Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 27, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how Akro Media collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you visit our website and interact with our content, forms, and features. We aim to be clear, practical, and respectful of your choices.

Who We Are & Scope

"Akro Media", "we", "us", or "our" refers to the independent publication operating the Akro Media website and related pages we control. This Policy applies to information processed through our site and any related pages we operate.

Questions or requests about this Policy or your data? Please contact us via our form at our contact page.

Information We Collect

We collect only what we need to operate the site, improve content, and keep things secure. Depending on how you interact with us, this may include:

• Contact Information (e.g., email) when you submit a form or write to us.
• Content You Provide (e.g., messages sent via our contact page).
• Usage Data (e.g., IP address, browser type, pages viewed, referring URLs, time on page, approximate location) captured through standard logs and similar technologies.
• Cookies & Similar Technologies for essential site functions, preferences, performance/analytics, and (if enabled) advertising-related purposes.
• Device/Technical Data such as device type, operating system, and identifiers used to ensure security and reliability.

How We Use Information

We process information to:

• Provide, maintain, and secure our website and services.
• Respond to inquiries and support requests.
• Measure performance, diagnose issues, and improve content and user experience.
• Personalize on-site preferences (e.g., language or theme choices) when available.
• Comply with applicable laws, prevent fraud, and protect our rights and users.

Legal Bases (Where Applicable)

Where privacy laws require a legal basis (e.g., EEA/UK), we rely on one or more of the following: performance of a contract (responding to your requests), legitimate interests (site operation, security, analytics), legal obligations, and consent (where we explicitly ask for it).

Cookies & Similar Technologies

We use essential cookies so the site works properly and (when enabled) functional, analytics, and advertising cookies to understand performance and support content. You can manage cookies in your browser settings. If you reject some cookies, certain features may not function as intended.

Where required by law, we will display a consent banner that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. If your browser or extension sends a recognized global privacy control signal, we will treat that as an opt-out where legally required.

Analytics, Ads & Third Parties

We may work with service providers that help us host the site, deliver features, measure performance, or serve advertising. These partners may set or read their own cookies and collect information consistent with their policies and applicable law. We aim to limit personal data sharing to what is necessary for the service provided.

We do not sell personal information in the conventional sense. Where the term "sell" or "share" has a specific meaning under local law (for example, California), we will honor applicable opt-out rights.

When We Share Information

We share information only as needed to:

• Operate the website with hosting, security, analytics, and support vendors.
• Comply with laws, regulations, and valid legal requests.
• Protect the rights, safety, and property of our users and our publication.
• Complete a business restructuring event (e.g., merger or transfer) if applicable.

Data Retention

We keep information only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (e.g., for security, record-keeping, or legal compliance). When information is no longer needed, we seek to delete or de-identify it safely.

International Transfers

Our service providers may operate in different countries. Where your information is transferred across borders, we use appropriate safeguards permitted by law to protect it and keep it secure.

Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure; we work to prevent unauthorized access and reduce risk.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over your information. We will honor applicable rights and respond within required time frames. To make a request, use the form at our contact page and state the right you wish to exercise.

EEA/UK Residents

Where the GDPR/UK GDPR applies, you may request: access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, and objection to certain processing. If we process based on consent, you may withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior processing. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority.

California Residents

Where the CCPA/CPRA applies, you may request: to know/access categories and specific pieces of personal information, to delete information (subject to exceptions), to correct inaccurate information, to opt out of sale or sharing of personal information, and to limit use/disclosure of sensitive personal information where applicable. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights. We honor recognized global privacy control signals as an opt-out, where required.

Indonesia Residents

Where Indonesia's Personal Data Protection Law applies, you may request: information about processing, access, correction, deletion, withdrawal of consent (where applicable), restriction/cessation of processing, data portability (where available), and to file objections or complaints with competent authorities.

Children's Privacy

Our content is intended for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information, please contact us so we can take appropriate steps, which may include deletion.

Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a Do Not Track (DNT) setting. Because there is no consistent industry response to DNT, our site may not respond to DNT signals. We do honor recognized global privacy control signals where required by law.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, or legal requirements. We will post the updated version here and revise the "Last updated" date above. Material changes will be signposted in a reasonable manner.

How to Contact Us

For privacy questions or rights requests, please write to us via our contact page. Include enough detail to help us verify your identity and understand your request. If we cannot fulfill a request, we will explain why (for example, legal obligations or security concerns).

Notes

This notice is designed to be clear and useful for readers and does not constitute legal advice.