Who we are
Our website address is: https://aylaboswell.com/.
By visiting our site, you are agreeing to the terms of this policy and terms of use.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We will use emails collected on this site to respond to your requests, to contact you about changes to this site, to send you notices (for example, in the form of emails and newsletters).
We may also use your usage information to improve our site and enable us to customize your experience through content and ads.
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 would like to contact me, our site will ask for a name and email address which will be sent directly to a personal business email address and visible to me.
Cookies
We, our service providers and third-party advertising partners use technologies that automatically collect information about Site visitors.
Cookies are useful for gathering information such as site usage, trends and patterns, so that we may better understand the general use of the site so we can best manage, customize, and optimize the site for you. Likewise, in order to provide you with the site and/or Company’s services, including, without limitation, Company’s mailing list, Company may share your Collected Information with certain authorized third parties who are contracted with and/or authorized to act on behalf of the Company in connection with the site, Company’s services, and/or Company’s general business operations, and you consent to such disclosure with such authorized third parties
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.
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.
Cookies also help to make advertising more effective. Without cookies, it’s harder for an advertiser to reach its audience, or to know how many ads were shown and how many clicks they received.
On our website, third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a your prior visits to our website and other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to my sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings
You can turn off the use of cookies at anytime by changing your specific browser settings.
In regard to third-party advertisers, aylaboswell.com has no access or control over these cookies. You should review the respective privacy policies on any and all third-party ad servers for more information regarding their practices and how to opt-out.
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.
In addition, this site may contain links or embedded material to third party content, including, without limitation, other websites and third party videos from Company’s Affiliates, for the convenience of visitors, advertising purposes, or for other related functions related to Company’s business, which Company has not reviewed. Company linking or embedding to third party content does not imply an advertisement or endorsement of any good, service, product, or otherwise, provided by such third party. Company is not responsible for any third-party content linked or embedded to or from the Site and expressly disclaims, without limitation, any responsibility for any third-party content, the accuracy of any information found on any third-party website, or the quality of products of services provided by or advertised on such third party website. Your use of any third-party Content is at your own risk, and subject to the terms and conditions of such third-party’s website or applications. Company encourages you to review the terms and conditions and privacy policy of any third-party website that you visit and be aware that a third party website may collect your personal information and Company is not able to control any third party’s use of such technologies or how any third party manages the information gathered from such technologies.
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.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect statistical information regarding how the website is used. This information is not personally identifiable. Google Analytics helps us understand how our Site visitors use the Site, and as well as certain features of Google Analytics Display Advertising to advertise online, sell advertising and to develop content. You can opt out of Google Analytics and customize Google’s Display Network ads. Please visit Google’s Ad Settings and Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Please visit How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps for a description of how Google uses information sent by our browser and for ways you can control the information sent to Google.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Advertising partners
We share information with our third-party advertising partners as described in the Cookies section above.
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 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.
Contact information
If you have any questions feel free to contact me directly from my contacts page.
Additional information
This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on: March 22, 2022.
How we protect your data
The site is committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no electronic transmission of information to the site can be guaranteed to be 100% safe and cannot and does not ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to the site. Nonetheless, the measures the site has implemented reduce the likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data involved. You acknowledge all information and materials you transmit is done at your own peril.
Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
The site does not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. The website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.