Who we are
Our website address is: http://www.barbaradickson.ca.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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.
Contact forms
If you fill out a contact form or query form on this website, your contact details along with your name and other pertinent information will be stored. Your email address will be added to this website’s mailing list. Your personal information will not be shared with other parties. If you do not want your email address to be added to the mailing list, please contact us.
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.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
Any information we receive from you through visiting our website is kept and not shared with any third-party affiliates.
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.
What rights you have over your data
If you 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.
Your contact information
Your contact information is collected when you fill out a subscription form or query form or make a comment on our website. Your personal details are stored for further communication purposes but is not shared with anyone unless they have a need to know to answer your query/comment.
Additional information
How we protect your data
Any personal data we receive from your visit to our website will be kept but not shared. It will be retained for further communication with you.
What third parties we receive data from
On occasion, we receive information from third-party affiliates but any data saved is kept in confidence and not shared. There may be meta data used for statistical purposes, but does not contain an individual’s personal information.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
If you make a query or comment on our website, your name and other information is stored in a mailing list for further communication purposes. List content may be sorted/selected to make any communication more enjoyable to you (i.e. if you show interest in one section of the website, mailings could target that area of interest.) List content is not shared with anyone other than the website owners and those who have a need to know to ensure queries and/or comments are answered efficiently and accurately.