We are committed to your data security and privacy. We do not ask from you any info that you need to enter (such as names, emails, usernames, passwords, addresses), and the automatically collected information by our site or the cookies are the industry standard types that would also be collected by many sites for basic site functions and measuring performance.

For details, read on…

1 – Who We Are

Our website address is humanoidmagazine.com. This website is owned privately and based in Ankara, Turkey. Note that in this text, “Us”, “Our” or “We”, means the owner of this site.

2 – Information Collection by Forms or Fields: None

• Registration Forms: We currently do not accept user registration to our site. Any user attempt to register or any user attempt to login other than the administrator and the already registered users will be denied.
• Commenting: We currently do not accept user comments, thus, do not have any comment forms.
• Contact forms: We currently do not have any contact forms. If you like to contact us, please email to the address shown in the “Contact Us” page.

Therefore we do not directly collect any information from users. The only information collected are the standard ones that are logged automatically by our host server or collected by cookies as explained below.

3 – Automatically Collected Standard Information

Some information may be collected incidentally or automatically by website hosting such as in server logs, or by cookies as explained below.

3.1 – Server Logs:

Some information as listed below are collected in our host’s server logs automatically for the purposes of website security, site functionality, troubleshooting, and measuring performance based on cumulative usage data.

We do not share, sell or disclose any of the collected information. We may only share the cumulative, aggregate statistics about our site to third parties, such as sharing the total number of visitors to our site for a certain period to advertisers, which is only the summation of data from all visitors and in no way an identifier for a particular person. We may release or use certain information collected as mentioned in items 3.1 and 3.2 below only when necessary to comply with law, to protect our or others rights, or to enforce site policies.

Information such as listed below can be collected:

• User’s IP address,
• User’s browser type and version,
• User’s operating system,
• User’s device type,
• User’s date and time and duration of visit,
• User’s country

• Referring url to our website,
• The landing page and pages you view in our site,
• Links you interacted,
• Files you download,
• Searches you perform on our site using search box,
• Your navigation path on our site

These are logged into server logs as part of the industry standard hosting practices (we use one of the most widely used hosting providers on the web).

3.2 – Cookies:

Cookies are small text files placed on a user’s computer when a website is visited. A cookie is basically a small piece of data that a website stores on a user’s device through the web browser. Cookies help a website to function as expected and can also be used for purposes such as website statistics, troubleshooting and certain functions. They are used to capture and or remember certain information about the user or his/her usage of the website. Cookies may obtain information including but not limited to IP address, referring link, general location data, browser information, track visitor’s site usage, count the number of visitors, gather reports on website activity, user preferences while using the website.

You can disable use of cookies or delete the ones that are already stored in your computer through your browser settings. You can check the support website of your browser for instructions on how to do this.

A possible classification for cookies may be such as:

Performance / Analytics cookies: These cookes enable measuring site performance such as counting the number of visitors, which pages are visited more.

Essential cookies: These are essential cookies for a site to function properly. They can still be blocked through brower settings but some functions of the website may not properly work in such case.

Functional cookies: These cookies are used for improving site functionality and better personalization.

Advertisement cookies: When certain type of advertisements are placed on our website, the advertisers may use cookies to better personalize ad experience and or keep track of the advertisement performance.

Our website uses some standard, essential cookies for basic functionality only such as a user’s WordPress standard session and test cookies for login and session management, cookies for cookie consent plugin, the cookies used by our site security plugin WordFence such as the ones to alert us in case any unauthorized logins are detected or user authentification.

These cookies mentioned above are not used for identifying users or tracking them.

In addition there are third party services our site uses, and they can use cookies as listed below.

Third party Cookies:

There are certain third party items on our site which involves use of cookies as listed below.

This website uses StatCounter, a web analytics service provided by StatCounter GlobalStats, to monitor and analyze overall website usage and performance. StatCounter collects statistical information such as cumulative usage data, number of visitors and unique visitors, referring links, landing pages, search keywords, approximate geographic location, IP address, browser type and version, and similar technical information. StatCounter uses cookies and related technologies to obtain this data. The information collected is used solely for analytical and performance evaluation purposes, including understanding traffic patterns and improving website content. We do not use this information to personally identify individual users. Aggregated and non-personal statistical data (such as total or unique visitor counts) may be shared with advertisers or partners when necessary. StatCounter may store collected data on servers located outside your country. You can set your browser to refuse these cookies or visit the StatCounter Refusal Page (https://statcounter.com/about/set-refusal-cookie/) to opt out. For more information about how StatCounter processes data, please refer to the StatCounter Privacy Policy.

