We understands how important privacy is for our readers. We encourage you to take the time to read the entire privacy policy.
What personal data we collect
Comments
When you leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address 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.
Newsletter
The email address you provide will be stored with a third-party email provider called Aweber. We will use this information to send you email newsletters.
Aweber will store data related to your email subscription, including your email, IP address, user-agent, and information about whether you opened different newsletters. You can read the full Aweber privacy policy here.
At the bottom of each and every email sent to you, there is an unsubscribe link. If you click that link, you will never hear from us again.
We will never share your email address with anyone.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfer to your hard drive through your browser that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We use cookies to compile data about site traffic and interaction so that we can offer better experiences in the future.
You can easily clear and delete all cookies from your computer through your browser settings. Here are instructions on how to clear cookies in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and other browsers.
We may contract with third-party service providers to help us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers may store cookies on your device.
External links
For your convenience, we may include text links, products or services from third-parties on our website. These third-parties have their own separate and independent privacy policies.
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.
Analytics
We use third-party tools, such as Google Analytics, to better understand our site visitors. If you want to read more about which types of data Google Analytics collects then it is recommended that you read the privacy policy for Google partners.
Contact forms
We collect information from you when you fill out a contact form or email subscription form.
Advertisements
Google and other third-party vendors uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google’s use of cookies enables it to serve ads to users based on their visits to this site and other sites on the Internet. You can opt out of personalized ads on this site here.
Who we share your data with
We do not share your data with anyone, but the third-party tools we use on this site can collect data and may share parts of it with their partners.
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.
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.
Contact information
If you have questions or comments about the privacy policy, please contact us via this form.