Who we are

Our website address is: https://manticmediagroup.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

If you fill out a contact form, that information is shared internally with members of our team. We do not share your contact information with other third-parties.

Cookies

We use cookies from third-party partners such as Google Analytics for measurement services, better targeting advertisements, and for marketing purposes. This takes place when you visit our site. These cookies and other similar technologies allow us to display our promotional material to you on other sites you visit across the internet.

Our third-party advertising partners may also use these technologies to identify your browsing interests over time and across different websites to deliver targeted advertisements and other content that has been customized for you.

We may also share information about your behavior on our site with third parties in order to show you targeted advertisements and other content that has been customized for you. We also use cookies to facilitate Google Ads Remarketing. In connect with this program and other advertisements, we use cookies to determine which pages your have visited on our site, advertisements you have seen, how many times users have seen a particular advertisement, and on which sites a particular advertisement appeared.

In connecting with Google Ads Remarketing, Google and other third-party vendors will show our ads on websites that users visit after our website. Our ads will be shown on other websites you visit because you have visited our website in the past.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Google Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics tracking to gain insights, improve functionality of the website, and for marketing purposes. All of this is done in order to provide users with a more personalized online experience. Google Analytics uses cookies to track users who visit our site and display our ads to these users when they are on other websites.

Opting out of Cookies

We provide you with the choice over the use of cookies as described in this policy.

Please note that our website may not work correctly if you change certain preferences, such as disabling all cookies.

Please also note that after applying these settings, you will continue to receive advertising, although it may not be tailored to your likely interests using information collected from cookies and similar technologies on your device.

Third Party Cookies. If you would like to opt-out of third-party cookies, here are some options:

You have the right to opt out of having cookies places for the purposes of Google Analytics. To prevent Google Analytics from using your data, you can download and install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Google Safety Center has a tools where you can control the ads you see on Google and control the data used for serving ads to you. It can be found here.

Who we share your data with

We do share your data with a limited number of third party sources. All data that is collected and shared is for marketing purposes and to provide a better customer experience. 

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. We are unable to delete cookies associated with Google Analytics.

Where we send your data

Google Analytics and Mailchimp are the only third-party sources we share data with. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

If you apply for a job or send in a resume we will retain your contact information on file in the event a position becomes available. If you are a prospective client, we will also retain your contact information in order to contact you and keep a record of clients and/or prospects.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We take reasonable steps to help protect the security of your information. To help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put into place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. However, due to the inherent open nature of the internet, we cannot guarantee the security of your information collected.

Communications

You have the option to opt-out of receiving promotional emails from MMG by clicking on the unsubscribe link that appears at the bottom of every promotional email that is sent out to you by MMG in relation to this service, or contacting us at [email protected] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject field of the email. Please note that your opt-out is limited to the email address used and will not affect subsequent subscriptions.