Who we are
Our website address is: https://windows-hq.com.
1. Introduction
Welcome to Windows-HQ! We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your non-personal information when you visit our website, which is dedicated to curating news content from various global sources.
2. Information We Do Not Collect or Store
We want to be clear about what we do not do:
- No Direct Personal Data Collection: We do not require or ask for any personally identifiable information (PII) such as your name, email address, physical address, or phone number.
- No Comments or User Accounts: Our website does not allow user comments, forum posts, or account creation. Therefore, we do not store any associated user-generated content or login credentials.
- No First-Party Cookies: We do not set or store any cookies directly from our website (known as “first-party cookies”) to track your behavior or preferences.
3. Data Collection and Usage (Third Parties)
While we do not collect data directly, certain third-party services necessary for our operation may collect data as outlined below:
A. Google AdSense
- Revenue Generation: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements and generate revenue.
- Ad Cookies: Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. These cookies are often referred to as DoubleClick DART cookies (or similar technologies) and enable Google to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
- Non-Personalized Information: Google may use non-personal information (which does not include your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
- Your Control: You may opt-out of the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy.
B. Embedded Content from Other Websites
- Source Material: Our website curates and displays content sourced from various global news organizations and third-party websites. This content may be embedded (e.g., articles, videos, images).
- Third-Party Behavior: Embedded content behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the source website directly. These third-party 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.
- Our Responsibility: We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you interact with.
4. Data Sharing
- No Sharing of User Data: Since we do not collect or store any personal data from our visitors, we do not share, sell, rent, or trade any user data with any other companies or individuals, beyond the necessary function of the Google AdSense service as described above.
5. Your Data Rights
Because we do not collect or store any personal data about our visitors, the typical data rights (like the right to access, rectify, or erase your data) do not directly apply to Windows-HQ.
- Data Controller: We are not the controller of any data collected by third parties (like Google AdSense or embedded content sources).
- Exercising Rights: If you are concerned about your data privacy related to the advertisements or embedded content, you will need to contact the respective third-party provider (e.g., Google or the source news organization) to exercise your rights under applicable privacy laws (such as GDPR or CCPA).
6. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.
Last Updated: 2025/11/03