Privacy Policy

This website operates under the web address https://journeywithdragons.com

Journey with Dragons is committed to protecting and preserving your privacy when visiting our site and communicating with us.

The policy below outlines what data may be collected by us when you use this site, why it may be collected, how it may be stored, and your rights regarding data access. In visiting our website (https://journeywithdragons.com) you are consenting to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree to or accept this policy, you must stop using our site.

Information we may collect from you

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information about you when you visit and use our website:

  • Information collected by our website automatically: when you visit our website, we may automatically collect the following information
    • technical information like your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system and platform
    • analytics including what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got to the site (including date and time), page response times, length of visit, what you click on etc.

  • Information you supply to us: when you fill in forms on our website e.g. contact forms, or add comments to our posts, you may supply the following information to us
    • your name, e-mail address, website etc.

Leaving a Comment

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

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.

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

We use cookies for basic website function, security, to enhance user experience and understand how our website performs. For detailed information on how and why we use cookies, see our Cookie Policy.

How your information may be used

  • Information collected by our website automatically is used to
    • administer troubleshooting and for statistical purposes
    • improve our site to ensure content is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device
    • security and debugging as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure

This information is collected anonymously and is not linked to information that identifies you as an individual. We use Google Analytics to track this information. Find out how Google uses your data at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 and https://policies.google.com/privacy

  • Information you supply to us is used to provide you with the information or services you request from us

How long is your information stored

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, 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.

Information collected using Google analytics is retained for 26 months.

Embedded content and third-party links

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.

Our site may also contain links to third-party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Through affiliate links identifying information may be carried over to an outside site to show that you visited that site from our site to ensure proper commissions are issued.

Your rights – access to the data we hold about you

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.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes made to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page in adequate timing. Please check back to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Disclaimer

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Note: We do not rent, sell or share your personal information to third parties for others’ direct marketing. 

Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about anything detailed in this policy, contact us here.