Privacy Policy

1. Definitions

The privacy policy is based on the terms used in the GDPR.

2. Name, Address and Contact details of the controller

Controller for the purposes of the GDPR, other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is:

Ohio Health News

Legal address: 50 Francisco St, San Francisco, CA 94133, United States

Email address: [email protected]

3. Recipients

Your personal data will be shared with third-party service providers who provide services to us. These third parties will be supplied with, or have access to, personal data for the purpose of providing these services to us.

Our third-party service providers might be located and operate in the countries outside the European Economic Area, such as the USA. Please note that the data protection laws of countries outside the European Economic Area to which your information may be transferred might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. We will take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information remains protected. Such measures include the use of Privacy Shield framework for personal data transfers to the USA, please see information about this framework at www.privacyshield.gov

We may share your personal data with state or government institutions in order to comply with the law or respond to compulsory legal process, e.g., court order; or in order to protect our property or other legal interests.

4. Cookies

The Internet pages of (Ohio Health News) use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.

Many Internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited Internet sites and servers to differentiate the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID.

Cookies allow us to recognize our website users. (Ohio Health News) uses collected information for marketing and sales efforts to understand patterns of the general public, namely, the way people react to different advertisements in different webpages, such as which advertisements work better than others, as well as to ensure that our webpage works properly.

The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used, and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable and the ability to use our webpage might be affected.

5. Collection of general data and information

The website of (Ohio Health News) collects general data and information for the above mentioned purposes. Collected may be (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the date and time of access to the Internet site, (5) an Internet protocol address (IP address) or part of it, (6) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, (7) device type, (8) connection type, and (9) city or area.

When using these general data and information, (Ohio Health News) does not draw any conclusions about the data subject.

6. Rights of the data subject

Pursuant to the GDPR data subjects may have the following rights.

a) Right of access

• Each data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. Where that is the case, data subject shall have a right to access the personal data and obtain the following information: the purposes of the processing;
• the categories of personal data concerned;
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations;
• where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
• the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing;
• the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
• where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

Where personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organization, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR relating to the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, he or she may, at any time, contact the controller.

b) Right to rectification

Each data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact the controller.

c) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)

Each data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies.

• The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
• The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
• The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
• The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
• The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
• The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by (Company Name), he or she may, at any time, contact the controller.

Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) of the GDPR to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has requested erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.

d) Right to restriction of processing

Each data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies.

• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
• The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead.
• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
• The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by (Ohio Health News), he or she may at any time contact the controller.

e) Right to data portability

Each data subject shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He or she shall have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, where the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means.

Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible.

In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact (Ohio Health News).

f) Right to object

Each data subject shall have the right to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

(Ohio Health News) shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If (Ohio Health News) processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to (Ohio Health News) to the processing for direct marketing purposes, (Ohio Health News) will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact (Ohio Health News).

g) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

Each data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly affects him or her, as long as the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject's explicit consent.

If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject's explicit consent, (Ohio Health News) shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact (Ohio Health News).

h) Right to withdraw data protection consent

Where personal data are processed on the basis of data subject's consent, data subject shall have the right to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at any time. The withdrawal of the consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact (Ohio Health News).

i) Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Each data subject shall have the right to raise complaints about the handling of his or her personal data to a Data Protection Supervisory Authority.

7. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Facebook

On this website, the controller has integrated components of the enterprise Facebook. Facebook is a social network.

The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. If a person lives outside of the United States or Canada, the controller is the Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet website, which is operated by the controller and into which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-ins) was integrated, the web browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook through the Facebook component. During the course of this technical procedure, Facebook is made aware of what specific sub-site of our website was visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook, Facebook detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site which specific sub-site of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Facebook component and associated with the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, e.g. the "Like" button, or if the data subject submits a comment, then Facebook matches this information with the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.

Facebook always receives, through the Facebook component, information about a visit to our website by the data subject, whenever the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook during the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If such a transmission of information to Facebook is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their Facebook account before a call-up to our website is made.

The data policy published by Facebook provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook.

8. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Youtube

On this website, the controller has integrated components of the enterprise Youtube. Youtube is a video sharing website.

The operating company of Youtube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, United States.

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet website, which is operated by the controller and into which a Youtube component (Youtube plug-ins) was integrated, the web browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download display of the corresponding Youtube component from Youtube through the Youtube component. During the course of this technical procedure, Youtube is made aware of what specific sub-site of our website was visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Youtube, Youtube detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site which specific sub-site of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Youtube component and associated with the respective Youtube account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Youtube buttons integrated into our website, then Youtube matches this information with the personal Youtube user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.

Youtube always receives, through the Youtube component, information about a visit to our website by the data subject, whenever the data subject is logged in at the same time on Youtube during the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Youtube component or not. If such a transmission of information to Youtube is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their Youtube account before a call-up to our website is made.

The data policy published by Youtube provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Youtube.

9. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google+

On this website, the controller has integrated the Google+ button as a component. Google+ is a social network.

The operating company of Google+ is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States.

If the data subject clicks on the Google+ button integrated on our website and thus gives a Google+ 1 recommendation, then Google assigns this information to the personal Google+ user account of the data subject and stores the personal data. Google stores the Google+ 1 recommendation of the data subject, making it publicly available in accordance with the terms and conditions accepted by the data subject in this regard. Subsequently, a Google+ 1 recommendation given by the data subject on this website together with other personal data, such as the Google+ account name used by the data subject and the stored photo, is stored and processed on other Google services, such as search-engine results of the Google search engine, the Google account of the data subject or in other places, e.g. on Internet pages, or in relation to advertisements. Google is also able to link the visit to this website with other personal data stored on Google. Google further records this personal information with the purpose of improving or optimizing the various Google services.

Further information and the data protection provisions of Google are described in Privacy Policy of Google.

10. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Twitter

On this website, the controller has integrated components of Twitter. Twitter is a multilingual, publicly-accessible microblogging service.

The operating company of Twitter is Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States.

11. Provisions about the application and use of GiddyUp affiliate links

On this website, the controller has integrated components of the enterprise GiddyUp. GiddyUp is an American affiliate network, which offers affiliate marketing.

Affiliate marketing is a web-based form of distribution, which allows commercial operators of Internet sites, the so-called merchants or advertisers, to show advertising, which will be paid mostly through click or sale commissions, on third-party Internet sites that are also called affiliates or publishers. The merchant provides through the affiliate network an advertising medium, such as an advertising banner or other suitable means of Internet advertising, which is subsequently integrated by an affiliate on its own Internet pages or via other channels such as keyword advertising or e-mail marketing.

The operating company of GiddyUp is The GiddyUp Group LLC, 16 N Oak St. Ventura, CA 93001, United States of America.

GiddyUp sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. The tracking cookie by GiddyUp stores no personal data. Only the identification number of the affiliate, that is, the partner mediating the potential customer, as well as the ordinal number of the visitor of a website and the clicked advertising medium are stored. The purpose of this data storage is processing of commission payments between a merchant and affiliate, which are processed through the affiliate network, that is GiddyUp.

The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the Internet browser used and, thus, permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent GiddyUp from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by GiddyUp may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs.

12. Legal basis for the processing

Personal data processing operations are based on Article 6(1) points a (your consent) and f (legitimate interests of us) of the GDPR.

Our legitimate interest is to carry out our business, i.e., market products of our partners, the legitimate interests of our partners is to promote their products and increase their sales

13. Period for which the personal data will be stored

The criterion used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the fulfillment of the indicated data processing purposes. We will not keep your personal data for longer than is necessary for the purpose it was collected. The personal data will be deleted when it is no longer required.

14. Provision of personal data

We clarify that the provision of personal data is voluntary. However, if you do not provide personal data, we may not be able to accomplish some of the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

15. Third party links

Our webpages link to third-party websites and services that are outside our control. We are not responsible for the security of any information collected by third party websites or other services. You should review the privacy statements and policies applicable to the third-party websites and services you use.