What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid
uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website
can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact
forms
This site contains at least one contact form. The information collected through contact
forms includes the following:
- name
- email address
I will use this information to respond to any messages you send and/or provide adequate
service.
Cookies
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
Embedded content from other websites
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
tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in
to that website.
Analytics
I use
Google Analytics
for tracking how people are using this web site.
Who we share your data with
I only share people’s information when additional resources are needed in order to provide
the best service possible.
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.
Your contact information
[See above]
How we protect your data
All data is stored in password-protected areas.
What data breach procedures we have in
What third parties we send data to or
receive data from
-
Mailchimp, [my email newsletter service
provider]
-
Google Analytics, [for tracking how people
are using this web site]
-
cloudflare, [for handling site
performance]
- PayPal, [for processing payments]
- The ecommerce portion of this site, [same as above]
- Dropbox