases
Sending order confirmations, invoices and transaction status updates.
Disclosure of service updates (e.g. feature changes, maintenance, or outages)
Quickly responding to your questions, support tickets and requests.
Legal compliance and enforcement of rights
Meeting requests from law applicable laws such as data holding, reporting and compliance requirements.
Enforcing our terms of service, policies and agreements to protect the integrity of our Website and Services
Discovering, prevention and alerting about fraudulent, abusive or unauthorized use of our platform.
When we receive a court order or other governmental request, cooperating with the authorities as legally required.
These types of uses are necessary to ensure a safe, stable and pleasurable experience for all users who use our platform. See Data Retention and Minimization and Data Security and Breach Protocol for more information on this topic.
Cookies and Tracking
Your control over cookies on the site:
Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on your device to help tailor the persona we show you based on information you provide! Most web browsers automatically accept cookies; however, you can modify your browser setting then it will decline all cookies if wished. Please note that disabling cookies may prevent you from using some features of the Website.
View and Manage Cookie Preferences: For example, when you visit a site like ours, it may have cookie banners or even tools that let you set your own preferences.
Remove Cookies: You can remove cookies saved on your device via your browser settings. You may need to re-authenticate each time you visit the Website and this will delete all of your preferences.
See Cookies Policy, or contact us for support to ask more how we use the cookies and your options in managing them.
Do Not Track Signals
Enforce do-not-track (DNT): Some web browsers, like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari, have a DNT option built-in. The purpose of this feature is to request from websites not to track your online behavior. The DNT signal requests the Website not to track the user for behavioral advertising or analytics when activated.
Processing “Do Not Track” Signals
Although a “Do Not Track” feature is available, industry groups such as browser creators and data privacy experts have reported that there is no standard way for websites to interpret or respond to DNT signals. The confusing inconsistency stems from the nature of the DNT request itself — it is served on a voluntary basis, and there are no legal or technical mechanisms for mandating how exactly websites should respond to IGNORED browsers.
Some sites may comply with DNT requests and untrack you, while others may not. Second, DNT means many different things to many people in the tech industry, and efforts have been underway to deliberate amongst technologists about whether it should be applied at all. Because of this ambiguity around the meaning of DNT, the Website and Services do not currently respond to DNT signals.
Our DNT Policy: What You Can Expect From Us, DNT or Not
While we currently take no action in response to Do Not Track signals, our Privacy Policy describes our commitments to meaningful limitations on the responsible use of personal information. More specifically, we limit the collection, use and sharing of personal data in these ways:
Appropriate Use and Retention of Personal Information: We collect only the data that is necessary for our operation, and we do not maintain personal information longer than needed.
Non-Intrusive Tracking: We use cookies and tracking technologies that are intended to enrich the user experience, but we attempt to do so non-intrusively. For example, we might use cookies for functionality such as remembering your login or preferences but not excessive tracking of the pages you visit on other sites.
Disabling Targeted Advertising: You can control your cookie options and opt out of interest-based advertising. Other than potential usage data for website analytics, but we will honor the opt out you set for targeted ads and marketing messages.
Enforce do-not-track (DNT): Some web browsers, like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari, have a DNT option built-in. The purpose of this feature is to request from websites not to track your online behavior. The DNT signal requests the Website not to track the user for behavioral advertising or analytics when activated.
Future Plans on DNT Signals
We are in continuing phases of examination and maintaining adaptability around our practices as standards for understanding, interpreting, and responding to DNT signals continue to change over time. We work to keep our Website and Services compliant with current laws and practices on privacy, and will update our approach as necessary in order to give users greater control over their information.
To reiterate, we currently do not respond to Do Not Track signals because there is no consistent, standardized response outside our service-wide aggregate tracking setting and while we are committed to respecting your privacy by restricting the use of personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. However, you can continue to control cookies as well as opt out or exercise your rights with regards to your personal data set forth in this Policy.
Child Privacy and TOS in the Content
We take all necessary measures to protect the privacy of our users and, in particular, children, to comply with laws and regulations designed to protect minors online. In furtherance to our obligations under Applicable Child Protection Laws, we do not intentionally process personal data about children under the age of 13 to 16 (as applicable in your jurisdiction) without receiving appropriate parental or guardian consent. Here we explain how you handle children’s privacy and any user- generated content that might involve anyone under 18.
The process of gathering personal information from minors younger than 13-16
We take specific measures to prevent children under the age of 13 to 16 (depending on what is applicable in your country or overseas that affects you) from being able to be recorded as personal data for any purpose, such as enforced under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act four USA and similarly oversea laws. We do not intentionally request or collect personal information from children in this age group. In the event we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove such information from our files.
Some sites may comply with DNT requests and untrack you, while others may not. Second, DNT means many different things to many people in the tech industry, and efforts have been underway to deliberate amongst technologists about whether it should be applied at all. Because of this ambiguity around the meaning of DNT, the Website and Services do not currently respond to DNT signals.
Parental or Guardian Consent
Where we collect personal data from children aged 13–16, we only do it with the verifiable approval of a parent or guardian before collecting or processing any information. This allows parents or guardians to know and consent to how the data is being collected on their child. If the consent cannot be obtained, we shall not collect/use any personal data on children within this age group.
