Privacy Policy

Last updated January 12, 2024

Virtualmeetingworld.com Privacy Policy

Virtual Meeting World is a leading virtual meeting and video conferencing information website. We cover the best online communication platform and solution reviews, compared, guides, tips & tricks, and the latest news worldwide.

Virtual Meeting World is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information whilst striving to provide the very best user experience. We want our websites to be safe and enjoyable for everyone and as well as we respect you for visiting us, and your privacy is also important to us.

This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information we receive and collects from virtualmeetingworld.com, how it is used when we disclose it, and how you can manage it.

All Your Browser Data Is Safe When You Visit Us?

Yes, you are safe! SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private for all your data.

What Personal Data Do We Collect, And Why Do We Collect It?

We might collect various types of information about users, including personal information. Personal information is any info related to an identifiable person, including references to location data, name, email address, phone number, or other factors specific to a person.

We want you to understand how we handle your information. We can’t process data without the necessary information.

1. You may provide an email when you subscribe to our blog, and then we will send you an email.
2. Browsing our website with your browser’s cookies.

• We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
• We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the ongoing operation of our site.
• We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.

Now, let’s discuss more about your security and our privacy policy:

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

Cookies collect standard internet log info and visitor behavior information. If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Will remove the login cookies.

An additional cookie will be saved in your browser if you edit or publish an article. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content or store owner content (e.g., videos, images, primary articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves similarly as if the visitor has visited the other website.

We 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 to the website.

Analytics

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users interact with the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Information Collected by Google Analytics:

• IP addresses
• Geographic location
• Device and browser information
• Pages visited
• Actions taken on the website
• Referring URLs
• Time spent on the website

This information is used to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are used to facilitate Google Analytics analysis. You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Google’s Privacy Policy

For more information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, as well as your options for controlling the information sent to Google, please review Google’s privacy policy: Google Privacy & Terms.

Advertising

Google Ads

This website uses Google Ads, a service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Ads uses cookies to present you with personalized advertisements based on your previous interactions with our website and other websites.

Information Collected by Google Ads:

• IP addresses
• Device and browser information
• Interaction with ads (e.g., clicks, impressions)
• Geographic location
• Cookies and similar technologies

This information is used to tailor advertisements to your interests and show you relevant ads on our website and other websites across the internet.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are used to track your interaction with Google Ads. You can manage your cookie preferences and opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings: Google Ads Settings.

Third-Party Advertising

Our website may display advertisements from third-party advertisers. These advertisers may also use cookies to collect information about your online activities and interests to provide you with more relevant advertising. However, currently, we do not use any “Third-Party Advertisers” that we can disclose here. If we do in the future, we must disclose it.

Region and Service-specific Notices *

These “Region and Service-specific Notices” can refer to providing additional information or notices specific to certain regions or services within a privacy policy or terms of service. Different regions may have specific legal requirements, and certain services may have unique considerations that need to be addressed. These notices are often included to ensure transparency and compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements of the jurisdictions in which the service operates or is accessible.

European Union (EU) Residents / United Kingdom

The following privacy policy page applies to users who reside in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and the United Kingdom, the provisions of which shall prevail over conflicting provisions in this Privacy Policy for EEA/UK residents only.

You have the right to request:

• Access to the personal data we hold about you including your name, e-mail, URL, and comments posted by you
• The correction of your data when incorrect, out of date, or incomplete
• The deletion of your data
• We stop using your data for direct marketing if you object to it
• We stop any consent-based processing of your data after you withdraw that consent
• The right to request a transfer of your data to another service provider

Your Right To Withdraw Consent

Whenever you have given us your consent to use your data, you have the right to change your mind at any time and withdraw that consent.

Where We Rely On Our Legitimate Interest

In cases where we are processing your personal data based on our legitimate interest, you can ask us to stop for reasons connected to your situation. We must then do so unless we believe we have a legitimate overriding reason to continue processing your data.

Direct Marketing

You have the right to stop the use of your personal data for direct marketing activity through all channels, or selected channels. We must always comply with your request. Remember, you can always stop direct marketing messages by clicking on an unfollow or unsubscribe link in any of our social media channels or emails or by contacting us.

California Privacy Rights

This section applies only to California residents.  It describes how we collect, use, and share the Personal Information of California residents in operating our business, and their rights concerning that Personal Information.  

For purposes of this section, “Personal Information” has the meaning given in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (”CPRA”). It does not include: (i) information that is lawfully made available from federal, state or local government records; (ii) de-identified or aggregated data; or (iii) information excluded from the scope of the CCPA/CPRA. 

On some occasions, to provide our services to our clients, we may process service data that we receive from or on behalf of our clients. If you are a California resident, you may have certain CCPA rights with regard to this information. Under the CCPA, when we act as a “service provider” (as opposed to a “business” or a “third party”) over such information, we only process your information in a way required to provide our services to our clients, at our clients’ direction. If you wish to exercise any of your rights under CCPA regarding such information, please contact the relevant business that collected the information from you, as they control and determine how your information is processed.

