CognitoA

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2024-07-31

CognitoA ("we," "us," or "our") operates the cognitoa.com website (hereinafter referred to as the "Service"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our Service.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Service includes:

a. Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and authentication data, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Service or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Service, such as creating reading lists.

b. Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Service, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed. This data does not personally identify you and is used for analytics and to improve the service.

2. Use of Your Information

We use the information we collect in the following ways:

  • To create and manage your account.
  • To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
  • To monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve the Service.
  • To compile anonymous statistical data for internal use.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information. We may share information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, including:

  • Firebase (Google): We use Firebase for user authentication (including Google Sign-In) and to store user data like reading lists in our Firestore database. Google's Privacy Policy can be found here.

4. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
  • The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
  • The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
  • The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where CognitoA relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

6. Cookie Policy

We use cookies to help customize the Service and improve your experience. For more information on how we use cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our main website at cognitoa.com.