Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2024-07-29

Disclaimer: This Privacy Policy is a general template and is provided for informational purposes only. It is not legal advice and may not be suitable for your specific business or jurisdiction. Operating a website involves legal obligations, and you should consult with qualified legal counsel to ensure compliance with all applicable privacy laws and regulations in your jurisdiction before using this document.

1. Introduction and Scope

Welcome to AI Daily Stack (https://aidailystack.me), a directory dedicated to showcasing the latest and most innovative AI tools. At AI Daily Stack, we are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with transparency and care. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, submit tools, or interact with our services.

By accessing or using AI Daily Stack, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not access or use the website.

2. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services to you. This information can be broadly categorized as follows:

2.1 Information You Provide to Us

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you interact with our website. This includes, but is not limited to:

Contact Information: When you submit an AI tool for listing, contact us through our support email (support@aidailystack.me), or use any contact forms on our site, you may provide us with your email address and any other information you choose to include in your message.
Submission Details: Information related to the AI tools you submit, which may include company names, website URLs, descriptions, and other publicly available information about the tool.

2.2 Automatic Information Collection

When you visit our website, certain information is automatically collected from your device or browser. This information helps us understand how users interact with our site and improve their experience. This may include:

Log Data: Information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website. This log data may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser 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.
Device Information: Information about the device you use to access our services, such as device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. For more details, please refer to Section 4.

2.3 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third-party services, such as analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics, Plausible Analytics), who collect data on our behalf regarding user behavior and website performance. This information is typically aggregated and anonymized, but it helps us understand our audience and improve our content.

3. How We Use Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

To Provide and Maintain Our Service: Operating and maintaining the AI Daily Stack website, including displaying submitted AI tools.
To Improve and Personalize User Experience: Understanding how users interact with our site to enhance features, content, and overall user experience.
To Communicate with You: Responding to your inquiries, providing customer support, and sending you updates or notifications related to your submissions or our services (if you have opted in to receive them).
For Analytics and Research: Analyzing usage patterns and trends to improve our website's functionality, content, and performance.
To Ensure Security: Detecting, preventing, and addressing technical issues, fraud, or other security vulnerabilities.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: Fulfilling any legal or regulatory requirements, or responding to lawful requests from public authorities.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

AI Daily Stack uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze site usage, and for other operational purposes. Cookies are small data files placed on your device that allow us to recognize your browser and capture certain information.

Types of Cookies Used: We use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device until you delete them or they expire) for various purposes, including essential website functionality, performance analysis, and user preferences.
Third-Party Analytics: We utilize third-party analytics services like Google Analytics and Plausible Analytics. These services use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about how users interact with our website. This data helps us understand website traffic, user demographics, and content popularity, allowing us to make informed decisions about site improvements. We may also use Google Tag Manager to manage these tracking scripts.

Opting Out of Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can typically adjust your browser settings to remove or reject cookies. Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly or may be less efficient. For more information on how to manage cookies in your specific browser, consult your browser's help documentation.

Google Analytics Opt-out: You can prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

5. Sharing With Third Parties

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party service providers to perform functions and provide services to us. These include hosting providers (to keep our website online), analytics providers (like Google Analytics and Plausible Analytics), and email service providers (for sending communications). These providers have access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any such change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
With Your Consent: We may share your information with other third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, or as required by applicable law. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide you with services.
Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (e.g., certain laws require us to keep records for a certain period before deletion).
Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations).

Once your information is no longer needed, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights may include:

Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under certain circumstances.
Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive the personal information you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit that data to another controller.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@aidailystack.me. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.

8. Children's Privacy

AI Daily Stack is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. 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 information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. International Transfers

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside of the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States and process it there.

By submitting your information, you consent to this transfer. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

10. Security Measures

We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We implement a variety of technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your data from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. These measures include, but are not limited to, using secure servers, access controls, and encryption where appropriate.

However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

11. 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 at the top of this Privacy Policy. We may also provide more prominent notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you an email notification).

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or your rights, please contact us:

By email: support@aidailystack.me