As a California resident, you have the rights listed below. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.

Information

You can request the following information about how we have collected and used your Personal Information during the past 12 months:

• The categories of Personal Information that we have collected
• The categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information
• The business or commercial purpose for collecting and/or selling Personal Information
• The categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information
• Whether we have disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third-party recipient
• Whether we’ve sold your Personal Information, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third-party recipient

Access

You can request a copy of the Personal Information that we have collected about you during the past 12 months (or sometimes it can be retrieved later).

Deletion

You can ask us or you can delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you.

Opt-out Of Sales

Virtual Meeting World does not “sell” any of your personal information in exchange for money. However, the term “sell” has a broader meaning under the CCPA/CPRA than would ordinarily be understood in a non-legal context. If we “sell” your Personal Information, you can opt out. In addition, if you direct us not to “sell” your Personal Information, we will consider it a request under California’s “Shine the Light” law to stop sharing your personal information covered by that law with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

In the past 12 months, we have shared your Personal Information with third parties in the following circumstances, which California law classifies as a “sale” of your Personal Information:

• supplying your data to third parties like redirected to other websites with your express consent (e.g. where you opt-in to receive third-party marketing or where you have requested to be contacted by a third party)
• with third-party marketing partners, including list brokers, for commercial use
• supplying attendee data to third parties who provide services in connection with our events, and sending your data to suppliers of certain products and services (where you have consented to hear from such third parties)
• promotional partners, such as when you enter a promotion, contest, or sweepstakes
• like many companies, we use services that help deliver interest-based ads, content and services to you and may transfer personal information to business partners for their use.  California law classifies our use of these services as a “sale” of your Personal Information to the companies that provide the services. This is because we allow them to collect information from our website users (e.g., online identifiers and browsing activity) so they can help serve ads, content and services more likely to interest you. 

• Opt-in.  If we know that you are younger than 16 years old, we will ask for your parent or guardian’s permission to sell your Personal Information before we do so.
• Nondiscrimination.  You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination. This means that we will not penalize you for exercising your rights by taking actions such as denying you services; increasing the price/rate of services; decreasing service quality; or suggesting that we may penalize you as described above for exercising your rights.

How to exercise your right to information, access, deletion

You may exercise your California privacy rights by submitting a contact form or emailing [email protected] quoting ‘California Privacy Rights-(insert name of your request)’ in the subject header and state which right(s) you wish to exercise.

How to exercise your right to opt out of the “sale” of your Personal Information

For internet and mobile users (online third parties). If you do not wish for us or our online third-party partners (such as advertising networks) to sell or share your personal information with others, please click on the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link on this page of our website. If you access this site and/or app from other devices or browsers, or clear your cookies on your devices or browsers, you will need to indicate your preferences again from those devices or browsers.

Alternatively to opt out of “sales” or “sharing” of personal information you can toggle your cookies off in the cookie preference center or enable Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) on your browser. To learn more about GPC, please visit http://globalprivacycontrol.org.

For subscribers (offline third parties): If you want to opt out of all offline third-party sales, please submit a contact form or emailing [email protected] quoting “California Privacy Rights – [insert name of your request]” in the subject header and state ‘opt-out of third-party sales’.

We will need to confirm your identity and California residency to process your requests to exercise your rights. We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.

Our Response Time to Your Request

We will make every effort to respond to your request within thirty (30) days from when you contacted us. If you have a complex request, the CPRA allows us up to ninety (90) days to respond. We will still contact you thirty (30) days from when you contacted us to let you know we need more time to respond and the reason for the extension.

Personal Information That We Collect, Use, And Share

The chart below summarizes how we collect, use, and share Personal Information by reference to the statutory categories specified in the CPRA, and describes our practices during the 12 months preceding the effective date of this Privacy Policy.

Statutory category of personal information (PI)	Source of the PII	Purpose for collection	Categories of third parties to whom we “disclose” the PI for a business purpose	Categories of third parties to whom we “sell” or “share” the PI
Identifiers	You Public-sources Business-partners Our clients	Service delivery Research & development Marketing Compliance & Operations	Third-Party Partners (or business and commercial purposes as defined in the section above entitled ‘Opt-out of sales’)	Third Party Partners (or business and commercial purposes as defined in the section above entitled ‘Opt-out of sales’)
Commercial Information	You Our clients	Service delivery Research & development Marketing Compliance & Operations	Affiliates Service-related third parties Professional advisors Authorities and others Business transferees	None
Financial Information	You	Service delivery, i.e. to fulfill your subscriptions and orders, and any refund requests
Customer Records Information	You	Service delivery Research & development Marketing Compliance & Operations	Third-Party Partners (for business and commercial purposes as defined in the section above entitled ‘Opt-out of sales’)	Third Party Partners (for business and commercial purposes as defined in the section above entitled ‘Opt-out of sales’)
Online Identifiers	You Our clients	Service delivery Research & development Marketing Compliance & Operations	Affiliates Service-related third parties Professional advisors Authorities and others Business transferees	Advertising partners (to facilitate online advertising)Third Party Partners (for business and commercial purposes as defined in the section above entitled ‘Opt-out of sales’)
Internet or Network Information	You Automatic collection	Service delivery Research & development Marketing Compliance & Operations	Affiliates Service-related third parties Professional advisors Authorities and others Business transferees	Third Party Partners (for business and commercial purposes as defined in the section above entitled ‘Opt-out of sales’)
Geolocation Data	You Public-sources Business-partners Our clients	Service delivery Research & development Marketing Compliance & Operations	Third-Party Partners (for business and commercial purposes as defined in the section above entitled ‘Opt-out of sales’)	Third-Party Partners (for business and commercial purposes as defined in the section above entitled ‘Opt-out of sales’)

