Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to Cover Champ Comics ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website [coverchampcomics.com] and use our services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you provide to us, such as:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Username
  • Date of birth
  • Password (encrypted)
  • Profile information (optional)

We also automatically collect certain information when you visit our website, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device information
  • Cookies and usage data

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
  • Communicate with you for customer service, updates, and marketing purposes
  • Prevent fraud

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

  • Consent: We collect and process your data when you have given us specific consent to do so.
  • Contractual necessity: We process your data to fulfill our contractual obligations to you.
  • Legitimate interests: We process your data when it is in our legitimate interests to do so and not overridden by your rights.
  • Legal obligation: We may process your data to comply with a legal obligation.

5. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with:

  • Service providers who assist us in operating our website
  • Law enforcement or other authorities if required by applicable law

6. International Data Transfers

Your information 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 in your jurisdiction. If we transfer your personal data outside the EU/EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by using specific contract clauses approved by the European Commission.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Our typical retention period is 36 months after the last user activity.

8. Your Rights

Under GDPR, you have the following rights:

  • The right to access the personal information we hold about you
  • The right to rectification of your personal information
  • The right to erasure of your personal information
  • The right to restrict processing of your personal information
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to object to processing of your personal information
  • The right to withdraw consent at any time
  • The right to complain to a supervisory authority

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

10. Cookies

We use cookies to improve your browsing experience. The types of cookies we use include:

  • Essential cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly
  • Analytical/performance cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website
  • Functionality cookies: Used to recognize you when you return to our website
  • Targeting cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies.

11. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal 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.

12. Automated Decision-Making

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling with your personal data.

13. 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.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]