Who we are
Swimming In Stamps is the blog of Tami Hewlett, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. The website address is: https://swimminginstamps.com. You may contact the owner via email at: tamihewlett@comcast.net
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.
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
Swimming In Stamps uses a contact form supported by FeedBlitz to subscribe to email updates. In more or less plain English, this is what the FeedBlitz privacy policy says:
- You have the right to control your personal information.
- FeedBlitz never sells, rents or buys email addresses.
- The owner of Swimming In Stamps can see the information you give FeedBlitz as part of its services.
- FeedBlitz uses cookies, tracking and logging to make FeedBlitz work and tell list owners about activity on their lists.
- FeedBlitz emails globally, but is a US-based business with a US-based infrastructure.
- You can set or change your personal privacy and cookie settings at any time.
For specific FeedBlitz Privacy Policy, go to https://www.feedblitz.com/privacy/
Cookies
If you leave a comment on Swimming In Stamps, 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
Who we share your data with
This website uses the following plug-ins:
- Akismet Anti-Spam: Akismet collects information about visitors who comment on Swimming In Stamps. The information it collects typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself.)
- All In One SEO Pack: This plug-in helps Swimming In Stamps appear during internet searches.
- Shareaholic: Your privacy is critically important to Shareaholic. At Shareaholic it has a few fundamental guiding principles:
- It doesn’t ask you for personal information unless it truly need it.
- It doesn’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop and operate its products, or protect its rights.
- It doesn’t store personal information on its servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of its services.
- It aims to make it as simple as possible for to control what’s visible to the public and kept private.
- For more specific information, go to https://www.shareaholic.com/privacy/
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. (See Akismet Anti-Spam plug-in above.)
Your contact information
Swimming In Stamps owner: Tami Hewlett — tamihewlett@comcast.net
Additional information
None.
How we protect your data
Due to the nature of this website, and the fact that limited data is collected, there is no additional protection measures in place.
What data breach procedures we have in place
Due to the nature of this website, and the fact that limited data is collected, there is no data breach procedures in place.
What third parties we receive data from
This website does not receive data about users from third parties.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Not applicable.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Not a member of a regulated industry. Not subject to additional privacy laws.