Who we are

Our website address is: https://keepupwiththejoneses.net.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

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.

Subscriptions

We offer an e-mail  subscription option which allows users to receive an e-mail every time a blog post is posted. To initiate and process subscriptions, the following information is used: subscriber’s email address and name.

How to Opt Out Of Subscriptions: You may opt out of existing subscriptions by clicking on the subscription tools at the bottom of any subscription or update e-mail. If you have any problem canceling your e-mail subscription contact the web site administrator at the link at the bottom of this page. 

Contact forms

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 use the map feature additional cookies will be saved in order to support this feature.

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.

How to delete cookies: You may clear all functionality cookies through your browser settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, maps, 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

We do not share your information with the exceptions noted elsewhere on this page.

How we protect your data

We do our best to keep your Personal Data safe.  This website is protected with HTTPS encryption and uses safe protocols for communication and transferring data. We also monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. In the unlikely event of a breech we promise to notify suitable authorities of data breaches. We will also notify you if there is a threat to your rights or interests.

Note/ The protection of any data by third party service providers is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

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.

Note: The retention of any data by third party service providers is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

What rights you have over your data

If you have left comments on this website, 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.

Note: Any data held by third party service providers is dictated by their respective privacy policies. Please contact the provider in question for their specific rights to your data.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments are checked through Askimet, an automated spam detection service before they are posted on the site. For this purpose Akismet will typically collect 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). You can review the Askiment service privacy policy at Automattic here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Note/ The collection of any data by other third party service providers is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

Our contact information

For additional information contact admin@keepupwiththejoneses.net.