{"id":5734,"date":"2014-05-25T16:03:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T20:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/?page_id=5734"},"modified":"2024-01-12T16:41:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T23:41:38","slug":"privacy-policy-disclosures-affiliate-disclosure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/privacy-policy-disclosures-affiliate-disclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy, Disclosures & Affiliate Disclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Privacy Policy, Disclosures and Affiliate Disclosure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

RuralLivingToday.com is a participant in affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, RuralLivingToday.com participates in various other affiliate programs, and we sometimes get a commission through purchases made through our links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our website address is: https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What personal data we collect and why we collect it<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor\u2019s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cookies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embedded content from other websites<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analytics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Who we share your data with<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By default WordPress does not share any personal data with anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long we retain your data<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What rights you have over your data<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where we send your data<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Really Simple SSL<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Really Simple SSL and Really Simple SSL add-ons do not process any personal identifiable information, so the GDPR does not apply to these plugins or usage of these plugins on your website. You can find our privacy policy here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Akismet<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plugin: Smush<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Note: Smush does not interact with end users on your website. The only input option Smush has is to a newsletter subscription for site admins only. If you would like to notify your users of this in your privacy policy, you can use the information below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smush sends images to the WPMU DEV servers to optimize them for web use. This includes the transfer of EXIF data. The EXIF data will either be stripped or returned as it is. It is not stored on the WPMU DEV servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smush uses a third-party email service (Drip) to send informational emails to the site administrator. The administrator’s email address is sent to Drip and a cookie is set by the service. Only administrator information is collected by Drip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a \u201cdevice\u201d) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, \u201cTags\u201d) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser\u2019s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser\u2019s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n