Virginia, Colorado, and Connecticut Privacy Rights

This section applies solely to individual residents of the States of Virginia, Colorado, and Connecticut. 

Privacy laws in these states, namely the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA), Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), and the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA),  give residents certain rights concerning their data.

These rights include:

• Access. You can request a copy of the Personal Information we collected about you.
• Right to correct. You have the right to correct inaccuracies in the personal information we collect from you, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes for which we process it.

• Right to delete. You have the right to delete personal information that you have provided or that we have obtained about you. Please note that we may deny such a request if the requested deletion falls under an exception to this right set as provided by the relevant law. Additionally, if you request the deletion of your personal information and we have obtained such information from a third-party source, we may retain such data by keeping a record of the deletion request and the minimum data necessary to ensure that your personal information remains deleted from our records and that such retained data is not used for any other purpose, or we may opt you out of the processing of such personal information for any purpose except for those allowed under the relevant legislation.
• Right to data portability. You have the right to access and obtain a copy of your personal information that you previously provided to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another business without hindrance, where the processing is carried out by automated means. 
• Right to opt out of targeted ads, sales to third parties, or profiling. You have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for purposes of (i) targeted advertising; (ii) the sale of personal information; or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you. As described in this privacy notice:
  • We DO process personal information for targeted advertising;
  • We DO NOT sell your personal information in exchange for monetary consideration;
  • We DO NOT engage in profiling decisions based on your personal information that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.

How to exercise your right to information, access, and deletion

You may exercise your privacy rights by submitting a contact form or emailing [email protected] quoting ‘US Privacy Rights-(insert your request)’ in the subject header and detail which right(s) you wish to exercise, and the US state you live in.

How to exercise your right to opt-out of the “sale or sharing” of your Personal Information

For internet and mobile users (online third parties). If you do not wish for us or our online third-party partners (such as advertising networks) to sell or share your personal information with others, please click on the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link on this page of our website. If you access this site and/or app from other devices or browsers, or clear your cookies on your devices or browsers, you will need to indicate your preferences again from those devices or browsers. 

For subscribers (offline third parties): Please submit a contact form or emailing [email protected] quoting ‘US Privacy Rights-(insert your request)’ in the subject header and state ‘opt-out of third-party sale or share.

We will need to confirm your identity and where you live to process your requests to exercise your rights.  We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.

Our Response Time to Your Request

We will make every effort to respond to your request within thirty (30) days from when you contacted us. If you have a complex request, the legislation allows us up to ninety (90) days to respond. We will still contact you within thirty (30) days from when you contacted us to let you know we need more time to respond and the reason for the extension.

Nevada Privacy Rights

If you are a resident of Nevada, you have the right to opt out of the sale of certain personal information to third parties who intend to license or sell that personal information.

Although Virtual Meeting World does not currently sell your personal data, as defined by Nevada law, for monetary compensation to third parties for their own purposes, Nevada residents may request that we include their name on a do-not-sell list in the event we were to do so in the future. Please email us at [email protected] if you are still concerned about having your name on the do-not-sell list.

Location Information

We collect and process your device’s source IP address and may disclose your general geolocation at the time of access. Ads and certain promotional content might be promoted to you because of it.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, virtualmeetingworld.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and several clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any personally identifiable information.

Who Do We Share Your Data With?

We can’t collect any data directly from our website. We are using a Secured Web Hosting server, so all your data is secured and always private between you and us.

For Further Information:

• GDPR message about European regulations messages: https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/10961068?hl=en
• California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA): https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa gives consumers more control over the personal information that businesses collect about them and the CCPA regulations guide how to implement the law.
• General information about data protection may be found at the Information Commissioner’s website: https://ico.org.uk/
• For more information about cookies please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ and for more information about how to manage cookies
• Information about direct marketing may be found at the Direct Marketing Association’s website: https://dma.org.uk/

What Rights Do You Have Over Your Data?

If you have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you; also, you can delete your comment, including any information you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Privacy Policy Changes

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. Although most changes are likely to be minor, we change Privacy Policy from time to time, and at the Virtual Meeting World’s sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its privacy policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Do Not Sell My Content

Overall, we do not collect any information or disclose it and do not sell anything online or offline.

CONTACT DETAILS

For more information please refer to our about, and contact details pages or contact us directly through e-mail to contact[at]virtualmeetingworld.com. Thanks.