Last updated: June 17, 2024
Welcome to chantelgushue.ca (“me,” or “I”). I am committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how I collect, use, and protect your information when you visit my website chantelgushue.ca.
1. Information We Collect
a. Personal Information
I may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to me when you:
- Contact me via email or contact forms
- Subscribe to my newsletter
- Comment on my blog posts
Personal information may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
b. Non-Personal Information
I may automatically collect certain non-personal information when you visit the Site, including:
- Your IP address
- Browser type and version
- Pages you visit on our Site
- Time and date of your visit
- Time spent on those pages
2. How We Use Your Information
I use the information I collect for the following purposes:
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
- To send you newsletters and updates, if you have subscribed
- To improve our website and user experience
- To monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve our services
3. Cookies
This website use cookies to collect information and improve our services. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.
4. Third-Party Services
This website may use third-party services, such as analytics tools, to help me understand how this Site is used. These third-party service providers may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, such as cookies or your IP address.
5. Data Security
I implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and I cannot guarantee absolute security.
6. Links to Other Websites
This website may contain links to other websites. I am not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these external sites. I encourage you to read the privacy policies of any linked websites you visit.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. I will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes are effective when they are posted on this page.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact me at:
- Email: info@ishy.ca
By using our Site, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
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Suggested text: Our website address is: https://chantelgushue.ca.
Comments
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: 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.
Cookies
Suggested text: 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.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: 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.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.