Who we are
Embracing Chaos with Love (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates https://www.embracingchaoswithlove.com (the “Site” or “website”).
We are committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of your personal information. This privacy policy describes what information is collected from you on the site and how it is used. The term “you”, “visitor” or “user” refers to anyone that uses, visits and/or views the website.
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at heather@embracingchaoswithlove.com
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
At www.embracingchaoswithlove.com we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important.
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.
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 any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
The site may use cookies to optimize your browsing experience. Cookies are files with small amounts of data including an anonymous unique identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you are viewing the website. We automatically collect some identifiable information including but not limited to your IP address, geographic location, language preference, date and time of visit.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
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.
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.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party policies of these third party ad severs for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt out of certain practices. www.embracingchaoswithlove.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of such other advertisers or web sites.
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 browsers’ respective websites.
Analytics
Like many other Web sites, www.embracingchaoswithlove.com makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site, usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’s analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Who we share your data with
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on www.embracingchaoswithlove.com and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically received your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site.
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.
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.
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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
As a general rule, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent. Exceptions are the following circumstances:
We may disclose your information to our trusted third parties that work with us such as our site hosting partners, email marketing service provider, and any other affiliates and subsidiaries we rely on to provide you any products and services we may offer.
We may disclose your information in order to comply with state or federal regulations to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal claims related to the site.
Your contact information
You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials, and other content related to this site. When you send an email your message and email address are saved for communication purposes with you.
Additional information
This site does not knowingly collect any personal information from children or child under the age of 13. We respect the privacy of children and all information and content on this website is intended for users over the age of 18.
By using this website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and for any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that we cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through our website without our knowledge or consent.
This privacy policy will be updated and modified as needed. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to check for future updates to this policy. Any modifications will be effective upon our publishing of new terms. Your continued use of our website after the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of the modified privacy policy.