Privacy Policy & Data Stewardship
SEMAKNA Media Nusantara is deeply committed to safeguarding reader privacy, securing personal data, and maintaining institutional transparency in full compliance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and the Indonesian Personal Data Protection Law (UU PDP No. 27/2022).
Our Privacy Principles
The privacy of visitors to https://semakna.com (“the Site”) is of paramount importance to us. This Privacy Policy outlines the specific types of personal information received and collected by SEMAKNA Media Nusantara (“SEMAKNA”, “we”, “our”, or “us”), how it is processed, and how you as a reader can exercise your legal data rights.
As an open-access public interest journalism initiative, our publication model does not rely on aggressive data brokerage or selling reader profiles to third-party data aggregators.
Cookies & Google AdSense Disclosures
This publication partners with trusted third-party advertising vendors, including Google Inc. / Google LLC (“Google”) through the Google AdSense program, to serve ethical, unobtrusive advertisements that support independent long-form research without reader paywalls.
Mandatory Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART Cookie Disclosures:
- Third-Party Vendors: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites across the Internet.
- Google Advertising Cookies: Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to SEMAKNA and/or other sites on the Internet.
- DoubleClick DART Cookie: Google uses the DART cookie to serve personalized ads. The DART cookie does not track personally identifiable information (PII) such as your legal name, home address, personal phone number, or social security details.
How Users Can Opt Out of Personalized Advertising:
You have the unconditional right to opt out of personalized advertising at any time through the following consumer choice mechanisms:
- Google Ad Settings: You can opt out of personalized ads by visiting Google Ad Settings (https://adssettings.google.com).
- Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): You can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting AboutAds Consumer Choice (www.aboutads.info/choices).
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA): Readers in the European Union / United Kingdom can manage ad cookie preferences at Your Online Choices (www.youronlinechoices.eu).
Server Log Files
Like virtually all standard web platforms, SEMAKNA makes use of server log files. The information inside log files includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser user-agent strings, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamps, referring/exit pages, and anonymous click counts.
This technical data is utilized strictly for system administration, traffic load balancing, cybersecurity threat detection (DDoS mitigation), and aggregated statistical diagnostics. It is never linked to information that is personally identifiable.
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
For users residing in the European Economic Area (EEA), you possess enforceable legal rights under Regulation (EU) 2016/679, including:
- Right of Access: The right to request copies of your personal data held by us.
- Right to Rectification: The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Right to Erasure: The right to request erasure of your personal data under statutory grounds.
- Right to Restrict Processing & Portability: The right to request restriction of processing and data portability.
- Right to Object: The right to object to processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA / CPRA)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the CPRA, California consumers are entitled to specific disclosures:
- No Sale or Sharing of Personal Data: SEMAKNA does not sell, rent, or trade personal data of any reader to third parties for financial consideration.
- Right to Know & Delete: You have the right to request disclosure of categories of personal information collected and the right to request deletion.
- Non-Discrimination: We will never discriminate against any reader for exercising their statutory CCPA rights.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
Protecting children online is an absolute ethical obligation. SEMAKNA does not knowingly or intentionally collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that their child has provided personal information on our website, please contact us immediately and we will promptly expunge such records from our systems.
Data Protection Officer Inquiries
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your legal data rights, or require clarification regarding third-party advertising partners, please contact our editorial compliance office:
Entity: SEMAKNA Media Nusantara
Editorial & Privacy Desk: [email protected]
Corrections & Compliance: [email protected]
Official Web Domain: https://semakna.com