Who we are:
Our website address is https://springhouseturtle.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it:
We collect your name and email address so we can send you links to our latest posts as well as occasional newsletters and updates. We do not sell your data ever. We may share your data with third parties outlined below.
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 springhouseturtle.com, please remove any embedded location data before uploading so visitors will be unable to extract location data from images on springhouseturtle.com.
Contact forms:
Springhouseturtle.com uses MailChimp for our email contact form. MailChimp may collect your personal information. Please read Mailchimp’s privacy policy at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/ to see how they collect and use your data.
Springhouseturtle.com does not use your information for any purpose other than outlined above.
Cookies:
This website uses cookies for its email plugins, social media, analytics, and to reduce spam. 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.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages and posts 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
Springhouseturtle.com uses Google Analytics. Here is a link to Google’s overall privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. Here’s how to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881
Who we share your data with
Springhouseturtle.com does not sell or share your data with anyone except as disclosed on this page.
How long we retain your data
We keep your name and email indefinitely. You can opt out of emails from us whenever you want. 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 left comments on springhouseturtle.com, 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 are checked through Askimet, an automated spam detection service.
Askimet’s disclosure: We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
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