At Know The Size, accessible from https://knowthesize.com/, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This Privacy Policy document comprehensively outlines the types of personal and non-personal information that is received, collected, and recorded by Know The Size and exactly how we utilize it to enhance your experience on our blogging platform dedicated to weights, measurements, and sizes.
If you have additional questions, require more information about our Privacy Policy, or wish to make a specific inquiry regarding your data, do not hesitate to reach out to us through our dedicated contact page at https://knowthesize.com/contact-us/.
This Privacy Policy applies solely to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they share and/or collect in Know The Size. This comprehensive policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this specific website.
Consent
By utilizing our website and consuming our content, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to all of its terms. Your continued use of Know The Size signifies your explicit acknowledgment and acceptance of the practices described in this document. If you do not agree with the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy, we respectfully ask that you refrain from using our website. For further rules governing the use of our website, please also review our Terms and Conditions at https://knowthesize.com/terms-and-conditions/.
Information we collect
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the underlying reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made completely transparent to you at the exact point we ask you to provide your personal data.
When you navigate Know The Size to read our articles, guides, and charts regarding different measurements and sizing standards, we may collect certain information indirectly. If you choose to contact us directly via our contact form at https://knowthesize.com/contact-us/, we may receive additional information about you. This includes your name, your email address, your phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other specific information you may choose to provide at your own discretion.
When you register for an account, subscribe to a newsletter, or participate in our community (if applicable), we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number. We are committed to ensuring that we only collect the data necessary to provide you with the best possible service and content delivery.
How we use your information
We utilize the information we collect from our users in various ways, always aiming to improve the overall quality and security of Know The Size. Specifically, we use your data to:
- Provide, operate, and flawlessly maintain our website infrastructure.
- Improve, personalize, and continually expand the content and layout of our website, specifically tailoring our measurement guides and sizing charts to user preferences.
- Understand and thoroughly analyze how you use our website, tracking user behavior to determine which topics regarding weights and sizes are most popular.
- Develop new products, services, interactive features, and functionality for our blogging platform.
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for dedicated customer service, to provide you with critical updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
- Process and send you emails, strictly regarding inquiries you have initiated.
- Find and proactively prevent malicious activity, spam, and digital fraud to keep Know The Size a secure environment for all readers.
Log files
Know The Size follows a strictly standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites across the internet. All reputable hosting companies implement this as a part of hosting services’ fundamental analytics. The information systematically collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks.
It is crucial to understand that these data points are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The sole purpose of collecting this information is for analyzing overarching demographic trends, administering the site securely, tracking users’ movement on the website to improve user interface design, and gathering broad demographic information to better serve our audience.
Cookies and web beacon
Like any other modern and optimized website, Know The Size uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are small text files used to securely store information including visitors’ site preferences, and the specific pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information stored within these cookies is used exclusively to optimize the users’ digital experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type, their device capabilities, and other relevant non-personal information. This ensures that our tables, measurement charts, and sizing calculators display correctly on whatever device you choose to use.
Google double click dart cookie
Google is one of the third-party vendors operating on our site. As a trusted vendor, it also uses specialized cookies, known specifically as DART cookies, to serve relevant advertisements to our site visitors based upon their previous visits to Know The Size and other websites on the internet. However, visitors possess the right to decline the use of DART cookies at any time. You can opt out of this specific data collection by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy directly at the following URL: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Our advertising partners
Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons to deliver targeted advertising. Currently, our primary and sole advertising partner is Google AdSense. Google AdSense has its own comprehensive Privacy Policy concerning its unique policies on user data collection and management. For easier access to their data handling procedures and to understand how they serve ads on Know The Size, we have provided a direct link to their official policies. You can review their documentation here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Advertising partners privacy policy
You may consult this specific list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Know The Size.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks use complex technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are uniquely embedded in their respective advertisements and links that appear natively on Know The Size. These advertisements are sent directly to users’ web browsers. When this occurs, these third-party servers automatically receive your IP address. These technologies are utilized by our advertising partners to measure the overall effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to deeply personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Please note that Know The Size has absolutely no access to, nor any control over, these specific cookies that are used by third-party advertisers like Google AdSense.
Third party privacy policies
Know The Size’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers, external tools, or other websites that we may link to within our content. Thus, we strongly advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed, exhaustive information. Their policies will include their specific organizational practices as well as detailed instructions about how to opt-out of certain data collection options.
You maintain the right to choose to strictly disable cookies through your individual browser options. To find more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective official websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), among other robust digital rights, California consumers have the right to request specific actions regarding their personal data. If you are a resident of California, you have the right to:
- Request Disclosure: Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the exact categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
- Request Deletion: Request that a business actively delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
- Request to Opt-Out: Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data to any third party under any circumstances.
If you choose to make a request under your CCPA rights, we have a legal obligation to respond to you within one month of receipt. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us via https://knowthesize.com/contact-us/.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make entirely sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Every user operating within the European Union is explicitly entitled to the following digital rights:
- The Right to Access: You have the absolute right to request highly detailed copies of your personal data from us. We may charge you a small, reasonable fee for this administrative service.
- The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we meticulously correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we formally complete the information you believe is incomplete.
- The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we comprehensively erase your personal data from all of our servers and databases, under certain conditional circumstances outlined by GDPR law.
- The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we temporarily or permanently restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to formally object to our processing of your personal data, under specific conditions.
- The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we directly transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain standard conditions.
If you make a GDPR request, we are legally required to respond to your inquiry within one month. If you would like to actively exercise any of these crucial data protection rights, please contact us at https://knowthesize.com/contact-us/.
Children’s Information
Another fundamental part of our core priority is adding rigorous protection for children while using the internet. We highly encourage all parents and legal guardians to observe, actively participate in, and/or meticulously monitor and guide their children’s online activity.
Know The Size does not knowingly, intentionally, or accidentally collect any Personal Identifiable Information (PII) from children under the age of 13. If you strongly believe that your child has mistakenly or purposefully provided this kind of sensitive information on our website, we strongly urge you to contact us immediately at https://knowthesize.com/contact-us/. We will execute our very best efforts to promptly, thoroughly, and securely remove such information from our digital records. Furthermore, regarding our advertising partner Google AdSense and how they handle data that may pertain to varying age groups, you can review their strict privacy and data protection policies by visiting: https://policies.google.com/privacy.