Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how abacainfo.com collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you visit our website, use our conversion tools, or contact us.

Who We Are

abacainfo.com provides online unit converters, formulas, conversion tables, definitions, and educational information.

For the purposes of applicable data protection law, the data controller is AbacaInfo.

You can contact us through our contact page.

Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with abacainfo.com.

Information You Provide

If you contact us, we may receive your name, email address, message, and any other information you choose to include. Please do not submit sensitive personal information through our contact form.

Technical and Usage Information

When you visit the website, our servers and service providers may automatically receive technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring page, pages visited, approximate location, access time, and diagnostic information.

Conversion Inputs

Ordinary values entered into our unit converters are used to calculate and display conversion results. The conversion inputs remain in the browser. Do not enter personal, confidential, or sensitive information into a converter.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We may use cookies and similar technologies for essential website functions, preferences, analytics, security, and advertising. Non-essential cookies are used only with consent where applicable. More information is available in our Cookie Policy.

How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

  • Provide, operate, maintain, and secure abacainfo.com.
  • Generate and display requested unit-conversion results.
  • Respond to questions, feedback, and support requests.
  • Remember preferences and cookie-consent choices.
  • Measure website usage and improve our content and tools.
  • Detect technical problems, abuse, fraud, and security threats.
  • Display and measure advertising where applicable and permitted.
  • Meet legal, regulatory, and compliance obligations.

Our Lawful Bases

Where UK data protection law applies, we rely on one or more of the following lawful bases:

  • Consent: When you agree to non-essential cookies or another optional use of your information. You may withdraw consent at any time.
  • Legitimate interests: When processing is reasonably necessary to operate, protect, understand, and improve the website, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.
  • Legal obligation: When processing is necessary to comply with a legal requirement.
  • Contract: When processing is necessary to provide a service you have requested or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.

Analytics

We use Google analytics to understand how visitors use the website. This service may process information such as visited pages, session duration, approximate location, device information, and IP-derived data. Analytics cookies are activated only after consent where required.]

Advertising

abacainfo.com does not currently use personalised advertising cookies. Remove this paragraph if that changes.

When We Share Information

We do not sell personal information. We may disclose information to:

  • Hosting, content-delivery, security, analytics, advertising, and technical service providers that support the website.
  • Professional advisers when reasonably necessary.
  • Courts, regulators, law-enforcement bodies, or other authorities when required by law.
  • A purchaser or successor if the website or its operating business is reorganised, transferred, or sold.

Our current relevant service providers include: 123 reg, Google analytics.

International Data Transfers

Some service providers may process personal information outside the United Kingdom. When required, we use an applicable adequacy regulation or appropriate safeguards, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or an approved UK Addendum. You may contact us for information about the safeguards relevant to your information.

How Long We Retain Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including legal, accounting, security, and dispute-resolution requirements.

  • Contact messages: retention period is 24 months after the last communication].
  • Server and security logs: retention period is 30.
  • Analytics information: Retention period configured with Google analytics.
  • Cookie-consent records: Retention period is 6 months.

We may retain anonymised or aggregated information that no longer identifies an individual.

Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or destruction. However, no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and the circumstances, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information.
  • Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • Ask us to erase personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Ask us to restrict how personal information is processed.
  • Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
  • Receive certain information in a portable format.
  • Withdraw consent at any time where processing relies on consent.
  • Complain to an appropriate data-protection authority.

You have the right to object to processing based on our legitimate interests and to processing for direct-marketing purposes.

To exercise a privacy right, contact us at contact page. We may need to verify your identity before responding. Some rights are subject to legal limitations and may not apply in every situation.

Cookie Choices

You can use the website’s cookie settings to accept, reject, or change your choices for non-essential cookies. You can also delete or block cookies using your browser settings. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing performed before consent was withdrawn.

Children’s Privacy

abacainfo.com provides general-purpose educational and conversion tools and is not intended to collect personal information knowingly from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.

External Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We do not control their privacy practices and are not responsible for their content or handling of personal information. Review the privacy policy of any external website you visit.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, data practices, providers, or legal obligations change. We will publish the revised policy on this page and update its effective date. Material changes may also be communicated through an appropriate notice on the website.

How to Contact Us

For privacy questions or requests, contact AbacaInfo through our contact page.

How to Make a Complaint

Please contact us first if you have a concern so that we can try to resolve it. If you are in the United Kingdom, you also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office through the ICO complaints service.