Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://mistykingma.com. This site is owned and operated by Misty Kingma. Contact email: hi@mistykingma.com.

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which MistyKingma.com (“we”, “us”, “our” or similar pronouns) collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of MistyKingma.com (“Site”). This Privacy Policy applies only to the Site and all products and services offered by us (including, without limitation, both mobile and online versions of our web sites, and also applies to your use of all features, applications, content, downloads and other services that we make available through these web sites and/or that post a link to this Privacy Policy, regardless of how you access or use the Site, whether via personal computers, mobile devices or otherwise.

When you access our use this website, or otherwise provide any information to us, you agree to this Privacy Policy, including the manner in which we use your information. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, or to any changes we may subsequently make to this Privacy Policy, you must stop using the Site immediately.

The Website may contain links to other websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected on or through any such third party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties or the content of their websites. Such third parties may have their own privacy policies and you should review those privacy policies to determine their privacy practices.

What personal data we collect and why

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our Site, subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site.

Like most blogs, we collect limited personal information for the purpose of sending email newsletters. If you choose to fill out our email newsletter sign-up form we will store your First Name, Last Name, and Email Address via MailChimp in order to email you new blog content, product updates, or to solicit feedback.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on this 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.

Cookies

Essential Cookies

We may collect the following personal data through essential cookies: a unique ID assigned to your device; IP address; device and browser type; operating system; referring URLs; content viewed or other actions taken on our Site; time and date of those actions; country and language selected.

Session Cookies

Session cookies remember you during your session on our Site and are deleted when you log out of the Site and when you close your web browser.

WordPress 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 visit the 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 one 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 one day.

Analytical Cookies

Analytics cookies are used by us and by third parties who process data for data analytics purposes (in our case Google Analytics) so that we can manage and improve the performance and design of our Site and for monitoring and auditing. Click here for Google Analytics Terms of Service.

Advertising Cookies

Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by our Site and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. Click here for Amazon Associates Operating Agreement. Click here for Fuze360 Privacy Policy.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, 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.

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. If you sign up for our email newsletter, the data is retained until we decide to shut down our Site at an undisclosed time in the future.

What rights you have over your data

If you have left comments on this Site or have signed up for our email newsletter, 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.

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