Privacy Policy

Who are we?

Our website address is: https://www.it-connect.tech. It is hosted on a server located within the infrastructure of Infomaniak, in Switzerland. This website belongs to the company IT-Connect, registered in France at Thue-et-Mue, with SIRET number 851 220 012 00013.

Use of Collected Personal Data

  • Comments

When you leave a comment on our website, the data entered in the comment form, along with your IP address and your browser's user agent, are collected to help us detect unwanted comments.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After validating your comment, your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment.

Abusive comments or those with racist, violent, or sexual connotations will be deleted.

  • Media

If you are a registered user and upload images to the website, we advise you to avoid uploading images containing GPS coordinate EXIF data. Visitors to your website can download and extract location data from these images.

  • Contact Form

If you contact our team through the contact form on the site, you will be asked to enter a name and email address. This data is only used for sending the email and is not retained.

  • Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you will be offered the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies via the "Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment" option. This is for your convenience so that you do not have to enter this information again when posting another comment. These cookies expire after one year.

If you have an account and log in to this site, a temporary cookie will be created to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and will be automatically deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and screen preferences. A login cookie lasts two days, and a screen option cookie lasts one year. If you select "Remember Me," your login cookie will be retained for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookie will be deleted.

When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data; it simply indicates the article ID that you have just modified. It expires after one day.

  • Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking tools, and monitor your interactions with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to their website.

  • Statistics and Audience Measurement

The Matomo (formerly Piwik) analytics tool is used on our site, with settings adapted to respect your privacy. Three key settings are active:

  • IP addresses are anonymized as the last two octets are always set to 0.
  • The "Do Not Track" feature is enabled.
  • The tracking cookie lifespan is limited to 13 months, in accordance with regulations.

Use and Transmission of Your Personal Data

  • Data Storage Duration

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For registered users on our site, we also store the personal data provided in their profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Site administrators can also view and modify this information.

  • Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments on the site, you can request to receive a file containing all the personal data we hold about you, including the data you have provided to us. You can also request the deletion of your personal data. This does not include data stored for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

You can submit a request via the email address mentioned at the end of this page. Deleting your personal data will result in the deletion of your user account.

  • Third-Party Services

Whether for the proper functioning of the site or for displaying advertisements, calls to third-party services are made.

The main third-party services used are: YouTube, Google Fonts, jQuery, and Gravatar.

The advertising on IT-Connect relies on the Ezoic platform, which loads a set of scripts to ensure its operation. Some articles may contain affiliate links.

To learn more about Ezoic's privacy policy as it applies to IT-Connect, follow this link: Ezoic / IT-Connect.

Additional Information

How Do We Protect Your Data?

IT-Connect commits to not disclosing or selling any information about you to third parties. The only exception is in the case of a legal requirement (court testimony, interrogation, or any other legal obligation).

Contact

For any request related to personal data, contact us at the following address: confidentialite @ it-connect . fr