Privacy Policy
Summary
In short, this site is run from the United States of America, uses cookies to improve user experience, and some embedded content uses cookies from other sites such as Twitter. I respect your privacy and will continue to keep your privacy a high priority.
Who we are
My website address is: http://ferretwilliams.com. The site is run by Garrett Williams and operates out of the United States of America.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use the Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect may include the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) will 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.
Searches
All searches performed using the internal site search are logged in the database, including the following information: the search query, the number of hits found, user ID for users who are logged in and date and time. The search logs are stored indefinitely. (Note from Garrett: I’m sorry your fetish search turned up nothing. Such searches will only bring disappointment.)
Media
If you upload images to the website, which is unlikely to be a possibility anyway, 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. Keep this in mind for ANY website you upload images to(personal note from Garrett).
Contact forms
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.
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. This content includes, and isn’t limited to, YouTube(owned by Google) and Twitter.
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.
Analytics
Traffic is analyzed via Automattic’s traffic analytics service.
Who we share your data with
Data from your comments is sent to the Akismet Anti-Spam service to make sure your comment isn’t junk. We share no other information except when required by law. Keep in mind that embedded content collects data independently from this site.
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.
Your contact information
Privacy at ferretwilliams .com
Additional information
How we protect your data
I collect as little information as is needed. A general rule for data security is to only give people as much access to data as they actually need, and I keep that at the top of my mind. The data is only accessible by Garrett and the web host(Hostgator). The only personal data we keep on you is through comments. Anonymized data is also kept for traffic analytics.
