Who we are
This is the Privacy Policy of this site: For Random Learning Comes: Essays, Fiction and Poetry by Andrea LeDew.
Andrea LeDew is the site owner and writes the content. The website address is: https://frlcnews.com. Many of the passages from this Privacy Policy regarding the way WordPress websites work have been drafted and suggested to me by the WordPress software, itself.
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-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 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. Please refer to the website privacy policies of those sites.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. I use a service for processing emails sent out by my site in the form of a newsletter. This service is called MailPoet. Mailpoet uses your email address to send out my newsletter to you if you have signed up for the newsletter. You may refer to Mailpoet’s privacy policy for further information. On my site, MailPoet creates a log of subscribers, newsletteres created and activity on your end, regarding whether newsletters you subscribed for have been opened or not. I do not use this information for any other purpose than to determine when a subscriber is not longer interested, and at that point, to stop sending them my newsletter. This usually occurs after six months of low participation in opening my newsletter.
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. At this point there are no additional users on this website other than the author/owner, Andrea LeDew.
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.
If you have any further questions about your privacy or data or would like to suggest an addition to this privacy policy, please contact Andrea LeDew through the contact form on the About Page. Alternatively, you can email Andrea LeDew at the email address contact@frlcnews.com. Thank you.