WHO WE ARE
Our website address is https://vikingalternative.com.
PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, protect and use the personally identiable information (“Personal Information”) you (“User”, “you” or
“your”) provided on the https://vikingalternative.com website and any of its products or services (collectively, “Website” or “Services”) owned and operated
by VikingAlternative.com, “us”, “we” or “our”). It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can
access and update this information. This Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals that we do not
employ or manage. Collection of personal information
We receive and store any information you knowingly provide to us when you create an account, publish content, make a purchase, and ll out any online
forms on the Website. When required this information may include your email address, name, address, or other Personal Information. You can choose not to
provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of some of the Website’s features.
COLLECTION OF NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
When you visit the Website our servers automatically record information that your browser sends. This data may include information such as your
computer’s IP address, browser type, and version, operating system type and version, language preferences or the webpage you were visiting before you
came to our Website, pages of our Website that you visit, the time spent on those pages, the information you search for on our Website, access times and
dates, and other statistics.
MANAGING PERSONAL INFORMATION
You are able to access, add to, update, and delete certain Personal Information about yourself. The information you can view, update, and delete may
change as the Website or Services change. When you update information, however, we may maintain a copy of the unrevised information in our records. We
will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you Services. Some information may remain in our private records
after your deletion of such information from your account. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve
disputes, and enforce our agreements. We may use any aggregated data derived from or incorporating your Personal Information after you update or delete
it, but not in a manner that would identify you personally.
USE OF COLLECTED INFORMATION
Any of the information we collect from you may be used to improve our website; improve customer service and respond to queries and emails of our
customers; process transactions; send notication emails such as password reminders, updates, etc; run and operate our Website and Services. Nonpersonal
information collected is used only to identify potential cases of abuse and establish statistical information regarding Website trac and usage.
This statistical information is not otherwise aggregated in such a way that would identify any particular user of the system.
BILLING AND PAYMENTS
We use third-party payment processors to assist us in processing your payment information securely. Such third-party processors’ use of your Personal
Information is governed by their respective privacy policies which may or may not contain privacy protections as protective as this Privacy Policy. We
suggest that you review their respective privacy policies.
CHILDREN
We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any personal
information through our Website or Service. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce this
Policy by instructing their children never to provide personal information through our Website or Service without their permission. If you have reason to
believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us through our Website or Service, please contact us.
NEWSLETTERS
We offer electronic newsletters to which you may voluntarily subscribe at any time. You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by
following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails or by contacting us. However, you will continue to receive essential transactional emails.
COOKIES
The Website uses “cookies” to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text le that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies
cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the
domain that issued the cookie to you. We may use cookies to collect, store, and track information for statistical purposes to operate our Website and
Services. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the features of the Website and Services.
There are three types of cookies used on VikingAlternative.com:
Our content management system uses cookies to track information required to operate the site, which includes allowing members to log in, comment, and
interact with their membership.
This site uses Google Analytics to track site usage to help improve services for all. The Google Analytics tracking cookie has zero remarketing (not used to
track once you leave the site) and utilizes the IP anonymization feature to protect individual privacy.
This site also uses a tracking cookie (getBeamer) to deliver the latest ‘unseen’ news through that oating icon on the bottom right of the screen. This is a
session cookie and does not track you once you leave VikingAlternative.com.
If you would like to disable VikingAlternative.com from using any cookies with your browser, be aware that disabling cookies will render your browser unable
to login to the site and therefore unable to interact with your membership. If you still desire to disable cookies, VikingAlterntive.com suggests you read
more about managing your own cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies.
AFFILIATES
We may disclose information about you to our aliates for the purpose of being able to offer you related or additional products and services. Any
information relating to you that we provide to our aliates will be treated by those aliates in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our Website contains links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of
such other websites or third parties. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of each and every
website that may collect personal information.
INFORMATION SECURITY
We secure information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We
maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in an effort to protect against unauthorized access, use, modication, and
disclosure of personal information in its control and custody. However, no data transmission over the Internet or wireless network can be guaranteed.
Therefore, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that (i) there are security and privacy limitations of the Internet which are
beyond our control; (ii) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and our Website cannot be
guaranteed; and (iii) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party, despite best efforts.
DATA BREACH
In the event we become aware that the security of the Website has been compromised or the user’s Personal Information has been disclosed to unrelated
third parties as a result of external activity, including, but not limited to, security attacks or fraud, we reserve the right to take reasonably appropriate
measures, including, but not limited to, investigation and reporting, as well as notication to and cooperation with law enforcement authorities. In the event
of a data breach, we will make reasonable efforts to notify affected individuals if we believe that there is a reasonable risk of harm to the user as a result of
the breach or if notice is otherwise required by law. When we do we will post a notice on the Website, and send you an email.
CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy relating to the Website or Services at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version of this
privacy policy on the Website. When we do we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. Continued use of the Website after any such changes
shall constitute your consent to such changes.
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POLICY
You acknowledge that you have read this Policy and agree to all its terms and conditions. By using the Website or its Services you agree to be bound by this
Policy. If you do not agree to abide by the terms of this Policy, you are not authorized to use or access the Website and its Services.
UPDATE: GDPR Statement
The EU General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect on May 25th, 2018. For those in the EU who would like to have their collected data, as described
above, compiled and sent to you, please reach out to VikingAlternative.com by email. We do not collect any data on any individual or organization that is not
in a current business relationship with us. Non-members do have the right to control their cookie-based interaction in accordance with the above cookie
policy.
CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us. This document was last updated on May 21st, 2020