LifeisElectric takes its users’ privacy and protection very seriously. This Privacy Policy informs users of LifeisElectric.com of what data is collected and for what purpose.
Comments and forms
Data is collected when a user leaves a comment or submits the contact form. As well as the form data, the user’s IP address and browser agent is stored to help prevent spam.
An anonymized string created from the user’s email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if the user is using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of a user’s comment, the user’s profile picture is visible to the public.
Comments are reviewed before being made public to protect users from insensitive, offensive or inappropriate commercial material. We ask our users to please contact us regarding anything published on LifeisElectric.com that you deem as inappropriate and we will do our best to rectify it.
User comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Cookies
When users leave a comment on LifeisElectric.com they may opt-in to save data in cookies. This is for the user’s convenience. These cookies last for one year.
Other cookies are used to help improve the quality of LifeisElectric.com by allowing us to see which pages our users find helpful and which they do not. LifeisElectric.com uses Google Analytics and similar programs to track use of the website and improve the website’s relevance and usability. Such programs use cookies that are stored on user’s computers to provide a user’s interaction with a website. A user’s IP address, frequency of visits to a website, location and timezone is transmitted to Google. Google states that it will never associates you IP address with data held by Google.
Users of LifeisElectric.com have the option to opt-out of using cookies, which may result in use of an incomplete version of the website.
Further information about Google’s third party cookies can be found at the following links:
Third party resources
LifeisElectric.com may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Although we are strict about which external content we choose to publish on LifeisElectric.com, LifeisElectric does not take responsibility for the data collection methods of external sites and resources. We strongly encourage users to read the privacy policies of other websites if they intend to use them.
How long is data saved for?
Comments and contact form submissions are retained indefinitely.
What rights do users have over their data?
We believe that our users should have a right to their data. So we encourage users to contact us if they require that the data we have of them be deleted from our systems. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Security
LifeisElectric.com ensures that it has the latest website security in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of users’ data. However, LifeisElectric makes no assurances for our ability to prevent such loss, misuse, and alteration of user data.
Notice concerning children
LifeisElectric supports the protection of children, specifically regarding their privacy and what they are exposed to online. LifeisElectric.com does not create content specifically aimed at children under the age of 13, but we do pride oursleves on running a family friendly website.
LifeisElectric aims to avoid collecting data from children under 13 years old. If you believe that LifeisElectric has collected data from a minor, please contact us and we can follow this up with you.
Agreement
LifeisElectric is committed to protecting your privacy and providing you with an overall safe online experience. By using LifeisElectric.com you agree to the above policy, as well as the website’s Terms of Use and Disclaimer.
Please contact us for any questions or concerns you may have regarding this policy.