Privacy Policy

Who Owns This Blog

The web address of this site is: https://allergictoglycols.com
It is built, owned, and operated solely by AmberLee Dennis for the purpose of sharing information about living with allergies to polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol & butylene glycols

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

To comment on or follow this site, you are required to provide your name, and email address, and site usage cookies.

WordPress also collects ip addresses and the browser user agent string to prevent spamming and for the safety of our users.

Any sensitive personal data that you post is available to the public, such as the data you post concerning health. I keep that data only for the purpose of allowing you to provide your input on the topics presented.

I make no promises to retain your information or input and may delete it at any time at my discretion.

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 this 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 visit the login page, a temporary cookie will be sent 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.

Analytics

I use a Yoast plugin to manage analytics, including site visits.

Who we share your data with

By default WordPress does not share any personal data with anyone.

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, 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 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 we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Data Protection Officer

As the owner of this site, I am considered the Data Protection Officer for this site. You can reach me using the contact form below.

What data breach procedures we have in place

I use a security and anti-spam plugins to ensure the safety and security of this site, however, ANY INFORMATION POSTED ON THIS SITE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC.

Removal of information

You may have your user name and comments deleted from the site by contacting me via the form below.