Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://smithingsociety.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

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.

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.

Security Logs

The IP address of visitors, user ID of logged-in users, and username of login attempts are conditionally logged to check for malicious activity and to protect the site from specific kinds of attacks. Examples of conditions when logging occurs include login attempts, logout requests, requests for suspicious URLs, changes to site content, and password updates. This information is retained for 60 days.

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.

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.

Analytics

By default, WordPress does not collect any analytics data. However, we may use third-party services that provide analytics services. These third parties may use cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about users on our website.

We also use Mediavine Journey ads, which may collect certain data in the process of serving ads, such as interactions and clicks on ads. Please see the Mediavine Privacy Policy for more details.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Mediavine

Our website partners with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit our website, which may use cookies. Mediavine may collect IP addresses and location information to serve personalized ads. Mediavine also uses cookies to understand the preferences of our audience and display relevant advertisements accordingly. For more details, please visit Mediavine’s Privacy Policy.

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.

Security logs are retained for 60 days.

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.

Mediavine Data Sharing

Mediavine partners may also use cookies to display personalized advertisements to you. You may opt-out of interest-based advertising through visiting Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out page or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out page.

To enable protection from distributed brute force attacks, the IP address of visitors attempting to log into the site is shared with a service provided by ithemes.com. For privacy policy details, please see the iThemes Privacy Policy.

Contact Information

If you have privacy-specific concerns, please contact us at privacy@smithingsociety.com.

Additional Information

How we protect your data

We have taken multiple measures to protect your data, including encryption, two-factor authentication for staff accounts, and regular staff training on data protection.

What data breach procedures we have in place

In case of a data breach, we have implemented internal reporting systems, methods for contacting affected users, and measures to prevent further breaches.

What third parties we receive data from

Our website may receive data from Mediavine and other advertising partners. This information is used to provide relevant content and advertising to users.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

Our website partners with Mediavine to display personalized ads based on your interaction with our website. You have the option to opt-out of these personalized ads by visiting Mediavine’s opt-out tools.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

If required by applicable law, we may disclose the collection and sharing of data to comply with industry-specific regulations.