Privacy Policy

The Blogger Experiment

Last updated: March 18, 2024

Who I Am

Richard operates the Thebloggerexperiment.com website, which provides the SERVICE.

This page is used to inform website visitors regarding my policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decides to use my Service, The Blogger Experiment website. If You do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, You must not access or use this Website.

If You have additional questions or require more information about my Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to Contact Me.

If you choose to use my Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that I collect is used for providing and improving the Service. I will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in my Terms and Conditions, unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy. My Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Privacy Policy Template and the Disclaimer Generator.

Information Collection and Use

I may collect the following information:

first and last name
contact information including email address
demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings
To respond to your comments or inquiries

For a better experience while using my Service, I may require you to provide me with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, email, phone number, message details You send with inquiries, usage data (Collected automatically) and postal address. The information that I collect will be used to contact or identify you.

Any information that You choose to provide to me. The Website has various places for You to provide information. I collect information that You choose to share. This is done through forms that are filled out on the Website, communicating with me through Contact forms, using search queries, responding to surveys, providing comments and other feedback, as well as ordering products or services through the Website.

Google and other sites (listed below) can track You through this Website, since I use these services for social media, analytics, and infrastructure purposes. Google does participate in the NIA opt out program. You can visit this link , if you choose to no longer be tracked by Google, and related properties. You can also visit the following sites to read their privacy policies and how they track individuals across the web:

You can use programs such as Privacy Badger to further control the collection of information regarding You online.

I embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” my webpages. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” my webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update

I use Google Analytics to track social shares made at my website. Google automatically collect and store certain information in their server logs which includes device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL, cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your Google Account, in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

I use a LinkedIn Share widget at my website to allow you to share my webpages on LinkedIn. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

I use Pinterest Save widget at my website to allow you to pin images to Pinterest from my webpages. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

I use X/Twitter Share widget at my website to allow you to share my webpages on X/Twitter. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy:https://twitter.com/en/privacy

What I do with the information I collect

I gather this data to to better assist and enhance my service delivery to you. Furthermore, I gather this information for the subsequent purposes:

Maintaining internal records.
Enhancing the quality of my products and services.
Sending occasional promotional emails concerning new products, exclusive offers, or other relevant information I believe may be of interest to you, utilizing the email address you’ve provided.
Using your information for market research endeavors, which may entail reaching out to you via email, phone that you provide for that express purpose. Additionally, I may tailor my website content to align with your preferences.

Google advertising cookies

Google uses cookies to help serve the ads it displays on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a Google partner’s website, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser.

Social Media Plugins and Third-Party Services

The Blogger Experiment may utilize social media plugins to enhance user experience and facilitate the sharing of articles. By using these plugins, you may be redirected to external social media platforms. It is important to note that each social media company operates under its own privacy policy and terms of service. Before engaging with social media features on The Blogger Experiment, I strongly recommend that you review and understand the privacy policies and terms of the respective social media companies. I have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy practices, or conduct of any third-party services, including social media platforms. Your use of such services is subject to the terms and policies of the specific service providers.

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)

If you have not opted out of third-party ad serving, the cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads on your site, which should also be disclosed in your privacy policy in the following manner:

Notify your site visitors of the third-party vendors and ad networks serving ads on your site.
Provide links to the appropriate vendor and ad network websites.
Inform your users that they may visit those websites to opt out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising (if the vendor or ad network offers this capability). Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of some third-party vendors’ uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

Because publisher sites and laws across countries vary, I’m unable to suggest specific privacy policy language. However, you may wish to review resources such as the Network Advertising Initiative for guidance on drafting a privacy policy. For additional details regarding cookie consent notices, please refer to cookiechoices.org

Email Information

You can contact me through Email. I may keep a record of the content that You send to me in Your correspondence. I will also keep a record of My response to You. I provide the same rights for email usage, as I do receive online. I am committed to keeping Your e-mail address confidential. I do not rent, sell, or lease My subscription lists to third parties, and will not provide Your email address to any third parties except as necessary to provide You with the services offered by me or to comply with the law.

To be in compliance with CAN-SPAM Act, all emails will clearly state whom the email is from, provide You information on how to contact the sender. Additionally, all e-mail messages will contain instructions on how to remove Yourself from further mailings and You will receive no further communications from me.

Log Data

I want to inform you that whenever you visit my Service, I collect information that your browser sends to me that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, pages of my Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site I 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.

