INTRODUCTION:

The following policies, along with its clauses and the sub-clauses are only applicable to this website and do not influence or impact any other product and service related to any DNS servers mentioned or listed on the website and any of its associated web pages. This policy explains in detail how we strive to uphold the security and protection of the users, how their privacy is of utmost importance to us and how the individual information uploaded by the users is put to use. Allowing to our use of cookies when you visit the website for the first time is in line with this policy which permits us to use cookies every time you visit our website.

VIEWS ON TOP SMART DNS:

This is a review website concerning DNS server products and services. All the content and information on the website is the express opinion of Top Smart DNS and is not listed from any third party unless separately specified.

All the listings and rankings of the DNS servers on this website are followed by prolonged research and thorough scrutiny into the different parameters of different DNS service providers. The listings are unbiased opinions of the team at Top10bestsmartdns.com developed after working tirelessly for hours.

ACQUIRING PRIVY INFORMATION:

The types of information acquired from the users are of the types mentioned below which may be used for collection and usage.

1. Information such as email address and name that is acquired through

• (a)    When you sign up for newsletters on our website
• (b)    When you enter them in the contact form
• (c)    When you sign-up to our website

2. Your IP address is automatically collected for nationality identification when you out your personal information on our website
3. Information that you put on the internet by posting your personal details via our website
4. The information mentioned in the content that you send us by email.
5. Information that you send to the website with full consent and agreement.

USAGE OF PRIVY INFORMATION:

We might be using your personal information acquired through different methods for the following:

1. Managing our website and traffic
2. Customizing our website according to your needs
3. Approving you access to the website
4. Mailing you non-marketing business information
5. Mailing you email notifications with your consent
6. Mailing you our newsletters upon your subscription
7. Managing complaints and inquiries on our portal
8. Sending you advertisements for third-party applications that might interest you. You can unsubscribe from this anytime you want.
9. Using your IP address details to identify and plan campaigns and location-specific issues and articles.

DISCLOSURE OF PRIVY INFORMATION:

We might send out your personal information to any of our team members, business partners, affiliate partners or providers if necessary according to the basis stated out in this policy to the extent we are allowed to by legal rules and guidelines. Likewise, we too depend on many other third-party service providers for the personal information of other people visiting or purchasing on their websites. But with the aim to ensure extreme customer information protection, we have solid data encryption agreements with other companies and third-party service and product providers to make sure that the information that we with them is safe. We will not give away your information to anyone else in any other form other than what is stated accordingly in this policy.

OVERSEAS DATA TRANSMIT:

Information that we acquire is transferred, processed and stored across the countries in which we cater our services so that we are able to use the information. Although, the personal data and information that you post on the public forum on our website can be accessed by anyone from anywhere in the world. The website will not be held responsible for any use or misuse of the available information by others.

 RETENTION OF PRIVY INFORMATION:

The procedures are set out in such a way that ensures that we abide by the lawful obligations regarding the retention and elimination of the personal information acquired by us. We will not store information for long unnecessarily if the purpose is fulfilled. Personal information would only be retained by the website until it requires exercising its relevant and legal rights.

SAFETY OF PRIVY INFORMATION:       

We will take all the precautionary measures both in terms of technical and operational information so that they are not misused, lost or altered. All the personal information is stored in secured and password-protected servers. Since the transfer of data over the internet is not completely secured, the website does not guarantee that the transfer of data from one place to another. The website will not ask for any password from the users and hence, protection and preservation of the passwords is solely the responsibility of the user (except when the user logs on our website).

LEGAL PROCESSING:

At Top Smart DNS, the personal information of the users collected by the website is legally based on two following criteria.

(1)    The personal information involved between the user and the website

(2)    The circumstances under which the information is acquired by the website from the users.

Personal information from users is only collected when the website requires it to enter into an agreement with you and the handling of the information is within lawful interests of the business and does not negatively impact or infringe your rights, post the consent of the user.

USERS RIGHTS:

You as a user hold complete rights to decide our access to your personal information and to what extent. We might contain the personal information belonging to you to a length allowed on legal grounds.  You can let us know when and if we need to update or correct your information available on the website by emailing us.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

The Top Smart DNS holds hyperlinks to multiple third-party websites of varying genres, ranging from website tools, shopping portals to social media platforms. The company holds no control over such third party websites and is not responsible for the (i) access of these websites to your public information available on the website and (ii) the different privacy policies and practices of the third-party websites.

COOKIES:

The website like any other website on the internet uses cookies. A cookie is a file that contains a unique set of numbers and letters that is sent to a web browser via a web server where the former stores it. This information is sent out to the server when the browser requests a webpage from the server. Cookies are stored until its expiry date or unless deleted by the user before it reaches its expiry date. Cookies generally do not contain any personalized information pertaining to a particular user but the information stored by the website may be associated with the data stored and gathered from cookies. Cookies are generally of two main types: “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. Session cookies generally expire when the website gets closed or the web session is out to an end. On the other hand, persistent cookies usually prevail until they reached their expiry dates or are removed by the user. Persistent cookies are the most general types of cookies encountered while accessing any website on the internet. The Top Smart DNS puts both session and persistent cookies to use. Putting a block on the cookies on the website might have a negative influence on the usage of the website. Once you block all the cookies on the website, you might not access the website properly or use the features on the website to the fullest.

THIRD-PARTY TOOLS:

The website uses many third-party apps and tools to optimize the performance and functionality of the website and provide the best service to our viewers and users. However, no extra information is collected or accumulated in other forms outside these third-party services that might affect your personal information that is acquired on the website. Top10bestmartdns.com is not responsible for the information that these third-party services collect or use. We highly recommend our users to go through the policies of these services before allowing them access and check if it suits them.

POLICY MODIFICATIONS:

Top10bestmartdns.com might make amendments and update the policy terms and agreements from time to time. Users are encouraged to use the page on an occasional basis to check with the latest changes in the policy. The website will try its best to inform the existing users and viewers within the time of these updates to the policy through emails.