Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://civilstring.com

CivilString has created this privacy policy in order to demonstrate our websites’ commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for the CivilString site.

By using the CivilString site and accepting the user agreement you also agree to the privacy policy.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We may collect the name, contact information, email address, phone number and telephone number in order to provide you with the use and access to the CivilString site, services and tools and for any additional purposes set out in the privacy policy.

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

If you use the contact form it might use cookies and it will take your personal information like name, contact information, email address, phone number and telephone number in order to provide you easy access for the next time query.

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

Google Analytics collect information to provide better services. The information Google collects, and how the information is used, depends on how you use our services. Google Analytics build security into their services to protect your information.

Who we share your data with

We disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements, enforce our policies, respond to claims that a listing or other content violates the rights of others, or protect anyone’s rights, property or safety. Such information will be disclosed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. We do not disclosure your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

We may disclose personal information to our related bodies corporate and third party suppliers and service providers located overseas for some of the purposes. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the overseas recipients of your personal information do not breach the privacy obligations related to your personal information.

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

We may share aggregate data with advertisers and other parties.

Your contact information

For any further queries and information, please contact us at [email protected]

This page was last updated on 2nd September, 2021.