Privacy Policy for TalkEcho.net

Effective Date: October 15, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how **TalkEcho.net** (the “Site,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your information when you visit and use our website.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

a. Personal Information You Voluntarily Provide

When you use the Site, you may voluntarily provide us with personal information, such as your name and email address, when you:

• Register for an account or newsletter.
• Submit a comment or question via a contact form.
• Send an email to [email protected].

b. Automatically Collected Data (Log and Usage Data)

When you access the Site, our servers automatically record information, including:

• Your IP address.
• Browser type and settings.
• The date and time of your visit.
• Pages viewed and time spent on those pages.
• Referring sources (the website that led you to TalkEcho.net).

c. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

2. Use of Data for Advertising (AdSense/Google)

a. Google AdSense/Advertising Partners

We use **Google AdSense** and other third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

b. The DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google uses the DART cookie to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website.
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website (e.g., track user engagement).
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions and protect our security.

4. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our Site may contain links to other websites not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

5. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR / CCPA)

Depending on your location, you may have rights regarding your personal data, including the right to:

• **Access** the personal data we hold about you.
• **Correct** any incomplete or inaccurate data.
• **Object** to our processing of your personal data.
• **Request the deletion** of your personal data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at **[email protected]**.

6. Children’s Information

We do not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will do our best to promptly remove such information from our records.

7. 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.

8. Contact Us

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

• By email: [email protected]
• By visiting the Contact Us page on our website.