I will not share Your personal information with any third parties without Your consent, except as necessary to provide You with the services offered by me or to comply with the law.

Modification or Removal Process. Please Contact Me if You wish to modify Your information. Please be aware that the removal of this content from the Site does not mean it will be removed from the web as search engines, archive websites and other platforms may have copied the content in question.

I do comply with DMCA. If you believe Your work has been copyrighted, please Contact Me. Include your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Also, include the copyright that that You claim has been infringed, the exact URL address on this Site, a statement by You that this has not been authorized by You, electronic or physical signature by You (or someone authorized to act on Your behalf), and a statement by You that you are the copyright owner or You are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. I will follow the procedure set forth by 17 U.S.C. § 512 of the DMCA, promptly follow DMCA procedures to remove access to all materials related to infringements on copyrights that are in compliance.

Security

I am committed to protecting your information. I implement online security procedures to secure the information collected.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.

My website uses these “cookies” to collection information and to improve my Service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse my cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of my Service.

If you leave a comment on my 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 my login page, I 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, I 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.

For more information on cookies, refer to the “What Are Cookies” article found here

Google DoubleClick my DART Cookie
Google is one of My third-party vendors on this Site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to My site visitors based upon their visit to thebloggerexperiment.com and other sites found on the internet. Visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

You can find My Cookie Policy here.

Third Party Cookies

Third-party cookies are not issued by me. These are cookies provided by a third-party, Google is an example. I use Google Analytics and have enabled the demographics and interests features. Third Parties that You visit from this Site, may also use cookies and tracking technologies, which I do not control. If You have any questions, about a third party that is not operated by me, I strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site that You visit.

I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

If You prefer to opt out of third-party cookies, these are some options:

-Google Analytics provides a browser add-on that can opt You out. This can be downloaded here.
-Google Safety Center also provide a tool that controls the ads that You see. This can be downloaded here.

Browser Cookie Controls

Manage cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Manage cookie settings in Chrome and Chrome Android and Chrome iOS
Manage Cookie settings in Microsoft Edge
Manage Cookie settings in Firefox
Manage Cookie settings in Safari and Safari iOS

You can still continue to use My Site, all other terms still apply.

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.

Service Providers

I may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

To facilitate my Service;
To provide the Service on my behalf;
To perform Service-related services; or
To assist me in analyzing how my Service is used.

I want to inform my Service users that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on my behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Security

I want to inform my Service users that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

I value your trust in providing me your Personal Information, thus I are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. This includes Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocols, botnet security among other security layers of protection. This is to do my best to protect your information. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and I cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Sites

My Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by me. Therefore, I strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. I have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

How long I retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on my website (if any), I 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 I hold about you, including any data you have provided to me. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where I send your data

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

Children’s Privacy

My Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. I do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case I discover that a child under 13 has provided me with personal information, I immediately delete this from my servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided me with personal information, please contact me so that I will be able to do necessary actions.

Storage of Your Personal Data

I will not retain Your Personal Data longer than is reasonably necessary for me to achieve the purposes that the Personal Data was collected for. I will comply with applicable legislation during the period of data retention.

Personal Data is being stored in The United States of America. According to General Data Protections Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the council (GDPR) I must inform You that data protections level in other countries might differ from the data protection level in the European Union. I have taken all reasonable measures to protect Your Personal Data in The United States of America.

GDPR Compliant

If You are within the European Union, You are entitled to certain information and You have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These rights include:

1. That You are to be informed about the use and collection of your Personal Data by me. This information is provided to You via this Privacy Policy.
2- Access to the Personal Data that I process about You.
3- To correct any inaccurate Personal Data
4- To Transfer, copy, or move Your Personal Data.
5- You have the option of objecting to the processing of Your Personal Data, if You find that processing is conducted in violation of Your legitimate rights.
6- The Removal and deletion of Your Personal Data; this right only applies under specific circumstances and is not absolute.
7- That You can request restriction of Personal Data; this right only applies under specific circumstances and is not absolute.
8- You can choose to withdraw Your consent to Personal Data collection.
9- Choose to not be subjected to a decision due to automated processing, which which produces legal effects concerning You or significantly affects You unless:

It is by necessity to enter into, or performance of, a contract between me
It is authorized by law
You provide that You consent to this

10- If You consider that the processing of Your Personal Data infringes on Your rights and interests under current laws, You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

I may update my Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, I advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. I will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

Contact Me

If you have any questions or suggestions about my Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to Contact Me.