Effective Date: [07 July 2023]
Welcome to TheBlogWise! This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you visit our website and use our services (collectively referred to as the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you consent to the practices described in this Policy.
- Information We Collect
a. Personal Information: When you interact with TheBlogWise, we may collect certain personal information such as your name, email address, and other contact details that you voluntarily provide to us when subscribing to our newsletter, leaving comments, or contacting us through the website.
b. Log Data: We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit TheBlogWise. This may include your IP address, browser type and version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
c. Cookies: TheBlogWise uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience and analyze usage patterns. These technologies collect information about your browsing activities on our website and enable certain features. You have the option to disable cookies through your browser settings, but please note that some features of TheBlogWise may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
- Use of Information
a. We use the personal information we collect to:
- Provide and maintain the Service
- Respond to your inquiries and communicate with you
- Send you newsletters, updates, and promotional materials, where you have opted in to receive them
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities on TheBlogWise
- Improve and personalize the content, features, and user experience of the website
b. We may also use the information to comply with legal obligations, enforce our Terms and Conditions, or protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, as well as the rights, privacy, safety, or property of our users or others.
- Disclosure of Information
a. We may share your personal information with:
- Service providers: We may engage third-party companies or individuals to perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, and customer support. These service providers will have access to your personal information only to the extent necessary to perform their functions and are obligated to maintain the confidentiality of the information.
- Business transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of the transaction. We will notify you via email or prominent notice on TheBlogWise if such a transfer occurs and your personal information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
- Legal requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
b. We do not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
- Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect the security of your personal information. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
- Third-Party Links
TheBlogWise may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by us. This Privacy Policy applies only to our website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third parties before providing any personal information or using their services.
- Children’s Privacy
TheBlogWise is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child, we will promptly delete it from our records. If you believe that we may have collected personal information from a child, please contact us using the information provided below.
- Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised Policy on TheBlogWise. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically for any updates. Your continued use of TheBlogWise after any changes to the Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy.
- Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].
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 the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt into 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 visit our login page, 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.
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.
Who do we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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.
What rights do 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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.