Date updated: 03/24/2023
Who we are:
Our website address is http://rambleswithrachel.com.
We can be reached at contact@rambleswithrachel.com.
What data we collect:
We may collect the personal information you fill out when leaving a comment or signing up for the monthly newsletter.
We may also collect automatic information when you use this website such as IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed this site. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Comments:
When visitors leave comments on this 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.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
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 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.
Who we share your data with and where it might be sent:
The data collected may be shared with service providers and third parties who help with our business operations including site hosting, maintenance, data analysis, email delivery services, and payment processing.
This website uses the following third parties:
- Mailchimp: We use this service for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. Your name and email address are stored only for the purposes of delivering these said emails. Within each email, there is an offer to opt out of future mailings. For more information, please see MailChimp’s Privacy Policy.
- Google Analytics: We use this service to track the usage of this site, such as which pages were viewed and for how long. The only information Google Analytics may obtain is your IP address. For more information, please see Google Analytics’s Privacy Policy.
- WordPress: We’ve created this blog with WordPress.org, which we use to publish blog posts and allow comments on this site. If you choose to leave a comment, WordPress requires a name and email address. WordPress does not share any personal data with anyone. For more information about how WordPress processes data, please see the WordPress.org Privacy Policy.
- SiteGround: We use SiteGround as our web host provider. They own the servers where our readers’ data is stored, so they also have access to this data. As a web host, Siteground may sometimes need to process the data, whether to fix glitches or create backups. You can read SiteGround’s full Privacy Policy here.
We will never sell, rent, or lease your Personal Data to a third party.
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.
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.
Protection of Personal Data
We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and risks involved in processing that information.
