We are committed to protecting your personal information and privacy when you access and use the Reflections on Life website. This policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and safeguard your personal data.
1. Information We Collect
When you leave a comment, we may collect the following information:
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Name or display name
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Email address
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Comment content
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IP address and browser user agent string (to assist with spam detection)
Additionally, an anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if applicable) will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
2. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Other visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
3. Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience. Specifically:
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Comments: If you leave a comment, 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.
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Login Page: 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.
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Login Information: When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.
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Login cookies last for two days.
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If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks.
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Article Editing: 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.
4. Embedded Content from Third Parties
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:
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Collect data about you.
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Use cookies.
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Embed additional third-party tracking.
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Monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
5. Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.
6. How Long We Retain Your Data
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Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
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User Accounts: For users that register on our website (if any), we 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.
7. Your Rights Over Your Data
You may request to:
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Receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
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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.
8. Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
9. International Data Protection Compliance
While this is a personal blog, I strive to respect the fundamental principles of the GDPR (Europe) and CCPA (California) regarding your right to control your personal data.
Contact
If you have any questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact me via the form on our [Contact Page].