What personal data we collect and why we collect it:

Emails

Emails submitted through any form to the administrator(s) of this website (hereafter “us” or “we”) will be shared with an email blast service provider (currently: MailPoet which is owned by Automattic) so we can ensure deliverability of emails. That provider could change in the future. You will be subject to their privacy policy. We will not distribute your email to any other entity without your consent. Our intent is to communicate events you may be interested in. You can unsubscribe at any time using a link at the bottom of each email.

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.

Contact forms

If you send us a message on our contact form we will not distribute your information to a 3rd party without your consent.

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.

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

We collect non-personally identifiable data via open-source analytics software called Matomo to better understand our audience and the effectiveness of this site. Among the data collected is: device type, browser software, approximate location (city, state, country), pages visited, time spent, and IP address. A cookie on your computer helps gather this information which is ultimately transmitted to a database on our hosted server. We also retain backup copies in case the primary database is corrupted, deleted or unavailable. No 3rd party is provided access to any of this information.

Matomo Opt Out:

Opt-out complete; your visits to this website will not be recorded by the Web Analytics tool. Note that if you clear your cookies, delete the opt-out cookie, or if you change computers or Web browsers, you will need to perform the opt-out procedure again.

You may choose to prevent this website from aggregating and analyzing the actions you take here. Doing so will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users.

You are not opted out. Uncheck this box to opt-out. You are currently opted out. Check this box to opt-in.

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How long we retain your data

Your email address(es) is (are) retained until you unsubscribe.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.

Analytics data is retained indefinitely.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.Email addresses are stored with an email provider (currently: MailPoet).