Privacy and Cookies Policy
This Privacy and Cookies Policy describes the privacy practices relating to information that Verging AI. ("Verging AI," "we," "us," "our") collects and uses on our websites that link to this policy, such as verging.ai or any other website or extensions where this policy is displayed (collectively, our "Site"), as well as through our analytics technology services that our clients use on their websites and their mobile applications (our "Services").
1. Information We Collect Through Our Services and How We Use It
Among other services, we provide analytics that allows advertisers, websites and app developers, and third-party ad platforms (collectively our "Clients") to better understand the effectiveness of their content, including online advertising. We may help Clients understand, for instance, whether their articles or ads tend to be viewed by users, and whether their articles or ads appear in a viewable manner. In providing these Services, we may work with business partners who collect and provide us with information collected from users' browsers or devices. The information that we or they may collect through our Services (referred to in this Privacy and Cookies Policy as the "Service Information") includes the following:
Log information
When users visit a website where our Services are deployed, our servers may automatically record information that each browser sends. These server logs include information such as Internet Protocol ("IP") address (a unique number that is automatically assigned to your computer), the date and time, browser type, and users' interactions with our Clients' content and advertising.
Mobile data
Through mobile applications on which our Services are deployed, we (or Clients and other application providers we work with) likewise may collect information about users' interactions with those applications (including your IP address and time-stamp information), and information about users' mobile devices (including device type, handset name, operating system information, mobile identifiers such as Apple IDFA and Android Advertising ID, app-specific identifiers, and a list of the applications devices interacts with).
2. Information We Collect On Our Site and How We Use It
We collect the following information from users, whether passively or actively, when users visit our Site ("Site Information"):
Volunteered
You may share personal information with us when you subscribe to our newsletter, open an account with us, fill out a form on our website, purchase our products or services, or interact with us in other ways. The information you would share in these cases typically would be contact information (e.g. name, email address, and phone number) or billing/payment information. You do not have to share this information with us, but without it you may not be able to access certain content, features, or services.
Posted
You are entirely responsible for the information you post on the public areas of our Site, which may be collected, used, and disclosed by us or third-parties without restriction, despite our efforts to contractually restrict such third-party use via our Terms of Use.
Cookies and Unique IDs
Like most web businesses, we use automated mechanisms (e.g. cookies and pixels) with unique identifiers to keep track of user interactions with our Site. We may use our own technology for that purpose, and we also may use third-party services such as Google Analytics.
3. How We Share the Service Information and Site Information
We share the Service Information with our Clients and their service providers and other platforms that may assist those Clients. We share the Site Information with companies that help us operate our platform and market our services.
We may share the Site and Service Information as follows:
- As part of a business sale, merger, consolidation, investment, change in control, transfer of substantial assets
- With any subsidiaries which are partly or fully owned by corporate affiliates
- With third parties that help us to provide the Site or Services
- If required by law or in response to legal processes
- Where we believe sharing the information may prevent harm or is necessary for protecting our interests
4. "Cookies," "Pixel Tags," and "SDKs," and How We Use Them
Cookies and Pixel Tags
Cookies are small data files that contain a string of characters, such as an anonymous unique browser identifier. A pixel tag is an invisible 1 x 1 pixel that is placed on certain web pages. When you access these web pages, pixel tags generate a generic notice of the visit and permit us to set or read our cookies.
Types of Cookies We Use
- Strictly necessary cookies: Required for the operation of our Site
- Analytical/performance cookies: To analyze how visitors use our Site
- Functionality cookies: To remember your preferences
- Targeting cookies: To deliver more relevant advertisements
5. Your Choices and Opt-Out Options
We provide several ways to control the collection and use of your information:
- Visit the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out page
- Use the Network Advertising Initiative's opt-out tools
- Adjust your browser's cookie settings
- Use our browser extension for additional control
6. Third Parties on our Own Site
Third parties may directly gather user information from users of our Site through automated means such as cookies or pixels. Our ad network partners may use cookies and pixels to collect non-personally identifiable information about your activities to provide you targeted advertising based upon your interests.
7. Information Security
We take measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, interference, disclosure, or destruction of data we collect and store. These may include internal reviews of our data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures. Our servers are protected by firewalls and are physically located in secure data facilities.
8. International Transfers
We may transfer personal information to countries other than your own. Data that we collect will be stored on servers in the United States or in other territories. Please be aware that countries which are outside your country of residence may not offer the same level of data protection as your country of residence.
9. Your Rights
If you are a resident of Australia or of a European Union Member State, you have the following rights:
- The right to request access to your personal information
- The right to ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect information
- The right to opt out of marketing communications
10. Changes to Privacy and Cookies Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy and Cookies Policy without prior notice at any time, and will do so by posting the updated version on our Site.