Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 01/01/2024

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit https://veronicamitchell.com.

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by Veronica Mitchell. Our website address is: https://veronicamitchell.com.

2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) from your email may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. View their privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy.

Media
If you upload images to the site, avoid images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may download and extract this information.

Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
When logging in, we use temporary cookies to check if your browser accepts cookies. Login cookies last two days; screen option cookies last a year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks.
If you log out, login cookies are removed.

Embedded Content
Articles may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). These act as if you visited the original site. External sites may collect data, use cookies, or track your interaction.

3. Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.

4. How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, it and its metadata are stored indefinitely for follow-up comments.
For registered users (if any), we store personal info in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your info at any time (except username). Site admins can also edit this data.

5. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

You may request an exported file of your personal data or request we erase it. This excludes any data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

6. Where Your Data Is Sent

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

7. Contact

For privacy-related concerns, please contact:
Email: veronica@veronicamitchell.com