When you visit our website, this page informs you of our policy regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
The type of personal information we may collect depends on your use of this website and the information you provide to us. “Personal Information” is information that can be used to personally identify you, including items such as your name, home address, email address, telephone number, demographic information and/or payment card information (if used to make a purchase) from our website .
Like many websites, our site uses cookies, JavaScript tags, pixels and web beacons (also known as clear GIF technology or “action tags”) to speed up your navigation on our site, recognize you and your access rights , and to track usage of our site. A cookie is a small piece of information that your Internet browser stores as a text file on your computer’s hard drive. We use both persistent cookies and third-party cookies.
Most Internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can delete cookies by following the instructions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file. If you decline cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use certain areas of our site (such as the shopping cart) may be limited and may not function properly.
We and our third-party service providers may also use various technologies to automatically or passively collect information about how the Site is accessed and used (referred to as “Usage Information”). “Usage Information” may include the type of browser and device you use to access our website, your operating system and application version, the web pages you visit, the time of your visit to those web pages, previous web page views and your visits to this website any function or application. Statistics like this help us understand what our customers are interested in and relevant to, so we can best tailor our content to benefit our customers.
third party information
You may also choose to participate in third-party applications or social media sites through which you allow us to collect information about you, including Personal Information.
Use and Sharing of Information
We use the information we collect about you for a variety of reasons, including the following:
verify your identity;
to provide you with access to certain areas and features of the Site;
communicate with you about your purchases and activities on the Site;
Offers regarding products and services we may provide to you directly or through third-party partners (unless you opt-out of such communications);
To improve the website and our customers’ experience; and
Send a notification or message.
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.
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 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.
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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.