Privacy Policy
Effective date: May
23, 2018
The policy: This
privacy policy notice is for this website, www.reforemo.com, operated by
co-coordinators Kirsti Call and Carrie Charley Brown.
The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we
control, process, handle and protect your personal information while browsing
or using this website, including your rights under current laws and
regulations. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease
viewing/using this website.
Policy key
definitions:
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“I”, “our”, “us”, “we”, or “Owner” refers to the
coordinators, Kirsti Call and Carrie Charley Brown.
·
“you”, “users” and “visitors” refer to the
person(s) using this website.
·
“website” and “blog” refers to this
website, www.reforemo.com.
·
GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
·
PECR means Privacy & Electronic
Communications Regulation.
·
ICO means Information Commissioner’s Office.
·
Cookies mean small files stored on a user’s
computer or device.
Personal Data
Collected
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. Visitor comments may be checked through an
automated spam detection service. After approval of your comment, your profile
picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Subscriptions
Our email service is Google Feedburner.
FeedBurner email is a service that allows publishers to deliver their feed
content to subscribers via email. It collects information from
you when you subscribe to this blog or enter information on our website through
an opt-in subscription forms. The personally identifiable information includes,
but is not limited to:
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Email address
·
First name and last name
·
Subscription time & date
Geolocation
Your Personal Data is used only to send you notifications of
new blog posts. You may unsubscribe from these communications by following the
unsubscribe link provided in every email or by contacting us at kirsti.call@gmail.com.
Under the GDPR we use the consent lawful basis for anyone
subscribing to our blog to receive notifications of new blog posts. We only
collect certain data about you, as detailed in the “Personal Data Collected”
above.
Lawful Basis for
Personal Data Processing
Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we
control and/or process any personal information about you electronically using
the following lawful basis.
· Consent: You have given us permission to do so.
Data retention
period: We will continue to process your information under this basis
until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists.
If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we
process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change
and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your
personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.
Sharing Your
Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal
information with third parties not affiliated with ReFoReMo. This does not
include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating
our website or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this
information confidential. We may also release information when its release is
appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours
or others’ rights, property, or safety.
Your Individual
Rights
Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more
about your rights in
details here.
·
the right to be informed;
·
the right of access;
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the right to rectification;
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the right to erasure;
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the right to restrict processing;
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the right to data portability;
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the right to object; and
·
the right not to be subject to automated decision-making
including profiling.
You also have the right to complain to the Data Protection
Authority if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your
data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority
in the European Economic Area (EEA).
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.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track
the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files
with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.
Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.
Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and
track information and to improve and analyze our Website.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to
indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies,
you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
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Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to
operate our Website.
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Preference Cookies. We use Preference
Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
·
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies
for security purposes.
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.
These third-party sites and links have separate and
independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability
for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to
protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Do Not Track Signals
We honor Do Not Track signals and do not track or plant
cookies when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place. You can enable
or disable the DNT feature in your browser’s settings.
Data Security and
Protection
We ensure the security of any personal information we hold
by using secure data storage technologies and precise procedures in how we
store, access and manage that information. Our methods meet the GDPR compliance
requirement.
Data Retention
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 who register on our website, 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.
Google Analytics
This website uses the third-party analytics service Google
Analytics to track and report activity. Google Analytics is a piece of software
that captures various data about our website users, including but not limited
to:
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What website users originate from
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How long users stay on this website
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What kind of computer the user is using
This tracking information allows us to better understand who
uses this website and which content they are accessing, which in turns helps us
improve and modify our content. This data is also shared with other Google
services, which may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the
ads of its own advertising network.
To opt out of
tracking…
You can opt
out of Google’s advertising tracking cookie or use a browser plugin to
opt out of all Google Analytics tracking software.
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
In accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection
Act (COPPA), ReFoReMo does not actively or knowingly collect personal
information of children under age 18. However, the information, content, and
videos on this website may be of interest to children and/or used in school projects.
If you are a parent or guardian and are aware that your child has provided us
with personal data (such as by leaving a comment or subscribing to this blog),
please contact us to remove said information. If we independently become aware
of such information having been provided by a child under the age of 18, we
will take immediate action to delete said information.
Any photographs published on this site that include children
have been done so with the explicit consent of a parent or guardian or are
stock photos we purchased a license to use.
Fair Information
Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone
of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a
significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe.
Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be
implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect
personal information.
To be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take
the following responsive action, should a data breach occur: We will notify
users via email within 1 business day. We also agree to the Individual Redress
Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue
enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to
the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights
against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or
government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data
processors.
Acceptance of This
Privacy Policy
We assume that all visitors and users of our website have
carefully read this document and agree to its contents. If someone does not
agree with this privacy policy, he or she should refrain from using our
website. We reserve the right to change our privacy policy as necessity
dictates. Continued use of the www.ReFoReMo.com website after having been
informed of any such changes to these conditions implies acceptance of the
revised privacy policy.
Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information
is used, please contact Kirsti via email at kirsti.call@gmail.com. Our mailing
address is 8 Seten Circle, Andover, MA 01810.
