Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 1, 2024

Welcome to Sherakat Network (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We operate the website https://sherakatnetwork.com (the “Site”). Your privacy is critically important to us, and this Privacy Policy document is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose, and make use of your personal information.

1. Information We Collect

a) Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us:

  • Account Information: When you register for an account, you may provide your name, email address, and other contact details.
  • Comments and Public Content: When you leave a comment on our blog posts, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to aid spam detection. Your comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
  • Communications: If you contact us directly via a contact form or email, we receive your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
  • Newsletter Sign-ups: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your name and email address.

b) Information Collected Automatically:

  • Log Data: When you visit our Site, our servers automatically record information (“Log Data”) that your browser sends. This Log Data may include your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type and version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use “cookies” and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.
    • Necessary Cookies: Essential for the Site to function (e.g., page navigation, access to secure areas).
    • Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Site (e.g., Google Analytics).
    • Functional Cookies: Enable enhanced functionality and personalization (e.g., remembering your name or preferences).

c) Information from Third Parties:
We may receive information about you from third-party services. For example, if you access our Site through a social media account, we may collect information from that service as described by the respective service.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes:

  • To Provide and Maintain our Service: To operate, maintain, and improve the Sherakat Network Site and its content.
  • To Communicate with You: To respond to your comments, questions, and requests; to send you technical notices and administrative messages; and to provide customer support.
  • For Marketing and Promotions: To send you newsletters, promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you, but only if you have explicitly consented to receive such communications. You can opt-out at any time.
  • To Understand and Analyze Usage: To analyze how our Site is used, monitor traffic and trends, and to personalize your experience.
  • To Ensure Security: To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, and potential policy violations.
3. Legal Basis for Processing (For EEA Users)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the specific context in which we collect it. We typically rely on:

  • Your explicit consent;
  • The necessity of the processing for the performance of a contract;
  • Our legitimate interests, which are not overridden by your data protection interests.
4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personally Identifiable Information to outside parties, except in the following limited circumstances:

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential (e.g., hosting providers, email delivery services).
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred.
  • With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, or as required to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

  • Log Data is retained for a short, analysis-driven period.
  • Comment data is retained indefinitely unless you request its removal.
  • Newsletter data is retained until you unsubscribe.
6. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you have certain data protection rights. These may include:

  • The right to access – You can request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification – You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
  • The right to erasure – You can request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You can object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You can request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the “Contact Us” section below.

7. Third-Party Services

Our Site uses third-party services whose privacy policies govern their use of your information.

  • Google Analytics: A web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. You can opt-out of Google Analytics here: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
  • Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
8. Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Website: https://sherakatnetwork.com
Email: info@sherakatnetwork.com
Contact Form: https://sherakatnetwork.com/contact-us