Privacy policy

Who is This

This site is operated by Romina Sparano and my web site address is www.languagecompass.com.

 

What Data is Collected and Why

 

Comments

The system collects the data from the form. It also collects the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to check your Gravatar, Globally Recognized Avatar. 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 with your comment.

 

Media

Avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can access it.

 

Contact Forms

Personal identification information (Name and email address (if you provide it) and IP address is collected to process your request or email you requested information.

 

Cookies

In comments, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience (so that you do not have to fill in your details again). These cookies will last for one year. If you visit a login page, a temporary cookie with no personal data will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies, then discarded when you leave.

When you log in, several cookies 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.) from other websites. This content behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor was visiting the source websites.

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

In addition to server logs, Google Analytics (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en) and Jetpack Analytics (https://jetpack.com/support/privacy/) may be used to track traffic and other statistics. You may read their privacy policies at the links provided.

 

Who your data is shared with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

 

How long your data is kept

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so that any follow-up comments are recognized and approved automatically instead of waitlisted in a moderation queue.

For users that register on the website (if any), the personal information they provide in their user profile is stored. 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 and help.

 

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. You can also request to erase any personal data held. This does not include any data necessary for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

 

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

 

Additional information

 

How we protect your data

In addition to following industry-standard security protocols, Language Compass is protected by reCPATCHA, to protect the integrity of the website and restricts automated access to the site and all of the content on it, including any stored personal information.

 

What data breach procedures I have in place

If a data breach is detected, users will be notified both via the site and an email within 72 hours.

 

What third parties we receive data from

This site receives no data from third parties other than analytics information discuss above.

 

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

This site uses no automated decision making or profiling.

 

We have no industry regulatory disclosures.

This site has no industry regulatory disclosures.T