Privacy Policy of Ore & Ink

This Privacy Policy describes how Ore & Ink ("we", "us", or "our online platform") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit or make use of our daily blog, which provides metal industry news, market analysis, interviews, and related features (collectively, "this service").

We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. This policy is in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable privacy laws.

1. Information We Collect

We collect different types of information from and about users of this service, including information:

• Personal Data: This is information that identifies you as an individual. We only collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us, such as when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave comments on our blog posts, or contact us directly. This may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
• Usage Data: This includes information about how you access and use this service. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
• Tracking & Cookies Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

2. How We Use Your Information

Ore & Ink uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain this service;
• To notify you about changes to our service;
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service when you choose to do so;
• To provide customer care and support;
• To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve this service;
• To monitor the usage of this service;
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues;
• To send you newsletters and marketing or promotional materials, if you have opted in to receive them.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR

We process Personal Data based on one or more of the following legal bases:

• Consent: You have given your explicit consent for us to process your personal data for one or more specific purposes.
• Contract: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request prior to entering into such a contract.
• Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Ore & Ink is subject.
• Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Ore & Ink or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose your personal information in the following situations:

• Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service, provide the service on our behalf, perform service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
  • Comply with a legal obligation;
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of Ore & Ink;
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with this service;
  • Protect the personal safety of users of this service or the public;
  • Protect against legal liability.

5. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update, or to delete the information we have on you.
• The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
• The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.
• The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Ore & Ink relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

7. Links to Other Sites

Our service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

8. Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By mail: 13 Edgecombe Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 2G3, CA