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Privacy Policy
Who we are:
What personal data we collect and why we collect it:
The privacy of visitors to tellmethestory.org is important to us.
At tellmethestory.org, we recognize that the privacy of your personal information is vitally important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit tellmethestory.org and how we safeguard your information. We will never sell your personal information to third parties.
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:
Should you choose to subscribe to our site or download any of our free resources, we will collect your name and email address and any other necessary information. We collect this information to send you the content you’ve expressed interest in and will keep your data until you unsubscribe from our email list. Your information is safe with us and will never be sold to a third party. We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, etc., to send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics:
We use MonsterInsights to track user behavior and interests in order to better serve you on our site.
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. Our website is integrated with MailChimp for marketing and data organization.
How we protect your data:
Our site contains a SSL license to protect your data and insure security.
Contacting Us:
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact me at mail@tellmethestory.org.