Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 25, 2021
This website’s address is www.shelter-stories.com (the “Site”), owned by Denise Josey (“I,” “me,” or “my”).
By using the Site, you agree to and accept the following Privacy Policy.
GENERAL INFORMATION
I respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy aims at informing you of the collection, use, and disclosure of the information you provide when you use the Site or engage with me on social media. I use your information for providing and improving the Site and to communicate with you. By using the Site or interacting with me on social media, you agree to the collection and use of your information in accordance with this policy.
WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED
Information You Provide to the Site
While using the Site, you may be asked to or you may choose to provide certain information, including personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal Data may include, but is not limited to, your name and/or your email address. The following are ways in which you may provide Personal Data and other information while interacting with the Site:
Follower and Subscriber Information
When you elect to follow or subscribe to the Site, your sign-up information, typically including your email address, is collected.
Comments
When you leave a comment on the Site, for example on blog posts, the comment and other information you provide with the comment, such as your name and email address, are collected.
Contact Form
When you fill out and submit the contact form on the Site, the information you provide via that contact form is collected, including your name, email address, and other information you enter.
Search
When you use the search function on the Site, the information you enter is collected.
Information Automatically Collected from the Site
Technical Data
When you visit the Site, certain technical data is collected, such as your IP address, browser type, browser version, unique device identifier, language preference, referring site, date and time of access, operating system, mobile network information, the pages you visit on the Site and the time you spend on those pages, and other statistics.
Interactions
When you interact with the Site, that information is collected, for example the “likes” you may leave on blog posts.
Location Information
When you visit the Site, the approximate location of your device, determined from the IP address, is collected and used to make available to me how many people visit the Site from which geographical regions.
Commenter Information
Because the Site uses an anti-spam service, certain information is collected when you comment on the Site. This information may include your IP address, user agent, referrer, submission date/time, and Site URL along with information provided directly by you, such as your name, username, email address, and your comment.
Cookies
Cookies are small files with data that are stored on your device when you load a website in your browser.
The Site uses cookies to collect information, such as to identify and track visitors and Site usage. You can instruct your browser to disable cookies. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of the Site.
Social Media Data
I may access your public personal data, such as your name, username, profile picture, location, and email address as well as any other information you have made available, from social media platforms, including, but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, and Goodreads.
When you send me a message or otherwise interact with me via social media, for example by commenting on, reacting to, or sharing my social media posts, that information is collected, including your name and/or username, your interactions, and any information you provide via your message or comment.
When you email me, the information you provide via your email is collected, including, but not limited to, your name, your email address, your email message, and any other content you send, such as photos, videos, and documents.
HOW I USE YOUR INFORMATION
I use the collected information to manage the Site, flag comments from spammers, improve the overall experience on the Site, and respond to communication requests. More specifically, I may use the collected information to 1) communicate with you, 2) send you updates about the Site, including new blog posts, 3) analyze trends, 4) gain insights from anonymous statistical data, and 5) interact with you via social media.
WHY I SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
I may share your information with third parties as needed to, for example, administrate the Site, communicate with you, send you updates and/or emails, protect the security of the Site, and identify trends. For more information, please see the section “Third-Party Analytics and Processing.”
I may also share or disclose your data where required to do so by law or subpoena.
THIRD-PARTY ANALYTICS AND PROCESSING
I may use third-party companies to assist me with various tasks, such as hosting the Site, performing Site-related services, or analyzing how the Site is used as well as email communication, email hosting, social networking, and social media management. These third parties have access to your information, including Personal Data, to perform these tasks.
You should review their privacy and cookie policies and contact these companies directly if you have any questions.
As the Site is hosted through WordPress.com, which uses the Jetpack and Akismet services provided by Automattic, please see the following notices for more information about what personal data may be collected when you visit the Site, as well as how and why it is collected and how it may be processed:
- Automattic privacy notice
- Automattic cookie policy
- Jetpack feature-specific privacy information
- Jetpack cookie information
Please also see the privacy policies of the following third-party companies:
To review the privacy policies of the respective social media platforms, please see:
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
The Site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, articles, and documents. Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor had visited the other website. This means that 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.
EXTERNAL LINKS
The Site may link to other websites that are not owned or operated by me and that I have no control over, and I am not responsible for the content on or the privacy practices of such third-party sites.
By clicking on a third-party link, you will be redirected to a third-party website, which may collect data about you. I encourage you to read the privacy and cookie policies of such websites if you choose to visit them.
HOW LONG YOUR DATA IS RETAINED
If you leave a comment on the Site, use the contact form on the Site to get in touch with me, email me, or interact with me via social media, I retain the comment you leave on the Site, the message you enter via the contact form on the Site, your email message, and/or any information you provide to me via social media along with the respective accompanying data, indefinitely, unless you ask me to delete such data.
While you may request that I delete your data, please note that I have no control over third parties’ retention policies. To request that any third parties delete your data, you will have to contact those third parties directly. Please see the section “Third-Party Analytics and Processing” for more information.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The Site is not designed for use by anyone under the age of 18, and I do not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, do not use this Site. If you are aware that anyone under the age of 18 has provided Personal Data via the Site, please contact me, so that I can delete such data.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
I may periodically update this Privacy Policy and will alert you to changes to it by adjusting the “last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy when I post the new Privacy Policy on this page.
I encourage you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. By continuing to use the Site, you are accepting such changes and the revised Privacy Policy.
CONTACT
For questions about this Privacy Policy or how I use your data, or to request that I delete your Personal Data, please get in touch via the contact form on the Site.
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