Updated 27 May2018
Intro to the Privacy Policy
Protecting your privacy is important. The privacy policy below tells how information about visits to the website Small Garden News is collected and used to improve the website and fulfill and respond to your requests.
Please review the privacy policy below to understand how Small Garden News collects, uses, and safeguards the information you provide.
If you do visit and use the website Small Garden News, you are agreeing to allow us to use your information as set out in this privacy policy. If you do not agree to this privacy policy, you should cease visiting the website and unsubscribe (if you have subscribed) from the eNewsletter and blog post delivery. In using and continuing to use this Website and any products or services offered on it, you are confirming your consent to the terms of this privacy policy.
Who we are
Our website address is: http://www.smallgardennews.com.
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
If you use the Contact form to send a question or news to the website author, your email address is only used to respond to that question or news. The name and/or email address is not shared publicly or with any other individual or company unless you have specifically requested that it be shared (for example, with a university-based expert, with a lab, whose help may be needed to resolve a plant or pest problem). It also is not added to the newsletter list or blog list unless you specifically request for us to add it to those lists for you. This information is only used for the purpose of assisting readers; it is not used for marketing purposes.
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 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.
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.
These outside sites have their own separate and unique privacy policies. You should read the privacy policy and terms of use of every site you visit; the privacy policy of Small Garden News does not apply to these other, outside websites.
Analytics
Small Garden News uses Google Analytics to help understand how readers use our website. You can read how Google Analytics uses cookies here: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can read “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps” here: www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ (or any other URL Google may provide from time to time).
By default, WordPress does not collect any analytics data.
Who we share your data with
MailChimp has the personal data you voluntarily gave us in order to receive the e-Newsletter; WordPress has the personal data you voluntarily gave us in order to receive new blog posts by email. Small Garden News also has access to that personal data.
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise share your personal information with outside parties. If release of such information is necessary to comply with the law or a legal requirement, to protect the rights, property, or safety of Small Garden News or others, or to take action about suspected unlawful activities (like fraud or harassment, for example), then the information may be released to legal authorities.
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. The website is hosted in the United States of America.
Contact information
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, contact Small Garden News through the website
smallgardennews.com/contact/
or by US Mail:
Amy Whitney
Small Garden News
6020 Sumit Wood Dr NW
Kennesaw, GA 30152
Additional information
How we protect your data
Small Garden News has subscribed to the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to protect information that you may supply. The SSL certificate is important, so we pay extra for it, to protect you, our readers. The internet, though, is open in nature. Small Garden News cannot ensure complete security of information you provide — but we have taken measures to protect you and your information.
What third parties we receive data from
We may receive some information from third parties such as Amazon.com or from other advertisers or marketing groups.
We Protect Children’s Privacy
Small Garden News does not and will not knowingly collect or request personally identifiable information from or about children under the age of 13 except as permitted by law. Our website and services are not designed to attract children under the age of 13. Children under age 13 who wish to ask questions or use the website in a way that requires the sharing of personal information should ask a parent or guardian to do so for them.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
Changes and updates to the privacy policy may be made in future, in response to issues, to changes on the website, or to changes in the wider world. Any such changes will be made here on this webpage, and they will be effective as soon as such changes are posted. You can see the date of the most recent update at the top of the page.