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Janet Carlson’s Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit https://www.janetcarlson.net (the “Site”).
PERSONAL INFORMATION I COLLECT AND HOW I COLLECT IT
When you visit the Site, I automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, I collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. This automatically-collected information is referred to as “Device Information.”
The Site collects Device Information using the following technologies:
– “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
– “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
When the term “Personal Information” is used in this Privacy Policy, it refers to Device Information.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Site, it collects 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 the 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 this Site, it 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, the Site 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.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you are logged in to that website.
HOW DO I USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
I use the Information collected generally to communicate with you through comments and contact forms placed through the Site. | use the Device Information collected to hel screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize my Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our visitors interact with the Site, and to assess the success of any marketing and advertising campaigns).
Janet Carlson may also collect and use Users’ personal information for the following purposes:
- – To personalize user experience
I may use information in the aggregate to understand how Users as a group use the site. - – To improve my site
I may use feedback you provide to improve my Site. - – To run a promotion, contest, survey or other site feature
To send Users information they agreed to receive about topics I deem potentially of interest to them.- – To send periodic emails
I may use the email address to send User information and updates pertaining to my writing services and publications. It may also be used to respond to User inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, he/she will receive emails that may include company news, updates, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, I include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
I do not sell, trade, or rent Users’ personal identification information to others.
I share your Personal Information with third parties to help my Site use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, I use WordPress to power my website–you can read more about how WordPress uses your Personal Information here: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/. I also use Google Analytics to better understand how visitors use the Site–you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, I may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information I receive, or to otherwise protect my rights.
BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING
As described above, I use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted marketing communications that I believe may be of interest to you.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting:
GOOGLE – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
DO NOT TRACK
Please note that I do not alter my Site’s data collection and use practices when the Site sees a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information my Site holds about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact me through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident please note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you, or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
AGE OF CONSENT
By using this Site, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age.
DATA RETENTION
When you leave a comment on the the Site or fill out the contact form, we will maintain your Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact me by e-mail at janet@janetcarlson.net or by mail using the details provided below:
Janet Carlson, 24 Apple Street, Essex, MA 01929
This page was last updated on May 25, 2018.