Privacy Policy for ielts9.me

At ielts9.me, accessible from ielts9.me, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by ielts9.me and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in ielts9.me. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website
• Understand and analyze how you use our website
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
• Send you emails
• Find and prevent fraud

Specific Details of Data Collection and Usage

The specific types of data we collect include:

• Account information: username, email address, encrypted password information
• Submitted content: articles submitted for scoring and related content
• Usage data: access time, duration of use, feature usage frequency
• Device information: IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers
• Payment information: transaction records (without storing complete payment card information)

Data Storage and Security

We take the following measures to protect your data: - Using encryption technology to protect data transmission and storage - Regular security assessments and system updates - Strict internal access controls - Data backup and disaster recovery plans

AI Technology Usage

We use AI technology to process your article content, specifically including: - Article scoring and analysis - Writing suggestion generation - Service improvement and personalization

Data Retention Period

We will retain your data for the following periods: - Account information: During account lifetime and 30 days after termination - Article content: 24 months after submission - Usage records: 12 months - Payment records: As required by law

Cross-border Data Transfer

For cross-border data transfers, we ensure: - Compliance with relevant data protection regulations - Implementation of appropriate data protection measures - Obtaining necessary user consent

Minor Privacy Protection

For users under 16 years of age: - Guardian consent is required to use services - Special data processing restrictions - Stricter content filtering

Third-party Services

Our third-party services include: - Payment processing services - Analytics tools - Cloud service providers Each third party must comply with our data protection standards.

Process for Exercising User Rights

You can exercise your rights through:
1. Sending an email to: support@ielts9.me
2. Operating in website account settings
3. Contacting our data protection officer
We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Log Files

ielts9.me follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting service's analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, ielts9.me uses cookies. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of ielts9.me.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on ielts9.me, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that ielts9.me has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

ielts9.me's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.

Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.

Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The 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.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

ielts9.me does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.