{"id":2869,"date":"2014-10-20T07:59:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T14:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepaintedhinge.com\/?page_id=2869"},"modified":"2020-09-29T15:19:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T22:19:07","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thepaintedhinge.com\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"
Effective as of May 24, 2018<\/p>\n
Hey there!<\/p>\n
As you probably already heard, there are a bunch of new data privacy rules if you are a visitor that requires GDPR compliance as of May 25, 2018.<\/p>\n
If you live in the USA or Canada, the new GDPR compliance doesn\u2019t apply to you, and I apologize for all the extra fine print.<\/p>\n
With that said, my message below is for everyone…<\/p>\n
Any information you choose to share on this site is only used to preform the tasks you requested. Your personal information is protected with password protection, and I keep only what I absolutely need to preform the tasks you requested and insure the best reader experience for you.<\/p>\n
And you will only receive what you request. For example, if you sign up for the weekly emailed newsletter because that is all you want, that will be what you get. You will get all the information you need before clicking the SUBSCRIBE button so you can make an informed choice.<\/p>\n
Thank you for visiting, subscribing to my weekly newsletter, comments, linkups to link parties, and for trusting this site to take care of and respect your information that you entrust me with.<\/p>\n
As the owner of this website The Painted Hinge, I understand that your privacy is of critical importance. \u00a0This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you via the Site and how we use and disclose such information.<\/p>\n
Our Use of Cookies<\/strong><\/p>\n A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. \u00a0Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.<\/p>\n We use cookies for the following purposes:<\/p>\n (a) authentication – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website;<\/p>\n (b) status – we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website;<\/p>\n (c) personalization – we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalize the website for you;<\/p>\n (d) security – we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally;<\/p>\n (e) advertising – we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you; and<\/p>\n (f) analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services;<\/p>\n We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.google.com\/policies\/privacy\/<\/a><\/p>\n Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:<\/p>\n (a)\u00a0https:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/answer\/95647?hl=en<\/a>\u00a0(Chrome);<\/p>\n (b)\u00a0https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences<\/a>(Firefox);<\/p>\n (c)\u00a0http:\/\/www.opera.com\/help\/tutorials\/security\/cookies\/<\/a>\u00a0(Opera);<\/p>\n (d)\u00a0https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/help\/17442\/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies<\/a>\u00a0(Internet Explorer);<\/p>\n (e)\u00a0https:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/PH21411<\/a>\u00a0(Safari); and<\/p>\n