Privacy Policy

The Sixth Extinction is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which The Sixth Extinction collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the website (“Site”).

Information

In some areas of The Sixth Extinction website we ask you to provide information in order for you to become a registered user, or information is provided via the comment section or Feedback form. When you do so, we ask you to give us your name, e-mail address and/or other personal information. Users may, however, visit our website anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

Use of data

The personal information provided when registering as a User or when commenting on posts and articles gives us a better profile of our user community and some idea of how The Sixth Extinction website is being used and prevents abuse of this website. The Feedback form enables us to correct and improve the information presented. We may use your personal data to contact you about any feedback you have provided, or to follow-up on particular questions you may have submitted.

Security

The security of your personal information 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 information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Third parties

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law. Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Social media platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively. Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This Site nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email. This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

Links

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. Links within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy. We take no responsibility for the contents of linked websites and a link should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We have no control over the content or availability of the linked pages. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting such sites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the website in question.

Changes to this privacy policy

By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page and may post notices on other pages of the Site so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times. This Privacy Policy is effective as of 16 October 2016 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page. We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

Contact us

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