Privacy Policy

No personal advice is offered.

All posts and pages are generated using third-party services and tools. The data from these tools is not guaranteed neither for duration nor accuracy nor fitness for purpose.

Information on this domain is offered as ideas of how and where you may find and corroborate your own research. The visitors’ conclusions and decisions are wholly and exclusively their own right and privilege and responsibility.

How visitor data is tracked

Visitors’ comments on the site are saved and shown in the comments form. The visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string or also logged to help spam detection.

if you are using a Gravatar service then an anonymized string created from your email address may be provided as a hash 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 Gravatar service’s profile graphic is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Avoid:  uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.

This RISK can happen UNLESS you explicitly turn OFF your smartphone camera’s LOCATION feature. Sharing your location compromise your family’s SAFETY!

Cookies

For your convenience, when you provide your name, email address and website they can be saved in cookies so your details are remembered and filled in when you add a another comment. 

No personal  cookies are collected unless you login or add a comment, These personal cookies will last for one year. You may opt out freely.

Other cookies described below save your screen preferences. When you log in cookies are saved to and are deleted when you log out,

Login Cookies:  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.

 – Remember Me: 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.

 – Edit & Publish:  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.

Who we share your data with

When 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.

If any users register on our website, we also store their user profile that they provide. Users can see, edit, and 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 your data is sent

Visitor comments are sent through an automated spam detection service.