Privacy Policy | MegawattWeekly

MegawattWeekly respects your privacy and values your trust. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect and use your information and explains your rights and options. This Policy applies to these services (which we call the “Services” in this Policy):

websites, the MegawattWeekly Store, paid products
our newsletters, and other disseminated content
merchandise, mobile apps, and related social media pages
anywhere else we gather information about you and refer to this Policy.

This Policy is grouped into these sections:

about us and this Policy;
information we collect;
how we use information, including for advertising purposes;
when we disclose information to other parties, including for advertising purposes; and
your rights and how to exercise them.

We encourage you to read this Policy carefully. If you have questions, please contact us at support@megawattweekly.com.

1. About This Policy And Us

(a) Who we are

MegawattWeekly (“we”, "our" or “us”) operates the Services. This Policy supplements and is governed by our Terms of Service (“Terms”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Policy are defined in our Terms. The Terms describe how the Services work in general and its conditions and requirements of use.

(b) When this Policy applies

This Policy applies when you use the Services, effective as of the Last Updated date above. By using or accessing the Services, you signify that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by this Policy and the Terms.

Because the Services change often, this Policy may change over time. Anytime we modify the Policy, we will post a revised version on the Services and update the Last Updated date above. If you have given us your contact information, we will notify you before any material changes take effect, so you have time to review them.

Certain parts of the Services work differently, and some information falls outside this Policy:

Certain parts of the Services may have additional terms and privacy disclosures that supplement this Policy.
The Services may contain links to and from third-party websites and services. This Policy doesn’t apply to outside of our Services. See Third Party Services to learn more.
If you are a current or former employee or contractor of ours, this Policy does not apply to you. You may contact us about your privacy practices and rights at support@megawattweekly.com.
If we receive your information in our role as a service provider to another business, our agreement with that business governs our use of your information. We will refer any questions or concerns of yours to that business.

(c) Location-specific sections

The Services operates from the United States, but this Policy applies worldwide. Our practices generally do not differ based on your location, but your rights and choices depend in part on the law where you live. For example, you may have rights under: (1) “GDPR”: implementations of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679; or (2) “CCPA”: the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended.

As a result, certain sections of this Policy apply to you only if you reside in a particular location:

Residents of jurisdictions where GDPR applies – such as U.K., EU and Swiss residents – should consult the Rights under GDPR and International Data Transfers sections.

Residents of Mexico should consult the Aviso de Privacidad addendum.

Canadian residents should consult the Canadian users section.

California residents should consult the Rights under California law section. If you reside in a U.S. jurisdiction that has enacted a data privacy law similar to CCPA or GDPR, we extend the same rights CCPA grants to California residents to you, except where we specify otherwise.

If those sections apply to you, they override any contrary descriptions elsewhere in the Policy as they relate to you. Please contact us at support@megawattweekly.com if you have questions about your rights under other data privacy laws.

2. Information We Collect

(a) Information you provide

You may use the Services without providing any information about yourself. However, to use some aspects of the Services, we will need information about you, such as if you:

Purchase our Offerings or services
Contact or communicate with us
Subscribe or opt-in to our newsletters, alerts, or other communications
Participate in a contest or promotion or redeem a prize

Information you provide may include your name or email address (“personal identifiers”).

We generally don’t collect (or want!) your sensitive information, and we strive to limit the amount of sensitive personal information we collect.

For instance, when you make a purchase through our Services, your payment information, like your full credit card number and any payment-related security information, is only collected and processed by our payment processor.

In the event you provide sensitive personal information to us, we use it only for our operational business purposes, and we do not disclose it to others for any other purpose.

(b) Information collected when you use the Services

As you use the Services, cookies and other technology we use will generate technical data about which features you use, how you use them and the devices you use to access our services. This information may include:

“Commercial Information” about your orders of Offerings or other products or services from us and interactions with MegawattWeekly products.
“Device Information” related to the device you use to interact with the Services, such as your device’s IP address, advertising IDs, its browser and operating system, its internet service provider, and its configuration.
“Internet Activity” related to your use of the Services, such as the pages you visit, the sites you use before or after visiting ours, your actions within the Services, the content or advertisements you interact with, general geolocation information, time stamps and performance logs and reports.

(c) Information we generate

We infer new information from other data we collect, including using automated means to generate information about your likely preferences or other characteristics (“inferences”).

3. How We Use Your Information

We use each of the categories of personal information described above for the following business and commercial purposes. The activities below can involve outside companies, agents or contractors (“service providers”) to whom we disclose your information for these purposes (discussed further below in Section 4).

