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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 24 May 2023.

OWNER AND DATA CONTROLLER

Telescope Nights (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates https://telescopenights.com (the “Site”).

Contact email: 

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Telescope Nights is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Privacy Policy informs you of Telescope Nights views, practices, and policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data we receive from users of the Site.

We use Ezoic to provide personalization and analytic services on this website, as such Ezoic’s privacy policy is in effect and can be reviewed here

INFORMATION COLLECTION, BUSINESS PURPOSE AND USE

While using Telescope Nights, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally, identifiable information may include but is not limited to name, email address, cookies, usage data, password.

At some point, Telescope Nights may use your personal information to

  • send you newsletters from time to time 
  • manage contacts and send messages
  • provide you with information, products or services that you request from Telescope Nights which may be of interest to you
  • carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and Telescope Nights
  • interact with external social networks and platforms
  • allow registration and authentication
  • allow access to third party services’ accounts 
  • monitor infrastructure manage hosting and backend infrastructure 
  • display content from external platforms 
  • carry out commercial affiliation
  • interact with support and feedback platforms 
  • manage user database

Telescope Nights collects information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer, household, or device. Personal information does not include

  • Publicly available information from government records.
  • Deidentified or aggregated consumer information.
  •  Information excluded from the CCPA’s and GDPR’s scope 

In particular, Telescope Nights has collected the following categories of personal information from our users within the last twelve (12) months:

Telescope Nights obtains the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

  • Directly from you. For example, from forms you submit or transactions related to  products and services you purchase.
  • Indirectly from you. For example, from your browser while visiting the Site.
  • From third parties. For example, from business partners or service providers.

We do not intentionally collect or use the personal information of minors under sixteen (16) years of age or sell it with or without affirmative authorization. 

In addition to the above, Telescope Nights may collect log data and use cookies.

Log Data

Like many site operators, Telescope Nights collects information that your browser sends whenever you visit Telescope Nights.

This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of Telescope Nights that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor, and analyze this data.

Cookies

WHAT COOKIES ARE

Cookies are text files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. 

Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s or tablet device’s or mobile device’s part of the hard drive specifically designated for cookies.

It is standard practice to use cookies to make your experience better when using a website.

These cookies are known as “first-party cookies”. Telescope Nights may also recognize, collect, and/or track information through cookies set by third parties. These cookies are known as “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies are used to perform tasks related to advertising, and analytics, and to enable interactive features such as sharing or commenting. Some third parties collect statistics in an anonymized and aggregated form and may not require the consent of the user.

The information that the first-party cookies or third-party cookies recognize, collect, and/or track may include information about your devices, browsing actions, and patterns, such as among others, the type of computer you use, your internet service provider, your browser type, your location, your IP address, the date and time of your visit, the pages viewed, your traffic pattern through the Site. 

Upon your first visit to the Site (and periodically after that), Telescope Nights will request your consent to our use of cookies except for those strictly necessary.

WHAT COOKIES TELESCOPE NIGHTS USES

Telescope Nights uses the following categories of cookies on the Site: 

Strictly necessary cookies 

These cookies are essential to enable you to browse the Site and use its features. Telescope Nights uses cookies to save your sessions, your login details, and other information necessary to perform your requests and to carry out other activities that are strictly necessary for the operation of this Site, for example in relation to the distribution of traffic. Telescope Nights uses cookies to save browsing preferences and to optimize your browsing experience. 

Analytics cookies

We also use Ezoic to provide personalization and analytic services on this website, as such Ezoic’s privacy policy is in effect and can be reviewed here

Security cookies 

These cookies are essential to our security features. These cookies allow us to detect malicious activities or activities in breach of our terms of use.

HOW TO CONTROL COOKIES

Strictly necessary cookies may not be rejected since they are essential to enable you to browse the Site and use its features.

Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete cookies installed in the past, including the cookies that may have saved the initial consent for the installation of cookies by this Site.

You can find information about how to manage cookies in the most commonly used browsers (e.g. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Internet Explorer) on the website of the browser of choice.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at: 

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DATA STORAGE

Your personal data may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”).

By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

LAWFUL BASIS OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA UNDER THE GDPR

Telescope Nights may process personal data relating to users if one of the following applies:

  • users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes;
  • provision of data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the user and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
  • processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Telescope Nights is subject.

DATA RETENTION

Telescope Nights processes and stores your personal data for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

  • personal data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between Telescope Nights and the user will be retained until such contract has been fully performed;
  • personal data collected for the purposes of our legitimate interests will be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes;
  • Telescope Nights may be allowed to retain personal data for a longer period whenever the user has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn;
  • Telescope Nights may be obliged to retain personal data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, personal data will be deleted and some of your rights (i.e. the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability) cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period. You may find specific information regarding your rights within the relevant section of this Privacy Policy or by contacting us at:

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THIRD-PARTY DISCLOSURE

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist Telescope Nights in operating the website, conducting business, or serving users (such as, for example, an email service provider), so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. Telescope Nights may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce site policies, or protect our or others’ rights, property, or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

In the preceding twelve (12) months, Telescope Nights has disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose:

Category A: Identifiers

Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.

Category G: Geolocation data. 

Telescope Nights discloses your personal information for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties:

  • Third parties whose services you purchase through our Site. 

YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE GDPR

Users based in the European Union have the right to do the following:

  • Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their personal data.
  • Object to processing of their data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
  • Access their data. Users have the right to learn if data is being processed by us, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the data undergoing processing.
  • Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
  • Restrict the processing of their data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their data. In this case, Telescope Nights will not process their data for any purpose other than storing it.
  • Have their personal data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their data from us.
  • Receive their data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any undue delay.
  • Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection supervisory authority.

You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by contacting us at:

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 These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by us as soon as possible and always within thirty (30) days.

YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE CCPA

Users who reside in California have the right to request any of the following 

  • disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information Telescope Nights has collected
  • deletion of personal information Telescope Nights has collected from you
  • disclosure of the categories of personal information Telescope Nights has collected, the categories of sources from which it collected it, the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling it, the categories of third parties with whom it shares it, and the specific pieces of personal information it has collected
  • disclosure of the categories of personal information Telescope Nights collected or sold and the categories of third parties to whom it was sold

You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of these privacy rights.

Requests can be submitted by you or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf by email to our address and via our web form.

These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by us as soon as possible and always within forty-five (45) days.

YOUR RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF THE SALE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Under the CCPA, “sell,” “selling,” “sale,” or “sold,” means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by the business to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.

As per the CCPA definition, selling personal information includes disclosing information to a third party by using analytics tools, running ads or having social media pixels and plugins installed.  

Users who reside in California have the right to opt out of the sale of personal information.

Requests to exercise your right to opt-out can be submitted by you or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf by email to our address and by following the link below and submitting your request via our web form.

‘Do not sell my personal information’ link.

NON DISCRIMINATION AND NOTICE OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVES

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:

  • Deny you goods or services.
  • Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
  • Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
  • Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

However, Telescope Nights may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by the CCPA that can result in different prices, rates, or quality levels. 

Any financial incentive Telescope Nights offers will reasonably relate to the value of your personal information and will describe the material terms of the financial incentive program. Participation in any financial incentive program we offer requires your prior consent to opt in, which you may revoke at any time.

We do not use financial incentive practices that are unjust, unreasonable, coercive, or usurious in nature.

SECURITY

The security of your personal information is important to us.

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our Site as safe as possible.

We use regular Malware Scanning.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. 

We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

Unfortunately, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 2 December 2021 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of our Site after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

We will update our Privacy Policy at least once every twelve (12) months.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by our email address or via our contact page.