Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 26, 2023
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the services offered by Our Website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve our Services. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information under this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural.
Definitions
For this Privacy Policy:
- Account means a unique account created for You to access Our Service or parts of Our Service.
- Company (referred to as either “the Company,” “We,” “Us,” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Tonya’sList.
- Cookies are small files placed on Your computer, mobile device, or any other Device by a Website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that Website among its many uses.
- Country refers to: United States.
- Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
- Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Service refers to the Website.
- Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
- Website refers to Tonya’sList, accessible from https://tonyaslist.com
- You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://tonyaslist.com.
What Personal Data We collect and why We collect it
We collect Your Personal Data when You visit the Website, register on Our Website, book a session, subscribe to Our newsletter, or fill out a form. Below is the list of information the Website collects from you.
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.
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
While using Our service, We may ask You to provide us, through Our contact forms, with information about You that can be used to contact or identify You. This information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Contact information
- Usage Data
Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service.
If You leave a comment on Our Website, 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 Our login page, 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 the Website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other Websites behaves in the exact same way as if You have 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. It includes tracking Your interaction with the embedded content if You have an Account and are logged in to that Website.
Analytics
We may use third-party analytic companies like Google Analytics, which may also use Cookies or other tracking technologies to understand customers’ behavior better and to gather data about Website traffics and interactions to offer You better Website experiences and tool in the future.
Who We share your data with
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer Your information to outside parties without Your consent.
We may share personal and non-personal collected information with third parties who provide Our content such as promotional and marketing partners. We may also share it with Our current and future affiliated companies and business partners.
We may allow trusted third-party Service Providers to perform operations and provide us services, such as hosting services, email delivery and customer service.
We may share portions of Our log file, including IP addresses, for analytics purposes with third parties.
We may also disclose personal and non-personal information about You as required by law or to respond to legal process, including subpoena, or when necessary to protect the rights, safety, or property of others.
How long We retain your data
Comments and their 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.
During registration in Our Website, We also store the personal information You, the user, provide in Your user profile. You can see, edit, or delete Your personal information at any time (except You cannot change Your username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
What rights You have over your data
If You have an Account on the Website, or have left comments, You can request from Us that you receive an exported file of the Personal Data We hold about You, including any data You provided. You can also request that We erase any Personal Data We hold about You. This does not include any data We must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your data is sent
Your comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
We may use the contact information, such as name and email address, for the following purposes:
- To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
- To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events that We offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
- For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
- With other users: When You share personal information or otherwise interact in public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures, and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users can view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You, and view Your profile.
- With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
How We protect Your data
We work hard to ensure that access to collected data will be strictly limited to a minimum number of individuals and subject to confidentiality commitments, but remember that no way of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
What data breach procedures We have in place
In case of a data breach, System administrators will immediately go through affected users and attempt to reset passwords if needed after informing the user.
What third parties We receive data from
We may receive data from third-party analytics providers such as Google, and search information providers such as Google.
What automated decision-making and/or profiling We do with user data
Automated decision-making does not apply on the Website. Regarding profiling, We use Google Analytics, a tracking tool. For more information, see section II. 3. – “Google Analytics”.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
We have no industry regulatory disclosure requirements.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will inform You via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, before the change becomes effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
- By email: hi@tonyaslist.com