Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.howtogurus.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.
Information left in Comments is never used for marketing purposes.
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 contact us by email we will only use your provided information to
respond to your email question or concern. We never rent, lease, or sell email
contact information.
If you use the Comments form on the Contact page please see the Comments
section above for more info.
Information left in Contact Forms is never used for marketing purposes.
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.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an
account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We do not save or use any personally identifiable information in our
Analytics.
Who we share your data with
We do not share your data except in the Comments which are displayed
publicly to users who are logged in and with payment services for the purpose
of completing payment as required by the payment service we use. Aside from
your name and email address all payment information is gathered by the payment
service and subject to their Privacy Policy.
Currently we are using PayPal as our payment portal for purchases of our
online training. All payment processing is handled by PayPal on their servers.
You can read their Privacy Policy here: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
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.
Contact information
You may contact us using the Contact Page here: https://www.howtogurus.com/contact/