Privacy Policy

This privacy policy page contains information and policies about how Visit this page to learn more about how your information is stored on this website.

Website address

My website address is shaunajohnston.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on this site, certain data is collected to help with spam detection. Collected data includes the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and the browser user agent string to help spam detection.

This website uses Gravatar, a service that allows website visitor to create a profile for commenting on WordPress sites. If you choose to create a profile, you’ll be able to upload a picture and choose a username to be associated with your blog comments across all sites that use Gravatar. This service helps you avoid having to enter your information multiple times across different websites. The Gravatar services is completely optional to you. You are not required to create a profile in order to comment on this site.

If you choose to comment on this blog, an anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you already have a Gravatar profile. If you choose to upload a profile picture, it will be visible to the public in the context of your comment (after your comment is approved). The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

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 the cookies. Cookies 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 this website’s 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, this website 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 one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will be remembered 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. The cookie 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.

Other 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 this site shares your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long this site retains your data

If you leave a comment, your comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps with automatic recognition and approval of any follow-up comments (instead of holding them in a moderation queue). After your initial comment is approved, your follow-up comments will be automatically approved.

If you choose to register on this website, this site stores the personal information you provide in your 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 your personal data, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request to have your personal data erased. This does not include any data that this site is 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.