Who I am

My website address is: https://nathanlake.com

What personal data I collect and why I collect it

I don’t collect any data from you. Absolutely nothing. The issue with having a privacy policy is to protect third party companies. By third party I mean those who this software was build by, run on, hosted by, or any other type of interaction in which you as a consumer can be “Tracked”.

It really comes down to this: if you put your personal information into a form on this site, that is your choice. I won’t share or sell the information. I’ve heard it claimed that the information is “yours” when in actuality you just gave it to me and now belongs to me.

Just be careful. Don’t give your life’s information to anyone.

Comments provided by WordPress

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 submit a request for contact, I will reach out to you as soon as possible. I don’t use email/phone numbers for marketing.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on my 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, the site 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, it 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.

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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

I may add an analytics software. If I do so, there will be no personal data stored. I’m not interested in tracking who you are. I am interested in if someone came to the site.

Who we share your data with

I share data with no one. I don’t sell it either.

How long we retain your data (from WordPress)

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 (from WordPress)

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.

As noted before, if you give this information to me, it’s no longer yours to choose what stays or goes. Any requests can be denied.

Where we send your data

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

Your contact information

Again, I don’t share information that you’ve given.

Additional information

You can contact me from the contact page for additional information.

How I protect  data

I do my best to keep from being hacked. No one is perfect.

What data breach procedures I have in place

I have backups. If someone has stolen data from the site, I hope you didn’t submit anything incriminating.

What third parties I receive data from

I don’t think I receive data from a third party on purpose.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

None

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

None. This is a personal site.