Last update October 2018
Here at www.planetgravy.com, we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information collected and recorded by www.planetgravy.com and how we use it.
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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Akismet
We are using the Akismet Anti-spam service in our site, which gathers your IP, user agent, referrer, and your site URL (along with other information directly provided by you, such your name, username, email address and the comment itself).
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.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to save 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 wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options.
More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browser’s respective websites.
If you want to know what cookies are and we use them in our site read our Cookies Policy.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to record information about the pages a user has seen, for example, the URL of the page, time of day, device used, etc. The information that we collect anonymized and sent to Google Analytics for analysis.
Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on visitor interactions on this website. Users may disable cookies or delete any individual cookie. Learn more here.
In addition, Google Analytics supports an optional browser add-on that – once installed and enabled – disables measurement by Google Analytics for any site a user visits. Note that this add-on only disables Google Analytics measurement.
Google Analytics also collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to provide and protect the security of the service and to give website owners a sense of which country, state, or city in the world their users come from (also known as “IP geolocation”).
See this page for Google Analytics security and usage of data.
Monsterinsights Plugin
This Plugin makes a connection between WordPress and Google Analytics, allowing the data collected by Google Analytics be more accessible in the WordPress back office.
Google AdSense
In our site, we are using the advertising platform: Google AdSense, which uses a DoubleClick cookie to understand the better ads to show you. It also controls the number of times that a given ad is shown to you. If you want to learn more about Google AdSense and how it works read the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
Our privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites.
Social Media
We use social media buttons/plugins on this site which can connect you with our profiles in the following social media networks: Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. For these to work, those buttons/plugins will set cookies through our site that will help you to enhance your respective profile on those social media networks. Every single one has its own privacy policy that you can read.
Slider Revolution
To make this beautiful site for you we use this plugin, which uses the Google Web Fonts for uniform representation of fonts.
When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, your browser has to establish a direct connection to Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
Further information about handling user data, can be found at developers.google.com/fonts and in Google’s privacy policy.
Who we share your data with
Service Providers and others who help with our business operations and assist in the delivery of our products and services including, but not limited to, application development, site hosting, maintenance, data analysis, infrastructure provision, IT services, marketing, and analytics;
Other users of the site
Persons or entities with whom you consent to have your Personal Data shared; Third parties as we believe necessary or appropriate, in any manner permitted under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence to: comply with legal process; respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; enforce our Terms of Service Agreement and other agreements; protect our operations; protect our rights,
privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others; and allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
We will never sell, rent, or lease your Personal Data to a third party.
How long we retain your data
Google Analytics data is retained for 26 months. Contact forms and comments cookies are held for one year. We will retain your Personal Data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law.
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.
Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of Interest-Based Advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices or www.youronlinechoices.com.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Third parties have access to your data as noted within this agreement.
Additional information
Users under 13 years of age
It’s important to provide added protection for children online. Parents and guardians should spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Our Services are not directed to and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Data, we will take steps to remove such data.
If a parent or guardian believes that www.planetgravy.com has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us (using the contact helloplanetgravy@gmail.com) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
If you’re on www.planetgravy.com, you are representing to us that you are not under the age of 13.
How we protect your data
We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect personal data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and risks involved in processing that information.
What data breach procedures we have in place
If we become aware of any problem with the data collected from our readers, we will let them know and take the necessary actions to quickly solve the problem.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
www.planetgravy.com may change this Privacy Policy at any time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy is indicated by the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. Please review this Privacy Policy frequently to stay updated on changes that may affect you.
Your continued use of this website signifies your continuing consent to be bound by this
Privacy Policy.
✉️ Our contact information
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us by email at helloplanetgravy@gmail.com.