All of the following is the standard blab, written by somebody else, probably millions of years ago. I made minor changes to cosmetic stuff–e.g. changing “we” to “I”–not to functional stuff.

Where are you?

https://www.seedingDandelion.com

What personal data I collect and why I collect it

Comments

To help with spam detection, when visitors leave comments on the site I collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser-user-agent string.

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 location data from images.

Contact forms

The creators of the privacy page left this category blank, foolishly assuming that I would know what goes here. All I can tell you is that I manage eMail with mailChimp (because that’s what a friend uses on her site).

Cookies

If you leave a comment here you can 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 last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, an automatic system sets 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, several cookies are set up 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 persists for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies are 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.

All of which might be important, but when I saw the heading “cookies” I thought they’d be edible. Preferably chocolate.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site might include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited that website.

Those external websites might 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.

Analytics

Another blank category. I don’t know what they expect from me.

Who I share your data with

Another category left blank? Sure. I don’t consciously share your data with anyone. Whatever goes on in the background does so without my knowledge or understanding. However, my “host” is blueHost, a respected hosting company, so I assume that you’re safer here than on many pages you visit.

How long I retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on my website (if any), I 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 (that’s me!) can also see and edit that information. Although… why would I be the least bit interested in doing so?

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 I hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that I erase any personal data. This does not include data I’m obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments might be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

I assume this is where I put in what I do with your personal info, as opposed to what is done in the background by them-who-am-evil or your browser folks or your church or your governments… which, come to think of it is a bit redundant, given that I already listed them-who-be-evil.

Additional information

I could use a little additional info myself. All of the following were left blank.

How I protect your data

By not sharing it. By hosting with a reputable hosting provider.

What data breach procedures we have in place

I can’t believe they left this blank. Being hosted by a reputable hosting company?

What third parties we receive data from

None?

What automated decision-making and/or profiling we do with user data

None? But it would be nice to automate some of my decisions. Like which pair of socks to wear today.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

None? Is there a blogging industry? A writing industry?

Author Comment
 

I hope nobody reads this stuff. I remember reading privacy statements decades back, before I realized it didn’t matter, but not since. If you have questions please ask, but I probably won’t know the answers.