Last updated: October 12th, 2020
Dull? Maybe, but necessary. On this page you can find all of the necessary legal info and policies relating to our site, cookie information and our terms and conditions.
Copyright
Unless explicitly stated, all design and content of this website is the property of Mysterious Beans, and all rights are reserved. If we do use the work or any third parties then we will credit the original creator on the page where the content is used.
If you would like to reproduce or broadcast any of the content of this website then please get in contact with us by email: content@mysteriousbeans.com
Terms & Conditions
The following terms and conditions govern your use of the website https://mysteriousbeans.com. By using this website, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, then please do not use this website.
Licence to use this site
You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website, provided that:
(a) you do not republish material from this website (including republication on another website), or reproduce or store material from this website in any public or private electronic retrieval system;
(b) you do not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit, or otherwise exploit our website or material on our website for a commercial purpose, without our express written consent.
(c) you do not edit or otherwise modify any material on the website.
Limitations of liability
The information on this website is provided free-of-charge, and you acknowledge that it would be unreasonable to hold us liable in respect of this website and the information on this website. Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we not commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on this website is kept up-to-date.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill).
Our liability is limited and excluded to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law. We will not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage arising under these terms and conditions or in connection with our website, whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise – including, without limitation, any loss of profit, contracts, business, goodwill, data, income, revenue or anticipated savings.
However, nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
Restricted access
Access to certain areas of our website may be restricted. We reserve the right to restrict access to areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion.
If we provide you with a user ID and password to enable you to access restricted areas of our website or other content or services, you must ensure that that user ID and password is kept confidential. You accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your user ID or password.
We may disable your user ID and password at our sole discretion OR if you breach any of the policies or terms governing your use of our website or any other contractual obligation you owe to us.
Comment Policy
Users are invited to leave comments on articles on mysteriousbeans.com. When you are leaving a comment you are required to submit some information, including a valid email address. We use this information to prevent spam comments, and we will not pass the information to anyone else.
You must not use our website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website.
You must not use our website in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
You must not use our website for any purposes related to marketing without our express written consent.
You must not use our website to copy, publish or send mass mailings or spam.
You must not use our website to copy, publish or send material which is illegal or unlawful, or material which could give rise to legal action under English and other applicable law. All material you copy, publish or send via our website must not be defamatory, obscene, indecent, hateful, discriminatory or inflammatory; such material must not infringe any person’s intellectual property rights or rights of confidence, impinge upon any person’s privacy, or constitute incitement to commit a crime[; further, material must not be misleading, deceptive, sexually explicit, threatening, abusive, harassing or menacing.
We reserve the right to edit or remove any material posted upon our website.
We may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the posting of unsuitable material, including suspending or cancelling your account, restricting your access to our website, or commencing legal proceedings against you.
In respect of all material that you post on our website, you grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material in any media, together with the right to sub-licence such rights.
Privacy Policy
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.
Contact Forms
If you fill in a contact form on our site we do not retain any personal data on this site. Your name, email address and any other information that you enter is emailed directly to our staff and is not stored online on any publicly accessible site or shared with any third party.
Cookies
A few things on our website don’t work properly without strictly necessary cookies. They’re always on when you visit us.
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.
Apart form that we do not use any preference tracking, performance or advertising cookies, and we also don’t actively employ any third party cookies.
How do I control my cookies and tracking?
Under EU law (GDPR) we would need to explicitly ask for your permission if we intend to process or reuse any of your data, i.e. for marketing, or if we allow any third party to do so. We don’t do any of that, which is why you didn’t see an ‘allow cookies’ popup or checkbox when you first visited the site.
You can switch off or disable all cookies but it might mean that some parts of this site don’t work as they should for you.
Another way to control some tracking cookies is in the settings on your device, just do a search for it.
For full information about what cookies are, what cookies this site uses and how you can disable them take a look at our Cookie Policy page.
Embedded content from other sites
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.
Advertising and affiliate links
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Analytics
Unlike many companies, we do not use use Google Analytics or any similar third-party services to monitor and analyze the use of this website.
Instead we use our own sustainably hosted instance of Matomo for analytics and we do not share any data gathered with anyone else. If you use a browser that tracks cross-site scripts and cookies then you may see references to this tracking script as analytics.s-4.host/piwik.js
Who we share your data with
We do not share data collected through this website, or personal data collected in any other way, with any third party. We will never share your data with anyone, including our partners and sponsors, without your explicit permission.
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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact information
If you have any concerns about this privacy policy or anything contained in it, or would like a record of any personal data that we hold about you, then please contact us by email: privacy@mysteriousbeans.com
How we protect your data
Our website and all data transmitted through it are sent using a secure SSL encryption.
The security of your data is important to us, but be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use the best possible means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Third party data, automated decision making and profiling
We do not receive personal data from any third parties.
We do not use user data for any automated decision making or profiling.
Entire agreement
These above copyright notice, terms and conditions, privacy and cookies policy constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.
Notification of Changes
If we need to change any of these policies for any reason, we will post those changes on this page, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of the latest version. If any revision of these terms is needed then we will try to provide at least 30 days notice prior to any change taking effect.
Law and jurisdiction
This notice will be governed by and construed in accordance with the law in Finland where this website is hosted, and any disputes relating to this notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Finland and the EU.