At Sunset Footsteps (www.sunsetfootsteps.com), the privacy of our visitors is extremely important. As a result, this Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected and how it is used.
Our Privacy Policy is reviewed and revised from time to time. You will want to revisit it regularly. Your use of this site, in any and all forms, constitutes an acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
1. Log Files
We use log files like many other websites. The information in the log files include:
- Internet Protocol addresses (IP)
- Types of browser
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Date and time stamp
- Referring and exit pages
- Number of clicks
All of this information is not linked to anything that is personally identifiable.
2. 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. Nevertheless, 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. In addition, If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Furthermore, 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.
Managing Cookies and Consent
To manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents, we use the consent tool “Real Cookie Banner”. Details on how “Real Cookie Banner” works can be found at https://devowl.io/rcb/data-processing.
Specifically, the legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context are Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR and Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.
However, the provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. Furthermore, you are not obliged to provide the personal data. Consequently, if you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.
3. 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.
4. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. As a result. visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
5. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Even so, embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
However, 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.
6. 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), Additionally, 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.
7. 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. Additionally, you can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. However, this does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
8. Other
Users might be asked to subscribe to our newsletter by providing a name and email address to receive communication from Sunset Footsteps. Therefore, we use a secure op-in subscription system and we reserve the right to contact subscribers with information related to this website and blog. Yet, Subscribers may unsubscribe anytime and every email delivered will contain an “Unsubscribe” link.
Ultimately, if you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at Contact@sunsetfootsteps.com
- Sunset Footsteps
Last Updated on: September 30, 2023