This is where we outline the licensing terms for our work and how you can use it. We also detail the personal and non-personal data we collect from you, how it is collected, the reasons for its collection, our data protection measures, the circumstances under which we may share it, how you can access and modify your data.

Copyright, trademarks, and content licensing terms

The Digital Citizen publication is owned by CITIZEN MEDIA LLC. Except where otherwise noted, all content on Digital Citizen is provided as-is, with no warranties, and it is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International. This means that you are free to:

• Share - copy and redistribute our content in any medium or format
• Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon our content

But you are requested to respect the following terms:

• Attribution - you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to our source material and the license we’re using, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests that we endorse you or the way you use our work.
• NonCommercial - you may not use our content for commercial purposes.
• ShareAlike - if you remix, transform, or build upon our content, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

We would like to thank everyone for respecting our licensing terms and reiterate that if you use materials published from this site for non-commercial purposes, you are kindly asked to mention our site as the source and post a link to the original article(s). 

Also, please be aware that some of our pages might have different copyright notices that apply to them. All products mentioned on our website are registered trademarks and trademarks of their respective companies.

Privacy policy: the data we collect and how it’s used

We do our best to minimize the data we collect. Even so, the many web services that are necessary for us to function, like Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and Cloudflare, collect a lot of data. Here’s how and why:

Data collected for keeping our website and our readers safe

When you visit our website, its content is served using the Cloudflare CDN service for improved speed and security. Cloudflare logs visitors’ interactions to provide anonymous statistical reports, as well as detect security threats and malicious third parties. They may share information about our visitors only when they have a reasonable belief that those visitors pose a security threat. You can learn more here: Cloudflare Privacy Policy.

When you place a comment on Digital Citizen, we store the content of that content, the name you provide, your email, as well as the date and time when you posted it. This data is used to notify you when someone replies to your comment(s). This data is also used to block access to our site for people who post SPAM or malicious content that harms others. To better protect yourself, it is OK not to use your real name or a partial name when posting a comment. Once your comment is submitted, it becomes public, and all our readers can see it. If you want to modify a comment you made or delete it, contact us and request the change you wish. You can also unsubscribe yourself from the notifications you get for any replies to your comment. 

We use the Google reCAPTCHA service to stop SPAM attacks through comments. This service uses the same terms and conditions as other Google services: Google Privacy Policy. 

We also use the Wordfence Security Plugin to stay safe from the latest security exploits, detect malware threatening our website and its visitors, block malicious IP addresses in real time, and stop all kinds of attacks against our website. This service generally tracks non-personalized information such as your operating system, browser, IP address, and device type to help us remain protected. For details on their data collection practices, read the Wordfence Privacy Policy.

Data collected to earn a living

To monetize our work, we work with Google AdSense and other ad networks that partner with Google to display ads. The ad networks collect data like your IP address and the pages you visit for statistics, data analysis, and ad personalization. Here’s detailed information on how Google uses information from sites that use their services, including ours.

Data collected for communication

We use data to communicate with you, both on our website and through email:

Communication and emails

We offer an email newsletter that is sent daily or weekly, based on your choice. When you subscribe, you must provide an email address, first name, and last name. That data is stored by the MailerLite service, and it is used only to contact you and send messages about our content. It is not sold or shared with any third party. The data is also protected with security measures like two-step verification. You can unsubscribe from our newsletters at any time using the unsubscribe link at the end of each newsletter we send. You can read their privacy policy here: MailerLite Privacy Policy.

Do Not Track settings

Most web browsers have a Do Not Track or DNT feature that lets websites know you don’t want to be tracked. When you enable the DNT setting in your web browser, it sends a Do Not Track request with your browsing traffic to all the websites you visit and the third-party services they’re using, asking them not to collect data about you and your browsing habits.

Even though older versions of our website respected DNT settings, we couldn’t implement this feature when switching to Google Analytics v4 and other complex services. It was simply way too complicated for our limited resources. The end result is that our Digital Citizen website does not obey such settings when transmitted by your web browser.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies for various purposes, such as display advertising, embedding content from outside sources, or affiliate marketing. Our policies regarding cookies are available here: Cookies on Digital Citizen.

Credits

Last but not least, we would like to give credit where it’s due:

• Our website was developed and designed by Adrian Rafail. 
• The Digital Citizen logo and many of the badges we use in our reviews were created by Gabriel Miu.
• On our website, you’ll find pictures with our individual editors and our team together. They were shot by Vlad Bîrdu, a talented portrait and documentary photographer.
• The content management system powering our website is WordPress.