Children In User-Generated content
We understand that users sometimes submit child-related content (e.g., photos, videos or otherwise) to our Website or Services. The user content that you may submit (for example, submissions related to specific activities such as contests, events or social media engagement). However, we note that users assume sole responsibility for compliance with any and all applicable laws in submitting content relating to children.
If users choose to share content featuring a minor then they must be sure that they have the appropriate permissions or consents beforehand. This includes soliciting/administering parental or guardian consent in the use of their image, likeness or any identification. Any personal information pertaining to children is required by users to comply with all local, national, and international laws regulating the collection and dissemination of such data.
Disclaimer: No Responsibility Omitted
For content related to children which users submit, our intention is that we be not held responsible. We do our best to provide a safe and responsible platform but cannot be liable for user-generated content involving children, as we have no control over how or by whom the content is created. Any users who submit any content pertaining to children agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from all liability or damages resulting therefrom.
That is to say, if there are any problems with user-submitted content (lawsuits, privacy acts, or whatever else that may come about due to the submitted content), it will be completely up to the user who has provided said content to take care of these issues. Including but not limited to privacy infringement or failure to secure adequate parental consent resulting from the submission of content involving children.
For Users Submitting Content Involving Children
We recommend users take the following steps to stay compliant with privacy laws and best practices:
Ensure you have parental/guardian consent for any content involving children, such as images, videos or stories Such consent should where possible be in writing and verifiable.
That’s because you have to respect Child Privacy: Don’t submit or upload a post that would divulge too much identifiable information in relation to a child – full names, addresses and anything that could put the child at risk.
Observe the Law: All submissions must comply with child protection laws, such as COPPA in the U.S., and other local, national or international guidelines concerning the online collection of personal data from minors.
Why Are We Being Shown This User-Generated Content
We are not responsible for user-generated content, but we reserve the right to moderate and delete any content that violates our terms of service or community guidelines. We may remove content about children that is not in compliance with our policies or the law, and we will suspend an account for submitting such content.
To put it simply, we are not aware of collecting any personal data of children below 13–16 years of age without suitable parental or guardian consent. All users who submit content that contains children accept the responsibility for compliance with the relevant laws regarding permissions. In the unlikely event that a user submits content, they must indemnify us for any damages or legal claims related to what that user provides. Users must act responsibly and submit materials that neither violate the privacy nor endanger the safety of children, complying with relevant legislation.
Reducing and keeping data as little as possible
We keep personal data only to the extent necessary for legal or operational reasons. It is wiped out once it is no longer useful. If such aggregate data, which has been obtained from your personal information, is non-identifiable to you then we may hold on to it.
Data Minimization Principles
Only collect data that you intend to use for a reasonable purpose.
Retain data only for as long as necessary to meet its purpose or legal requirements.
Protection of data and procedure in case of Breach
We have taken technical and organizational measures in place to protect your data, comprising of:
Encryption and firewalls.
You have controlled access and monitored them.
Data Breach Protocol
What we'll do if there is a breach:
Wherever possible, dig into the problem and include mitigation.
Tell relevant users, where legally warranted.
You must not resist the law enforcement agency.
However, no Internet transmission is ever completely secure. As a condition of your use of our Website, you acknowledge the inherent risks associated with such use.
Your Rights and Choices
Your rights regarding your data are:
Withdraw Consent: use this feature to prevent us from processing data at any point.
Access and Correction: examine and amend faulty data
Erasure — Under certain conditions, you have the right to get your personal data erased.
Portability: Get data in a format you can transfer
Targeting: limitation of processing or opt-out in relation to direct marketing.
To exercise your rights write to us at [Insert Contact Detail].
Data Transfers
We may transfer your personal data to countries outside of the European Union. These transfers are covered by legally adequate and security appropriate solutions
Best Practices for Information Security
We use reasonable security measures to protect your data from access, alteration or destruction by unauthorized parties. That said, unfortunately, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Advertisements and Affiliates
Advertisements
We use cookies to, for example, show you our ads and provide non-identifying aggregate information to advertisers. Third-party advertisers may use cookies to track activity and serve better-targeted ads.
Affiliates
We may also share your information with or partner with our affiliates to provide related services. Any data we share is subject to this privacy policy
Email Marketing
Newsletter & Promotional Emails: We only send newsletters and promotional emails to users who have opted in. You may also unsubscribe at any time using the link included in our messages.
Except as required for the provision of the services or as set forth in this Policy, we will not share your email address with third parties.
Third Party Resources Links
Links to External Sites on Our Website That our use of their services is beyond our control. Note: before giving personal data, get privacy policies in these websites.
Administering incident reporting and providing support
We offer a ticketing system for enemies to report incursions or events of concern. Reports are dealt with swiftly by our team. Next, submit your report at [Insert Ticketing System Link].
Changes to This Policy
From time to time we might amend this Policy. Material changes are communicated via:
Changes to the “Effective date.”
Notifications on the Website.
You consent to the revised Policy by your continued use of the Website and Services following such changes.
Acceptance of This Policy
Your access or use of our Website and Services constitutes your acceptance of, and agreement with this Privacy Policy. If not, then do not use it.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: