Privacy Policy & Data Collection Terms

PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date 01.11.2024

1. Preamble
   
   Welcome to Burning.Farm. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
   
   
   
   

2. How We Use Your Data
   
   Burning Farm only collects data that is required in order to provide services to you, that is:
   
   • Contacting you monthly through our newsletter provided consent and a valid email address.
   
   • Monitoring our infrastructure for bugs or security issues.
   
   • Non intrusive cookies to track which articles are viewed and downloaded.
   
   
   
   

3. Cookies
   
   We use cookies to enhance your experience on our site. You can manage your cookie preferences in your browser settings.
   
   
   
   

4. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
   
   We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
   
   • Consent: You have given us permission to process your data.
   
   • Legitimate Interests: saving the email address you provided to send our monthly newsletter to you.
   
   
   
   

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure
   
   We may share your some of your data with external persons for the following purposes only:
   
   • For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
   
   
   
   

6. Data Security

   
   We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal data. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure.

   
   
   
   

7. Your Rights

   
   Under applicable data protection laws, you have the right to:

   
   • Access your personal data.
   • Request correction of inaccurate data.
   • Request deletion of your data.
   • Object to or restrict processing of your data.
   • Withdraw consent for processing.

   
   To exercise these rights, please contact us at tpod@epfl.ch
   
   
   
   

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

   We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page. Please review this policy periodically for any changes.
   
   
   
   

9. Contact Us
   
   If you wish to contact us to discuss any data we may have about you, you can contact us at tpod@epfl.ch. Under GDPR legislation you have the right to withdraw your consent to our use of this data, however, it should be noted that Right to Erasure may not apply to authors of a submitted article as we have a legitimate interest in keeping your data to identify you as the author of a published and indexed text.

DATA COLLECTION TERMS
Effective Date 01.11.2024

1. Introduction

   
   At Burning Farm, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Data Collection Terms page outlines how we collect, use, and share information about you when you visit our website or use our services.
   
   
   
   

2. How we collect data
   
   Burning Farm uses third party software to communicate with subscribers and to improve the platform’s usability and performance. All third party software, namely Google Analytics and Mailchimp have their own Privacy Policy following the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

   
   • Google Analytics – Privacy Notice
   • Mailchimp – Privacy Notice
   
   
   
   

3. How We Use Your Information

   
   We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:
   
   • To provide and maintain our services: We use your information to deliver our services and improve your experience.
   
   • To communicate with you: We may use your contact information to send you updates, newsletters, and promotional materials.
   
   • To analyze usage: We analyze how users interact with our website to improve our services and user experience.

   
   • To comply with legal obligations: We may process your information to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
   
   
   
   

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
   
   We may share your information in the following circumstances:

   
   • With service providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors who assist us in providing our services.
   

   • For legal reasons: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
   
   
   
   

5. Data Security
   
   We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure.
   
   
   
   

6. Your Rights
   

   Under the GDPR, you have the right to:

   
   • Access your personal data.

   • Request correction of inaccurate data.
   • Request deletion of your data.

   • Object to or restrict processing of your data.

   • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

   • To exercise these rights, please contact us at tpod@epfl.ch
   
   
   
   

7. Changes to This Page

   
   We may update our Data Collection Terms from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new terms on this page. You are advised to review this page periodically for any changes.
   
   
   
   

8. Contact Us

   
   If you have any questions about this Data Collection Terms page, please contact us at tpod@epfl.ch