YouTube: Certain posts or locations on our website may have embedded YouTube videos. YouTube may use cookies to track user interactions with the embedded videos even if they are not actively played by the user. For more information on YouTube cookies, please visit YouTube.Com.

This website uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to monitor and analyze website usage and performance. GA4 collects statistical information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, device and browser type, approximate geographic location, referring website, and user interactions on the site. GA4 uses first-party cookies to help measure and understand visitor behavior. The primary cookies include:

• _ga: distinguishes unique users and stores a unique identifier (Client ID), default expiration 2 years.
• _ga_<container-id>: maintains session state on the website, default expiration 2 years.
• _gid: distinguishes users, typically expires within 24 hours.
• _gat: limits request rate on high-traffic sites, expires after 1 minute.

Please note that modern browser settings, such as Safari’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention, may shorten the lifespan of these cookies.

Google Analytics 4 is configured to not log or store individual IP addresses, using truncated IP information to derive coarse geolocation data instead. The information collected is used solely for statistical analysis and to improve website content and performance. We do not use this data to personally identify individual users. Aggregated, non-identifiable data may be shared with Google and other partners to evaluate website usage and improve services.

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by adjusting your browser settings to block cookies or by using Google’s Opt-Out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For more information about how Google processes data, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy

Social Media Buttons: We have social media buttons on our website, such as Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin… These may use cookies to track user interactions with the buttons and enable sharing functionalities. For more information on social media cookies, please visit the the applicable social media sites.

4 – Purpose of Collecting Information

The purpose of collecting information was mentioned under item #3.

5 – Third-Party Services

Please see item 3.2 above.

6 – Links

On this website, there are links (via banners or links in a page or a post) to other websites that belong to other parties. And similarly websites that belong to other parties may provide us links on their websites. We do not have any affiliation with any those sites, nor we have control over them. For terms and privacy concerns about those sites, you must review the terms and privacy policies of those particular sites, and this one you are reading will not apply there.

7 – Data Security

We do not sell, trade, disclose or share your information with anyone, or use them in any way to identify you, except in the very unlikely event of as requested by law or to protect our or others’ rights.

We may share cumulative usage information with advertisers or as necessary, which in no way identifies an individual user.

We take reasonable measures to follow industry-standard practices for the security of the data mentioned above. These measures include:

• Access: We do not allow unauthorized access to the abovementioned collected data. We exercise strong password practices for hosting and site administration accounts. The access to the abovementioned data is limited to the site owner, the technical support employees of the hosting company only if we contact them to troubleshoot a technical issue for them to view a specific item related to our question, or any other technical staff or outside consultants we may employ to ensure proper functionality and performance of our site.
• Hosting Security: Our website uses shared hosting on a secure server with a widely established, reputable hosting provider, which employs the highest standards and the most up-to-date security practices.
• Updates: We frequently update our site files, plugins, php version and any other item for site functionality as necessary to keep up with the most current versions, some of which also address the latest known security issues.
• Security Plugins: To further enhance monitoring and protection of our website against malicious activities and unauthorized access, we employ security plugin, such as the widely used Wordfence. The actions performed by security plugin include but are not limited to: scanning for malware, blocking unauthorized access, blocking brute force attacks and more.

8 – Legal Basis for Data Storage and Legal Compliance

Our website complies with any applicable parts of relevant data protection laws. The basis for collecting the information mentioned previously is that we do this for a legitimate interest such as ensuring functionality, and measuring performance of our website.

9 – Your Rights

If you have concerns or questions about a certain privacy issue, you have the right to contact us and we will take reasonable measures in order to address it.

10 – Your Continued Use and Updates to This Policy

If you do not agree to this privacy policy, you must discontinue using our website. By continuing to use this website, you are consenting to this privacy policy and that the data mentioned above can be collected and logged by our site.

This privacy policy may occasionally be updated without notice and at our sole discretion, therefore if you are a returning visitor, you should check this page again for any changes.

11 – Contact Information

You can contact use by sending an email to the address provided on our “Contact” page, if you have any questions or concerns.