Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://maryalford.net.
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.
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.
Email Subscribers
We use Mailchimp as our email subscription service. This is an optional service for our website visitors. Mailchimp collects email addresses and other information, such as location, IP address.
You are not required to provide your name. This information is optional.
Read more about Mailchimp’s privacy policiy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/ /
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.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
We may use visitor information collection including Google Analytics. This service collects information about your device, browsing behavior, and patterns; it can include your location, your traffic movement through our website, and any communication between your computer/device and our website. We will collect data about the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser among other data.
The information we collect automatically is used for statistics and does not include personal information. We use this data to improve our website and web visitor experience.
Read more about how Google’s uses this data here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
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
Contact maryjalfordauthor@gmail.com with questions or concerns. Thank you.