At Miderva, we aim to clarify our approach to managing your personal data and ensure you're aware of your rights and options.
This privacy policy outlines how we manage your personal information when you engage with our application. For instance, when you complete a subscription form or explore our mobile app, you share data with us, including some that may identify you ("personal data").
Should you have any inquiries, feel free to reach out to us at contact@miderva.com.
The data controller mentioned in this document is Miderva, a company with a capital of €500, headquartered at 124 Rue du Renard 76000 ROUEN, registered with the National Business Register (NBR) under number 983 000 407, and whose legal representative is Mr. Mohamed-Sélim HAMZA, President.
When you register for a Miderva Service, either through a subscription or a free account, we gather your contact details and account login details. After registration, we allocate a distinct identification number to you. This identification number aids us in identifying you while you're logged in.
During various interactions we have with you, you may need to provide us with information about yourself.
This includes:
The data we collect in the course of our commercial relationship with you includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Every time you visit our mobile applications, we gather information about your connection and browsing.
We may utilize standard internet technologies such as scripts, pixels, and redirects. Scripts, written in JavaScript, are programs that run in your browser or mobile application and perform various actions, such as sending information to our servers. They can also generate pixels. Pixels, sometimes referred to as transparent GIFs or web bugs, are lines of code used to display a graphical image (often invisible) on a web page or in an email. Redirects enable a web page to be accessible under multiple URLs. When a browser opens a redirected URL, a page with a different URL opens.
These technologies aim to enhance your experience on our websites and applications, including providing personalized content based on your interests. For example, when a user clicks on an article "like" button, a script records the action. This allows us to track the total number of likes of an article and establish a ranking of the most liked articles.
These technologies grant us access to the following information:
Additionally, our websites and mobile applications may integrate third-party scripts, pixels, and redirects. These technologies allow third-party service providers to gather specific information such as your browser type and the webpage that referred you to our websites or mobile applications. These third-party service providers utilize the collected information for auditing, research purposes, and reporting on our websites and applications, as well as the advertisements displayed on them. We do not disclose your identifiable data to these third parties for their utilization of these technologies.
We aim to avoid gathering sensitive personal details about you. This encompasses:
However we may occasionally collect precise geolocation information, which can be considered sensitive data, to facilitate GPS-based location services if you opt to enable them. Additionally, certain laws classify account access details like usernames and passwords as sensitive personal information. Nevertheless, we only collect such information for accounts directly created with us and not for any third-party accounts you may hold.
In some cases, we may request some of the aforementioned information (e.g., a reader survey inquiring about political affiliations or ethnicity), but you are free to decline to provide it. Unless specifically requested in such instances, we prefer that you refrain from sharing sensitive personal information with us.
We retain your personal information for the necessary duration, or as permitted, based on the purpose for which it was collected (in accordance with applicable laws). Therefore, we may continue to store your personal information even after you have closed your account with us.
When determining the retention period for your information, we take into account:
Instead of deleting your data, we may de-identify it by removing identifiable details.
Those who may access certain portions of your data comprise:
Access to your data is contingent upon individualized and restricted permissions. Personnel authorized to access personal data are obligated to maintain confidentiality, as stipulated by their personal and specific commitment to confidentiality.
We collaborate with service providers, as previously defined, to handle specific responsibilities, which may include:
During the execution of these tasks, service providers often access your personal information.
On occasion, we authorize them to utilize aggregated or de-identified data for alternative purposes, in compliance with relevant regulations.
They advertise products or services for either themselves or advertisers. It's important to note that if you opt to subscribe to the products or services offered by our commercial partners and grant them access to certain information, particularly by logging into their websites or applications, their privacy policies and cookie practices apply to you. We have no authority over how our commercial partners collect or process your data on their respective platforms.
When we are legally obligated to do so or to ensure the rights, property, and safety of Miderva.
We keep your personal data within the European Union. However, certain processing tasks may require transferring data to subcontractors or business partners situated in other countries, some of which might have data protection laws that are not as stringent as those in your country of residence. In such cases, we guarantee that the processing adheres to this privacy policy and complies with the standard contractual clauses set by the European Commission. These clauses ensure a sufficient level of privacy protection and uphold the fundamental rights of individuals.
We safeguard your personal data using suitable organizational, technological, and physical measures — however, we cannot assure absolute security. It is advisable to utilize complex and distinct passwords for your Times accounts and any associated third-party accounts. Refrain from sharing your password with others.
Should you suspect any security breaches in your interactions with us, please inform us promptly
You have the right to access your personal data and request that it be corrected, completed, or updated. You may also request the erasure of your data or object to its processing, provided you can justify a legitimate reason.
You can request to exercise your right to data portability, which means the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used format and the right to transmit this data to another data controller.
Additionally, you can formulate directives regarding the retention, erasure, and communication of your personal data after your death.
You can exercise your rights by contacting us through contact@miderva.com
Before responding to your request, we may need to verify your identity and/or request further information to address your request. We will strive to respond to your request in a reasonable timeframe and, in any case, within the deadlines set by law.
We may use your contact details for commercial solicitations, in compliance with applicable law and the clauses of this privacy policy. You can at any time object to these solicitations, according to modalities that depend on the communication channel we use to address them.
We comply with the rules of Article L.34-5 of the Postal and Electronic Communications Code, which requires prior and express consent for sending commercial solicitations via electronic means
In any case, you always have the option to opt out of receiving these solicitations by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided in each email.
Upon the initial opening of Miderva's mobile applications on your smartphone or tablet, you may grant permission to receive mobile notifications or "push" notifications. These notifications allow us to provide you with content (news alerts, content highlighted) and may occasionally be used for commercial offers. You can disable these notifications at any time in your smartphone settings.
We invite you to contact our contact service to inform them that you do not wish to receive these solicitations through contact@miderva.com.
Contact us
contact@miderva.com