This privacy policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit https://elisecarlson.com (the site).
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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 in the link below;
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 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.
Personal Data
We may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and any other information that you voluntarily give to us when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as blog comments and subscription to emails. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site.
Use of Your Information
Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:
- Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally.
- Increase the efficiency and operation of the Site.
- Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
- Send you a newsletter.
- respond to your requests for information or comments and provide you with information
Disclosure of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
By Law or to Protect Rights
If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, data analysis (Google Analytics), email delivery (Mailchimp), hosting services (A2 Hosting), spam filtering and marketing assistance.
Should you subscribe to the Fiction Frolics Mailing list, your email address will be stored and personal data used in accordance with Mailchimp’s privacy policy accessible at
https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/#3._Privacy_for_Contacts.
Interactions with Other Users
If you interact with other users of the Site, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including commenting on the blog, liking posts, following blogs.
Online Postings
When you post comments to the Site, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site in perpetuity.
Security of Your Information
While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.
Emails
If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, you may opt-out by:
- updating your preferences or unsubscribing using the link at the bottom of any Fiction Frolics email.
- Contacting us using the contact information provided below
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.
Should you subscribe to Fiction Frolics, your email address will be stored in accordance with Mailchimp’s privacy policy accessible here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/#3._Privacy_for_Contacts
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 legal or security purposes.
Questions
If you have questions about any of the above, please email: elisecarlson@elisecarlson.com.
Disclaimer
All views expressed within this website are my own, unless explicitly stated.
All advice given is based upon my own experience as a writer and experiences may vary, so what has worked for me may not work for you. Furthermore I do not hold any formal writing qualifications and am merely sharing my knowledge as is.
All content on this website is subjected to copyright and may not be copied, reproduced in any way or printed without my permission.
To the best of my knowledge all information provided on this website is correct and up to date at time of publication, though twitter hashtags can fall into disuse, and I only update the hashtag guide quarterly, so I cannot guarantee that all hashtags within it are currently in use.
By accessing this website you agree to be bound by this Disclaimer, which was last updated April 25, 2020.
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