This privacy policy outlines how Chronicles of Kae collects and manages user data, and why we collect it.
WHO WE ARE
Chronicles of Kae is a lifestyle blog, available at www.chroniclesofkae.com.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT
COMMENTS
When site visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comment 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 may be provided to the Gravatar (little image icon) 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 or gravatar is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
CONTACT FORMS
If you fill in a contact form, the details you enter will be sent to the recipient email box so that they can reply to your email.
COOKIES
We use cookies on the site to help save you time and to optimize your site experience. You will be given information regarding cookies when you first access the site, and will have the option to opt out. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. This is 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 three months.
We also maintain the security of this website by using cookies to help detect spam bots. These cookies are necessary for the safe function of this website. No identifying data is stored.
ANALYTICS
We use Google Analytics to monitor traffic to this site and to monitor traffic from subscription emails. Google Analytics collects information that includes your IP address, browser type and pages visited on this site, by placing a tracking cookie in your web browser. It does not collect names, emails or any physical addresses.
This data is used solely for the purposes of monitoring traffic to chroniclesofkae.com. All data is kept for 26 months before being automatically deleted.
If you wish to opt-out of Google Analytics at any time, you can install this opt-out extension to your web browser:
tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For the Google Analytics Privacy Policy, see here.
WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH
Other than the Google Analytics we do not share your data with any other third parties.
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.
Information sent to us through our contact form is stored indefinitely.
Google Analytics trackers are automatically deleted after 26 months.
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 YOUR DATA IS SENT
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
For more information, please use this contact form.
