Privacy Policy

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Last Updated: 1/12/2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Black Seed Nova (referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our”). We value your privacy and want you to understand how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you visit or interact with our website:
https://blackseednova.com (the “Website”).

By using our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our Website.

2. Who We Are

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: info@blackseednova.com

3. Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

4. Media

If you upload images to the Website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Website can download and extract any location data from images on the Website.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

5.1 General Cookies

  • Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year.
  • Login Page: When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to see if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • Logged In: When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
  • Article Editing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie (containing no personal data) will be saved in your browser to indicate the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

5.2 Google Analytics (via Site Kit)

We use Google Site Kit, which integrates Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors engage with our Website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on pages

These cookies help us improve our services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. For more information, visit:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

Opting Out: You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

5.3 Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display ads on our Website. AdSense uses advertising cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Website and/or other sites on the Internet.

  • How It Works:
    • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our Website or other websites.
    • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our Website and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • Opting Out of Personalized Ads:
    • You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
    • Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
  • Other Third-Party Vendors or Ad Networks:
    • If we have not opted out of third-party ad serving, additional third-party vendors or ad networks may also use cookies to serve ads on our Website.
    • We will provide a list of any such third-party ad networks (if applicable) and links to their privacy policies.
    • You may visit these vendor or ad network websites to opt out of cookies for personalized advertising, if available.

5.4 Affiliate Marketing Cookies

We participate in affiliate marketing programs that use tracking cookies. When you click on an affiliate link, a cookie may be placed on your device to track referrals so we can earn a commission on sales. We do not control the cookies placed by affiliate partners. Please consult their respective privacy policies for more details.

6. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this Website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if you visited those websites directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

7. Contact Forms

If you fill out and submit the contact form on our Website, we will collect the information you provide (e.g., name, email address, and any message details). We use this data solely to respond to your inquiry or request. We do not share this information with third parties for marketing purposes. We may retain the data you submit for record-keeping, unless you request its deletion.

8. Who We Share Your Data With

  • Service Providers: We may share data with third parties that help us operate our Website or provide services on our behalf (e.g., hosting providers, analytics tools).
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose data if required to do so by law or in good faith that such action is necessary to comply with legal obligations.
  • Password Reset: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.

9. How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
  • Registered Users: For users who register (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for the username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
  • Contact Form Submissions: We generally keep contact form entries for a certain period for customer service purposes, unless you request otherwise.

10. Your Data Rights

If you have an account on this Website or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold. This does not include data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To submit any data access or deletion requests, please email us at:
info@blackseednova.com

11. Data Security (HTTPS)

We use HTTPS (SSL/TLS encryption) to protect data transmitted between your browser and our servers. While we take measures to safeguard your data, no method of transmission or storage is entirely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. International Users

We primarily operate in the United States. If you access this Website from outside the U.S., your data may be transferred to and processed in the U.S., where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

13. Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can promptly remove it.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. By continuing to use the Website after any changes, you accept the revised Privacy Policy.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at:
info@blackseednova.com