Privacy Policy - Clear Skies Media Group

Effective Date: June 10, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Clear Skies Media Group (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your information when you visit and use our website, clearskiesmediagroup.com (the “Website”).

We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data transparently and securely. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect various types of information from and about users of our Website, including:

Personal Information: This is information that can directly or indirectly identify you. This may include:
- Contact Information: Name, email address (e.g., when you subscribe to a newsletter or submit a contact form).
- Comments and User Content: Information you provide when leaving comments on our articles or submitting other user-generated content.
Non-Personal Information / Usage Data: This is information that does not directly identify you but relates to your activity on our Website. This may include:
- Device and Browser Information: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, screen resolution.
- Usage Patterns: Pages visited, content viewed, time spent on pages, referral sources, search queries on our site.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information collected through cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar technologies (see Section 3).

2. How We Collect Your Information

We collect information through various methods:

Directly from You: When you voluntarily provide it to us, such as:
- Signing up for our newsletter.
- Submitting a contact form.
- Leaving comments on articles.
- Participating in surveys or polls.
Automatically through Technology: As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to gather certain information about your equipment, Browse actions, and patterns. This includes:
- Server Logs: Standard log data collected by our web server.
- Analytics Tools: Services like Google Analytics (see Section 3).
- Advertising Networks: Information collected by third-party advertising partners (see Section 3).
From Third Parties: We may receive information about you from third-party services that integrate with our Website (e.g., social media platforms if you connect your account, or third-party content providers).

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our Website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze site usage, and support our advertising efforts.

What are Cookies? Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember information about your visit, like your preferences, or to recognize you on subsequent visits.
How We Use Cookies: We use cookies for:
- Essential Website Functionality: To enable core features of the Website.
- Performance and Analytics: To understand how visitors use our Website, identify popular content, and improve our services (e.g., Google Analytics).
- Advertising and Personalization: To deliver relevant advertisements and personalize content based on your interests and Browse history.
Types of Cookies:
- First-party cookies: Set by us directly.
- Third-party cookies: Set by third-party services integrated into our Website (e.g., social media plugins, advertising partners).
Your Choices Regarding Cookies: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:
- Refuse to accept browser cookies.
- Delete existing cookies.
- Be notified before a cookie is set.
- However, if you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of the Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

To Provide and Maintain Our Website: To ensure the proper functioning of our content and services.
To Improve and Personalize Your Experience: To tailor content, recommend articles, and enhance the overall user experience.
To Send You Communications:
- Newsletters and updates if you have subscribed.
- Responses to your inquiries and comments.
- Important service announcements.
For Analytics and Research: To understand trends, track user engagement, and optimize our Website’s performance.
For Advertising and Marketing: To display relevant advertisements and promotional content, both on our Website and on third-party platforms.
To Ensure Security and Prevent Fraud: To protect our Website, users, and data from unauthorized access or malicious activity.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: To meet legal requirements and respond to lawful requests from authorities.

We may share your information with the following categories of third parties:

Service Providers: We engage third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Website and services (e.g., hosting providers, analytics providers, email service providers, advertising partners). These third parties have access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Advertising Partners: We may share non-personal information, and in some cases, personal information (e.g., hashed email addresses for audience matching), with advertising networks and platforms to deliver targeted advertisements.
Legal and Regulatory Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency request).
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your information may be transferred as part of the transaction. We will notify you before your information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

7. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws (such as GDPR for EU residents or CCPA for California residents), you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data we hold.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent.
Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing (CCPA): If you are a California resident, you have the right to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information. We provide a clear “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link on our website footer for this purpose (if applicable).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided in Section 11. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without verifiable parental consent. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child, please contact us immediately.

10. Third-Party Links

Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or would like to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us:

By Email: jude@clearskiesmediagroup.com