Legal
Privacy Policy
Effective date: 1.1.26
Thunder Media Co (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://www.thundermediaco.com website (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Definitions
- Service - the https://www.thundermediaco.com website operated by Thunder Media Co.
- Personal Data - data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
- Usage Data - data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
- Cookies - small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
- Data Controller - the natural or legal person who determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information is processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.
- Data Processors (or Service Providers) - any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.
- Data Subject (or User) - any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.
Information Collection and Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
Personal Data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). This may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
- Cookies and Usage Data
We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send, or by contacting us.
Usage Data
We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This may include your computer's IP address, browser type and version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
Location Data
We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so (“Location Data”). We use this data to provide, improve, and customize our Service. You can enable or disable location services at any time through your device settings.
Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Other tracking technologies such as beacons, tags and scripts are also used to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. Examples of cookies we use:
- Session Cookies - to operate our Service.
- Preference Cookies - to remember your preferences and settings.
- Security Cookies - for security purposes.
- Advertising Cookies - to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.
Use of Data
Thunder Media Co uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
- To provide customer support
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
- To monitor the usage of our Service
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
- To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer, unless you have opted not to receive such information
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Thunder Media Co's legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your Personal Data because:
- We need to perform a contract with you
- You have given us permission to do so
- The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights
- For payment processing purposes
- To comply with the law
Retention of Data
Thunder Media Co will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or improve the functionality of our Service, or when we are legally obligated to retain it for longer periods.
Transfer of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. Thunder Media Co will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Disclosure of Data
Disclosure for Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, Thunder Media Co may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Legal Requirements
Thunder Media Co may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of Thunder Media Co
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Security of Data
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
“Do Not Track” Signals (CalOPPA)
We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Thunder Media Co aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data. In certain circumstances, you have the following rights:
- The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you.
- The right of rectification - to have your information corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to object - to our processing of your Personal Data.
- The right of restriction - to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
- The right to data portability - to be provided with a copy of your information in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
- The right to withdraw consent - at any time, where we 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. You also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data - for more information, contact your local data protection authority in the EEA.
Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analysing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
- Google Analytics - a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. For more information visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.
- Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising - we partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies. For more information visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Advertising
- Google AdSense & DoubleClick Cookie - Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. You may opt out of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising via Google Ads Settings.
Behavioral Remarketing
- Google Ads (AdWords) - remarketing service provided by Google Inc. Opt out via Google Ads Settings or the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Bing Ads Remarketing - provided by Microsoft Inc. Opt out via Microsoft's personalized-ads page.
- Facebook - remarketing service provided by Facebook Inc. Learn more via Facebook's Data Policy, or opt out through the Digital Advertising Alliance.
Payments
We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing. We will not store or collect your payment card details; that information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors, whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These processors adhere to PCI-DSS standards as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council. The payment processors we work with are:
- Stripe - privacy policy
- PayPal / Braintree - privacy policy
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page, via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service prior to the change becoming effective, and we will update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By email: team@thundermediaco.com
- By visiting: thundermediaco.com/contact