TechCrunch, a leading technology media property dedicated to start-ups and technology news has recently shared details about its data collection and privacy policy. Key highlights of the article include:
- TechCrunch is a part of Yahoo’s family of brands, including Yahoo, AOL and Yahoo Advertising, offering a wide range of websites and applications.
- The website uses cookies, along with similar technologies like web storage, to provide its services, authenticate users, apply security measures, and measure the usage of their sites and apps.
- Accepting the use of cookies allows TechCrunch and its partners to use personal data of users, such as IP addresses, precise locations, as well as browsing and search data.
- Cookies and personal data are used to display personalized ads and content influenced by user interest profiles, measure the efficacy of these ads and content, and to continue developing and improving their products and services.
- Users have the choice to reject the use of cookies and their personal data for these additional purposes. The settings can be customized and changed at any point of time using ‘Privacy & cookie settings’ or ‘Privacy dashboard’ options available on their websites and apps.
In the era of digital privacy, TechCrunch underlines the importance assigned to user consent and providing clear choices when it comes to data collection. Their privacy policy and cookie policy additionally offer further details on how they handle and use users’ personal data. It also underlines the site’s commitment to delivering a personalised and safe browsing experience to their users while adhering to data protection standards.