(a) To provide our content, services and products to you

Deliver content you request
Provide you with customer support and respond to your requests
Complete your orders
Communicate with you about our services

(b) To manage your subscriptions or fulfill product orders

Manage your content subscriptions
Deliver and process payments for Offerings you order

(c) To improve our services and develop new ones

Administer focus groups, market studies and surveys
Review interactions with customer teams to improve our quality of service
Develop new content and services

(d) To allow personalized ads and create audiences for third-party advertisers

Administer sweepstakes, contests, discounts or other offers
Gather data and work with third parties to show you personalized ads on behalf of advertisers
Perform and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on our services and marketing campaigns off of the Services
Communicate with you about products or services that we believe may interest you

(e) To prevent, detect and fight fraud and other illegal or unauthorized activities

Find and address ongoing, suspected or alleged violations of our Terms
Retain data related to violations of our Terms to prevent against recurrences
Enforce or exercise our rights; for example, those in our Terms

(f) To create broader findings with aggregate and deidentified data

Aggregate or deidentify information so that it can no longer identify you, as defined under applicable laws.
Better understand and represent our users using deidentified data, such as to measure ad performance, create advertising interest-based segments or compile survey results.

(g) To ensure legal compliance

Verify copyright or IP claims
Comply with legal requirements
Assist law enforcement

(h) Purposes

We rely on the following purposes to collect and use your information as described in this Policy:

Commercial purposes: At times, the reason we process your information is to advance your economic interests or our economic interests. These purposes include performing the contract that you have with us, as embodied by our Terms. For instance, if you order products from us, we use your information to complete your payment and provide your product to you.
Business purposes: Most often, we process your information for operational reasons, in a reasonably necessary and proportionate manner. For instance, we analyze users’ behavior on our services to continuously improve our offerings.
Comply with applicable laws and regulations: We also process your information where it is necessary for us to comply with applicable laws and regulations and evidence our compliance.
Consent: From time to time, we may ask for your consent to collect specific information, such as your email address for direct marketing purposes. You may always withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at support@megawattweekly.com.

4. Our Disclosures Of Information To Others

The principal reason we disclose your information is to enhance your experience of the Services and present relevant content to you. This section describes how and why we exchange personal information with service providers and third parties. We also disclose deidentified and/or anonymized data for these purposes.

(a) With affiliates

Our corporate affiliates may access your information for the purposes listed here, always in accordance with the terms of this Policy.

(b) With service providers

We contract with service providers to fulfill certain functionality and features of the Services, including email delivery, web hosting, payment processing, and analytics.

We may disclose information about you to service providers as necessary for them to perform their services. Service providers are not permitted to use information about you for any other purpose. In the past twelve (12) months, we have disclosed these types of information to the following types of service providers:

Analytics providers, namely Google Analytics.
Various hosting services and data processors to provide the infrastructure of the Services, such as Cloudflare.
Payment processors, namely Stripe.

(c) For personalized ads

We share information with advertising partners to make the advertising presented to you on the Services more relevant. We also market the Services to you through ads facilitated by marketing vendors.

(d) For legal reasons

Finally, we may disclose personal information:

In response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law.
When we believe it is appropriate to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal or suspected illegal activities.
In connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale.

(e) With your consent or at your request

We may periodically ask for your consent to disclose your information to third parties. Whenever we ask your consent for this reason, we will summarize the purpose and scope of the disclosure.

5. How Long We Retain Your Information

We retain your information only as long as we need it for the purposes described under How we use information, except when longer retention is required by our compliance policies and efforts toward applicable legal, tax, accounting and regulatory requirements.

6. Your Rights

(a) In General

We want you to be in control of your information, so we want to remind you of the following options and tools available to you:

Content opt-outs: you may “opt-out” of any newsletters or promotional communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in the communication you receive.
Personalized ads: For more about targeted advertising, and how to opt out with your specific browser and device, go to the DAA Webchoices Browser Check and NAI Opt Out of Interest-Based Advertising.

(b) Rights under GDPR

This subsection applies to you only if you reside in a jurisdiction where GDPR applies.

For GDPR purposes, the data controller is MegawattWeekly, reachable via email at support@megawattweekly.com.

(c) Canadian users

Canadian residents have the right to request access to and correction of their Personal Information, subject to limited exceptions under applicable laws.

(d) Mexican users

For Mexican residents, you have ARCO rights (Access, Rectification, Cancellation, and Opposition) and mechanisms to limit processing or revoke your consent.

(e) International Data Transfers

If you reside outside the United States, we transfer information about you for processing in the United States. By providing your information to us, you consent to the processing of the information in the United States.

(f) Rights under California law

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), California consumers have rights to know, access, correct and delete their personal information, the right to opt-out of the sharing or sale of their information, the right to limit the use of sensitive personal information, and the right to no retaliation.

To submit a CCPA request, please contact support@megawattweekly.com with “California Privacy Rights Request” in the subject line.

7. Security

MegawattWeekly has implemented technical, administrative and physical security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Still, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you provide, and you do so at your own risk.

8. Use by Minors

The Services are intended for adult users. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under the age of majority in their jurisdiction.

9. Third Party Services

Some areas of the Services contain links to third-party websites, resources and advertisers. We do not control (and are not responsible for) third party content or privacy practices.

10. Contact us

If you have any questions or feedback about this Policy, email us at support@megawattweekly.com.