This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this web site.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing:
We are the sole owners of information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you, such as comments. The information collected typically includes your IP address, user agent, referrer, and the Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, user-name, email address, and the comment itself).
This information is used primarily for statistical reporting and communication with subscribers who request a response from us. We will not sell your information to any third party, except in compliance with a properly issued court order or warrant from a law enforcement agency. We may use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to inform of events, activities, or changes to the website. Our site uses the Akismet anti-spam service, which does collect information from users who comment on our pages or posts in order to prevent spam or other inappropriate commenting. The information collected typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and the site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, user-name, email address, and the comment itself).
How Long We Retain Your Data
We maintain non-identifying data about your use of the site for approximately one year for website performance reporting only. If you leave a comment, the comment and its meta-data 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 user-name). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Embedded Content:
Articles and other areas on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, post feeds, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These other 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.
Analytics:
Our web host collects anonymous analytic data about every visit to any of our websites. Typical information includes the originating IP address and country Geo-code the user, the user agent, the referrer, and the site URL , the specific pages visited, and the length of time on of each visit. This information is used primarily for website reporting and analysis and is maintained.
Who We Share Your Data With:
With the exception of data collected by Akismet anti-virus service as stated herein, we do not share any personal data with anyone.
Access to and Control Over Your Information:
Registered users on our websites can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their user-name). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. You may opt out of future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us as provided on the website:
- Change/correct any data we may have about you.
- Request that we delete any data we have about you.
- Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Security:
We take reasonable precautions to protect your information, including requiring regular scans for malware or unauthorized functions, password-protected access, monitoring attempts to access unauthorized areas, and permanent blocking of suspicious user by both IP address and country of origin.
Cookies:
We may use “cookies” to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.We are not responsible for cookies from any other site or organization.
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.
Links:
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Surveys or Solicited Feedback:
We may request information from users via surveys or other requests for feedback. Participation in these activities and any disclosure of information is completely voluntary. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and address), demographic information (such as zip code, age). We may use contact information to communicate directly with you and use other information provided for the purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Contact Forms:
We use Contact forms on all of our websites. the information collected varies, but typically includes your name, your email address, your IP address, user agent, and date/time of the form post submission. We keep a record of contact form submissions for customer service purposes, but we do not use that information for marketing purposes nor do we share it with any 3rd party..
If you have any concerns or questions about this privacy policy, please contact us using this email form.