1. Information We Collect
When you visit the Blog, we may collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Blog, we collect information about the individual web pages or posts that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Blog, and information about how you interact with the Blog. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
• Cookies: Data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
• Log files: Track actions occurring on the Blog, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
• Web beacons, tags, and pixels: Electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Blog.
When you leave comments or submit forms on the Blog, we may collect certain information from you, including your name, email address, and the content of your comment/message. We refer to this information as “Personal Information.”
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the Device Information we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Blog (for example, by generating analytics about how our readers browse and interact with the Blog, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
We use the Personal Information we collect to:
• Respond to your inquiries or comments.
• Allow you to participate in interactive features of our Blog when you choose to do so.
• Send you email newsletters or updates, if you have subscribed to them.
3. Sharing Your Personal Information
We do not share, sell, rent, or trade your Personal Information with third parties for their commercial purposes without your explicit consent.
We may share your Device Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
4. Data Retention
When you leave a comment or submit information through a form on the Blog, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
5. Your Rights
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
6. Third-Party Links
Our Blog may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our Blog does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
9. Contact Us
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at privacy@samlovescoding.com