Introduction

Thank you for visiting DS Inspire, owned and operated by DS Inspire. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information in compliance with various state privacy laws across the U.S., including but not limited to the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), and Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA).

Who we are

This site is owned and operated by DS Inspire to serve as a source of inspiration for individuals pursuing their dreams, providing an array of content including stories and blogs to maintain motivation and inspiration despite challenging circumstances.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our data practices. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Information We Collect

We collect personal information you voluntarily provide, such as your name, email address, and other relevant details when you interact with our website. Third-party services like Google Analytics and Ezoic may collect usage data, such as your IP address and browsing history.

How We Use Your Information

Your personal information is used to:

• Send updates on our services, products, and promotions.
• Provide personalized content and ads, through Ezoic’s ad network, based on your consent.

Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data based on legal grounds outlined in privacy laws like CPRA, VCDPA, and LGPD (Brazil), including the necessity to fulfill a contract, your consent, or compliance with legal obligations.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• California (CPRA): Right to know, delete, or correct personal data, and opt-out of data sharing for targeted ads.
• Virginia (VCDPA): Right to access, correct, delete, and opt-out of the sale of your data.
• Colorado (CPA): Similar rights to access, correct, delete, and opt-out.
• Montana (MCDPA): Right to data access and deletion, and opt-out of targeted ads.

To exercise these rights, please get in touch with us at [email protected]. Note that ad consent is managed through Ezoic’s consent tool on our site.

Sensitive Personal Information

If we collect sensitive personal information, we will obtain your explicit consent, and you will have additional rights under the LGPD.

Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access or disclosure

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Third-Party Disclosures

We may share your personal data with third-party providers like Google Analytics and Ezoic, only for necessary services like analytics or personalized ads. We do not sell your personal data directly.

How long we retain your data

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect usage data on this website. See Google’s privacy policy here.

GDPR Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us at [email protected]

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