Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2018

Who we are

Our website address is: http://amillionmusings.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We collect information you provide directly to us. This may include personal data, such as your name, email address, personal account preferences; transactional data, such as purchase information; and technical data, such as information about cookies.

Personal data is not just created by your interactions with our site. Personal data is also generated from technical processes such as contact forms, comments, cookies, analytics, and third party embeds. Once you leave our blog, you are no longer governed by these Terms. We do not assume responsibility for the content or practices of any third party websites such as Google and Mailchimp.

We collect information for the purposes of analyzing and researching content performance and demographics.

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

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.

Contact forms

We use Mailerlite to collect names and email addresses. If you sign up for a freebie or purchase a product from our blog, you agree to receive news, updates, and special offers via email. You can unsubscribe to our email list at any time. We do not respect your privacy and do not spam.

By signing up for our email list or opting in to receive freebies and content upgrades, you agree to receive email correspondence from us, including blog updates, tips and resources, and other announcements regarding A Million Musings.

Affiliate Links

This blog is a participant of affiliate programs. Please read our Disclaimer page for more information.

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.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect data about website usage by visitors. This data does not include personally identifiable information. Please read Google’s Privacy Policy here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy. Learn how to opt out of Google’s cookie usage here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ads/.

Who we share your data with

We may share information about you with vendors, consultants, and other service providers when such information is required to perform services on our behalf; with third-party apps and advertisers that we use to perform research and analytics for the blog; payment processors that process your payments for our goods or services; with email service providers (i.e. Mailerlite) that allow us to send you email communications; and with government bodies or authorities that require us to do so in accordance with the law.

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.