Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Parental Patience

Effective Date: December 6, 2024
Website Address: https://parentalpatience.com
Contact Email: [email protected]
Applicable Law: United States

At Parental Patience, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our blog, parentalpatience.com. By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://parentalpatience.com. Parental Patience is a blog focused on providing parenting advice, insights about children, and family-related topics.

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 string to help detect spam.
  • An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if applicable) will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website:

  • Avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images posted on the site.

Cookies

We use cookies for functionality and convenience:

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies last for one year.
  • Temporary cookies are set when visiting our login page to determine if your browser accepts cookies; these are discarded when you close your browser.
  • When logging in, cookies save login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days unless “Remember Me” is selected (then two weeks). Logout removes these cookies.
  • Editing or publishing an article sets an additional cookie indicating the post ID of the article edited. This cookie expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the external website directly:

  • These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with their content.

Who We Share Your Data With

  • If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
  • Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
  • For registered users (if any), we store personal information provided in their user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information anytime (except usernames). Website administrators can also manage this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments on our site:

  • You can request an exported file of all personal data we hold about you.
  • You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. However, this excludes data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

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

Additional Information

How We Protect Your Data

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

What Data Breach Procedures We Have in Place

In case of a data breach:

  • We will notify affected users promptly.
  • Measures will be taken to mitigate harm and prevent future breaches.

What Third Parties We Receive Data From

We may receive anonymized analytics data from third-party services to improve user experience and site performance.

What Automated Decision-Making and/or Profiling We Do with User Data

We do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling based on user data.

Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements

As a blog operating under U.S. law, we comply with applicable regulations regarding user privacy and data protection.

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at [email protected].