Privacy Policy

At dikfu.com, we highly value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our website. We adhere to the principles of data minimization, purpose limitation, and transparency, ensuring that your information is processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner. This policy is designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), giving you control over your personal data.

Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to enhance your experience and provide relevant content. This information can be categorized as follows:

  • Log Files: Like many websites, dikfu.com uses log files. These files automatically track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
  • Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. We use cookies to personalize content, remember your preferences, and improve site navigation. We utilize both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device for a set period). Specifically, we may use cookies for:
    • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled. They enable basic features like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
    • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if users get error messages from web pages. We use this information to improve how our website works.
    • Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
    • Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns.

    You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. However, if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our website.

  • Web Beacons: Web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, or single-pixel gifs) are small electronic files that allow us to count users who have visited certain pages or accessed certain cookies. We use web beacons to analyze website usage, track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, and personalize your experience.
  • Personal Information (Voluntarily Provided): We may collect personal information, such as your name, email address, or phone number, if you voluntarily submit it to us through contact forms, newsletter subscriptions, or other interactive features. We will only use this information for the purpose for which it was provided and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on dikfu.com. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to dikfu.com and other sites on the Internet.

Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Amazon Associates Program

dikfu.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

As part of this program, Amazon may track your browsing activity and purchases through cookies and other tracking technologies. This tracking is used to determine commissions for referrals made from our website. We do not have control over the data collected by Amazon, and we encourage you to review Amazon’s privacy policy for more information about their data practices.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of dikfu.com.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on dikfu.com, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that dikfu.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

dikfu.com’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, California residents have the following rights regarding their personal information:

  • The right to know: You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of the information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
  • The right to delete: You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
  • The right to opt-out of sale: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. dikfu.com does not sell your personal information. However, if we were to engage in such activities in the future, we would provide a clear and conspicuous “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link on our website.
  • The right to non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.

To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights under the GDPR:

  • The right to access: You have the right to request access to your personal data that we hold.
  • The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, subject to certain exceptions.
  • The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your personal data to another organization or directly to you, where technically feasible.
  • The right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, particularly for direct marketing purposes.
  • The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise your GDPR rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Children’s Information

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. dikfu.com does not knowingly collect any Personally Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we discover that we have collected personal information from children under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.