Introduction
Welcome to The Internet Doctor, managed by Rintanen Capital LLC. We are based in Finland, operating under Finnish law and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our commitment is to protect the privacy of our visitors and users. This policy details the types of personal data we collect, why we collect it, and how we protect it.
Data We Collect and Why
We collect and process the following types of personal data:
Identification Data
Includes your name, email address, and other contact details when you provide them through our website forms, subscriptions, or services.
Technical Data
Includes your IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types, and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access the Website.
Usage Data
Information about how you use our Website, products, and services.
Comments
When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to aid spam detection. An anonymized string from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service. If you use Gravatar, after your comment’s approval, your profile picture is publicly visible in your comment.
Media
Uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) is discouraged. Visitors can extract any location data from images on the website.
How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
• To provide and improve our Website, services, and content.
• To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries and sending newsletters or other updates you have subscribed to.
• For website analytics and performance improvement.
• To comply with legal obligations.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
• Consent: We may process your data if you have given us explicit consent to use your personal data for a specific purpose.
• Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
• Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal data to fulfill the terms of our contract.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so.
Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have rights including:
• Access: The right to be provided with a copy of your personal data.
• Rectification: The right to require us to correct any mistakes in your personal data.
• Erasure: The right to require us to delete your personal data.
• Restriction: The right to require us to restrict processing of your personal data.
• Data portability: The right to receive the personal data you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
• Objection: The right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the details provided above.
International Transfers
We do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Cookies
Cookies save your details (name, email address, website) when you comment on our site. This convenience means you do not have to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies last for one year. We set temporary cookies to check if your browser accepts cookies, with no personal data and they are discarded when you close your browser. Logging in sets cookies to remember your login and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days; screen options cookies, a year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies. Editing or publishing an article sets a cookie indicating the post ID of the article you edited, expiring after 1 day.
We Do Not Sell Your Data
We firmly believe in the privacy and security of your information. Therefore, we do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to third parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
Email Marketing
You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials, and any other content related to this website. When you send an email, your email message along with your email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. This information is kept confidential, and we do not share, sell, or trade your email information with third parties, except as otherwise stated in this privacy policy.
Please ensure this template is customized to reflect your specific practices, and seek legal advice to guarantee compliance with applicable laws, including Finnish law and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data protection practices, please contact us at https://theinternetdoctor.com/contact
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Effective Date” and will be effective as soon as it is accessible.