Overview
Our website address is: https://carlarod.com. We are based in the Republic of Ireland, and as such we are liable to the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Europe’s new data privacy and security law that requires users to consent for us to process their personal data. Personal data is any information that relates to an individual who can be directly or indirectly identified. Names and email addresses are obviously personal data. Location information, ethnicity, gender, biometric data, religious beliefs, web cookies, and political opinions can also be personal data. Pseudonymous data can also fall under the definition if it’s relatively easy to ID someone from it.
You may request your personal data to be removed from our records at any time by filling the form in our GDPR Data Access Request page. An email will be sent to the user at this email address asking them to verify the request (check your spam folder!). Your request will be processed in 72 business hours. Unverified requests will be ignored. If you have problems with this process, please contact us at hello@carlarod.com
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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
By using our contact form you agree with the storage and handling of your data (full name and email address) by this website, as per the terms listed in this privacy policy. You may opt out at a later time, and we will remove your data upon request.
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. 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Your visit is tracked with a Google Analytics cookie that allows us to understand your browsing behaviour while you visit our website. This cookie retains information such as your location, IP address, etc. This information is registered for us to learn more about our customers and how they browse our website, to offer a better experience in future visits.
Who we share your data with
Personal data stored in your purchases, contact forms and review forms is not shared with third parties. Analytics data such as location and browsing behavior is stored by Google Analytics.
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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Removal of personal data
You may request your personal data to be removed from our records at any time by filling the form in our GDPR Data Access Request page. An email will be sent to the user at this email address asking them to verify the request (check your spam folder!). Your request will be processed in 72 business hours. Unverified requests will be ignored. If you have problems with this process, please contact us at hello@carlarod.com