Privacy Policy

Finding Me at Forty Privacy Policy

Last Updated 06/03/2024

Who we are

Our website address is: https://findingmeatforty.com. Privacy information is controlled by the Finding Me at Forty author, who can be reached here.

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.

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.

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.

Ionos Analytics

We use Ionos SiteAnalytics and Google Analytics to record information about the pages a user has seen, for example the ULR of the page, time of day, device used, etc. The information that we collect is anonymised and sent to Ionos Analytics. Ionos Analytics mainly use first-part cookies to report on visitor interactions on this website.

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.

See this page for Ionos SiteAnalytics usage of data : Data Collection for SiteAnalytics – IONOS Help

See this page for Google Analytics usage of data: Safeguarding your data – Analytics Help (google.com)

Who we share your data with

The data collected may be shared 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,

      • IT services,

      • email delivery services,

      • marketing,

      • analytics,

      • enforcement of our Terms of Service Agreement and other agreements,

      • other users on the site to identify you to anyone to whom you send messages or make comments through the Services,

      • persons or entities with whom you agree to have your personal data shared,

      • Third parties in order to prevent damage to our property (tangible and intangible) and for safety reasons,

      • Third parties as we believe necessary or appropriate, in any manner permitted under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence.

    How long we retain your data

    If you leave a comment. the comment and it’s metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise 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.

    Analytic data is retained indefinitely.

    Contact forms are held for one year.

    For all other services, we will retain your Personal Data for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law.

    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 may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

    We will never sell, rent or lease your Personal Data to a third party.

    Protection of your personal data

    We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect personal data from loss, misuse, and unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and risks involved in processing that information.

    Thank you for taking the time to read Finding Me at Forty Privacy Policy.

    Finding Me at Forty Disclaimer can be accessed here.

    Finding Me at Forty Terms of Use Agreement can be accessed here.