We care for the privacy and protection of our users and their data and would like to share with you our policy and practices regarding your information and its privacy. Our Privacy Policy outlines what data is collected from our users and how it is used and processed. It also highlights how our users can control their data.

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Information that users share with us

General Information About You

There may be parts of our platforms that can be accessed without registration, while other parts of our services can only be accessed by registered users. To be able to provide our services to you, we require that you provide us with some basic information about you. This includes your name, and email address. Email address is necessary for account verification and recovery. Also, to improve your experience on the platform, show you relevant content, and improve our ad targeting, we ask you to provide us with other information such as your country and gender.

Information that we collect from our users

Internet Protocol

When you use our services, even if you are just visiting our website and not registered, we receive information about you and your access. Our servers and some third-party technology providers log your internet protocol (IP) address with timestamps to maintain the security and quality of the service and may log the IP for other purposes such as analytics. To maintain the safety and security of our users, we record your IP address and port when you register. We may also record the IP address and port on other occasions for the same purpose.

Cookies

The use of cookies has many benefits for internet users and service providers, and Okoul uses cookies for many reasons. The most important one is to provide a seamless experience for our users. Here are more details about cookies: “When you visit a website, the website sends a cookie to your computer. Your computer stores it in a file located inside your web browser. The purpose of the computer cookie is to help the website keep track of your visits and activity.” * (derived from: Norton). We use cookies to operate our services properly and seamlessly, to collect website usage data, and to show ads. You have the option on your own device to disable the use of cookies, but some parts of our services may not function properly if you disable cookies.

Login & Authentication

We use cookies to make it easier for you to stay logged in, if you choose to do so, and to verify your account.

Google reCAPTCHA

These are essential site cookies, used by the Google reCAPTCHA. These cookies use a unique identifier for tracking purposes.

Preferences & Choices

We use cookies to remember your language choice every time you visit our website.

Ads

We may display ads on our platforms to support our operations and to provide you with our services. We also use third-party ad network partners, such as Media.Net and Google Adsense, to display ads on our platforms. Cookies are used to manage ads. If you don’t consent to see personalized ads by disabling the use of cookies, you may see ads that are less relevant to you. These ads use cookies to allow for frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting, and to combat fraud and abuse. For more information, you can visit our partner web pages for more details. Learn more about Media.Net's privacy policy and practices: Media.Net Learn more about Google use of cookies for ads: Google Ads Learn how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services on Google Partner Sites.

Timestamps

To make sure that you are protected and that the security and stability of the system are intact, we record the date and time of actions like: - When you create an account on our platforms - When you delete your account - When you confirm your email - When you send a password-reset request

3rd Party Services

E-Mail

We may share your data with email providers who facilitate email delivery. This may be used for email confirmation, notifications, and password reset.

Filtration

In addition to using our internal systems, we may use third-party services, such as Google Perspective API and Microsoft, to filter Okouls and content generated by our users to ensure all content is free from prohibited content.

Analytics Services

Okoul may utilize services that analyze users’ behavior, such as Mixpanel and Google Analytics. We use these analytics to improve our services and enhance the user experience. These services may use cookies and may collect certain information about you such as your device, websites you visit, how you use our services, your activities on our platforms, or your demographics.

Re-Captcha

To protect our users and maintain the stability of our systems, we may use third-party captcha services, such as the Google Re-CAPTCHA, which may use your IP address and cookies to perform the required check.

Links to External Sites

Our website may contain links to other sites on the internet or advertisements and we are not responsible for the data practices and privacy policies of these websites. We may be assisted by third-party advertising companies to display ads when you visit our website. These companies have the right to use general information about your visit to this website and other websites. This is to show you targeted ads that are more relevant to you.

Your choices & opting out of interest-based advertising

As we outlined above, we use cookies to operate our services and provide other features on our platforms. Your browser may give you the ability to adjust your settings to delete or disable cookies. If you choose to disable cookies, you may not be able to use certain part of our services. You can also opt-out of receiving personalized ads here: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and here http://www.aboutads.info/choices/

Disclosure of Information

We highly value the confidentiality of your data. We also have to protect our users and communities from misusers. To make sure our users are protected, we may disclose personal information when requested by legal or law-enforcement entities through official channels.

Modification of Data Confidentiality and Privacy Policy

We have the right to modify the items and conditions of data confidentiality and privacy policy if needed and when we see adequate

Contact Us

You can contact us using the "About Okoul" page.