Privacy Policy for Echo Media
Last updated: August 20, 2025
Who We Are
Echo Media is an independent website publishing practical guides across Gardening, Home Improvement, Pets, and Travel. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard personal information when you use our website (www.echomedia.biz.id).
Scope
This Policy applies to personal information collected through the Echo Media website and pages we operate. It does not cover third-party websites, services, or platforms that we do not control.
Definitions
- Personal Data: information that identifies or can reasonably identify an individual.
- Usage Data: information collected automatically during site use (e.g., IP address, device/browser details, pages viewed, timestamps).
- Cookies: small text files stored on a device to operate, analyze, and improve the website.
- Service Providers: third parties that process data on our behalf (hosting, analytics, advertising, security, communications).
- Website: Echo Media at www.echomedia.biz.id.
- Country: Indonesia.
Information We Collect
Personal Data You Provide
- Contact data (e.g., email address) when you reach us through our contact page.
- Comments & submissions that you choose to post on the site.
- Preferences you set in cookie banners or settings (where available).
- Newsletter/alerts information (if offered), such as your email address and subscription choices.
Information Collected Automatically
- Usage Data such as IP address, device/browser type and version, general location derived from IP, referring/exit pages, timestamps, and on-site actions.
- Cookies and similar technologies used for site operation, analytics, and advertising (see "Cookies & Tracking").
- Log files recorded by our hosting environment for diagnostics and security.
Cookies & Tracking
We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember choices, understand how content is used, and support advertising. You can manage cookies through your browser settings and, where offered, our cookie banner or preferences. Declining certain cookies may affect site functionality.
Common categories: strictly necessary, functional, analytics, and advertising.
Do Not Track & Global Privacy Control: Where required by law, we honor supported user-enabled signals such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC) to apply applicable opt-out preferences.
How We Use Personal Data
- Provide and maintain the website and its core functions.
- Measure and improve performance, content quality, and user experience.
- Communicate with you when you contact us and manage your requests.
- Security and fraud prevention, including detection and investigation of misuse.
- Advertising & reach measurement with partners (see "Advertising & Analytics").
- Compliance with legal obligations and enforcement of our terms.
Legal Bases (Where Applicable)
Where laws such as the GDPR or similar regulations apply, we process personal data based on one or more of the following:
- Consent (e.g., non-essential cookies where required).
- Contract (to deliver requested site features you use).
- Legal obligation (record-keeping or compliance duties).
- Legitimate interests (site security, performance, and improvement balanced with your rights).
Advertising & Analytics
We may work with advertising and analytics partners to show relevant ads and understand site performance. These partners may set or read cookies and collect Usage Data to infer interests and measure results. Where the law treats cross-context behavioral advertising as "sharing," you can opt out via cookie controls and supported browser signals (see "Your Privacy Rights").
How We Share Information
We share personal information only as described below:
- Service Providers that support hosting, analytics, advertising, security, and communications—bound by confidentiality and data-protection obligations.
- Legal when required by law, regulation, legal process, or to protect rights, safety, and integrity of our users and services.
- Business changes (e.g., a merger or transfer) where information may be transferred as part of the transaction, subject to this Policy or a comparable policy.
- With your direction, when you ask us to share or otherwise consent to a disclosure.
We do not sell personal information. Where applicable law defines certain advertising practices as "sharing," you may opt out as noted below.
International Transfers
We may process information in jurisdictions outside your own. We take steps designed to ensure appropriate protection consistent with this Policy and applicable laws. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards or obtain your consent.
Data Retention
We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described, including to meet legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Retention periods consider the nature of the data, potential risks from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes of processing, and legal requirements.
Security
We implement administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure; we work to reduce risk but cannot guarantee absolute security.
Your Privacy Rights
Your rights depend on your location and applicable law. Subject to limits, you may have the right to:
- Access your personal data and obtain a copy.
- Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Delete personal data.
- Restrict or object to processing, including targeted advertising.
- Data portability, where technically feasible.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Residents of the European Economic Area and the UK: you may also lodge a complaint with your data protection authority.
Residents of Indonesia: we aim to align with the Personal Data Protection Law regarding principles, rights, and obligations in handling personal data.
Residents of California: you may have rights to know, correct, delete, and to opt out of sale or "sharing" of personal information, and to limit the use of sensitive personal information, without discrimination for exercising those rights.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To submit a request, please use our contact page. We may request information to verify your identity and location before acting on a request. We aim to respond within a reasonable time, as required by law. If we cannot fulfill a request, we will explain the reason, subject to legal limits.
Automated Decision-Making
We do not use automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects about you. If we introduce such processes, we will provide required notices and choices.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can take appropriate action. Where local law sets a higher age for valid consent, we follow that standard.
Third-Party Links
Our website may reference other sites we do not control. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. Review the privacy policies of any site you visit.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, or legal requirements. We will post an updated version on this page and update the date at the top. Material changes will be highlighted where appropriate.
Contact Us
Questions or requests about privacy? Reach us via our contact page.