TheWhiskyLady (“us”, “we” or “our”) publishes helpful beverage-related articles such as reviews and top ten lists. These can be accessed by going to our website address, https://TheWhiskyLady.net/. By going through our content, we will also be collecting data from you. On this page, we will explain our policies when it comes to the collection, use and disclosure of your data as well as the rights that you have over the information we have gathered.
The personal data we collect
Personal data
When on the website, you may be asked to provide information that can be used to identify you. These include, but are not limited to, your indicated name as well as your email address.
Usage data
Other identifiers that do not necessarily point to you will also be collected. These include your Internet Protocol address (IP address), the browser you use and the browser version, the particular pages you have opened, the time you spent on each, as well as the time and date of your visit.
What we use to collect data
Cookies
We use cookies to track your activity on the website and use it for our means. There are different types of cookies, but all include an anonymous unique identifier. Among the cookies we use are session, preference and security cookies. TheWhiskyLady.net uses cookies to collect and store information about a visitor’s preferences and history in order to better serve the visitor and/or present the visitor with customized content, among other marketing initiatives. Advertising partners and other third parties may also use cookies, scripts and/or web beacons to track visitors to our site in order to display advertisements and other useful information. Such trackingis done directly by the third parties through their own servers and os subject to their own privacy policies.
By using this website, you consent to our cookie policy, which also means you expressly opt-in to TheWhiskyLady.net collecting your data, including but not limited to IP and email addresses, to better serve you with content. You can choose not to enable cookies when you are on the website, but by doing so you might be unable to access some portions of our service.
Contact forms and comments
You voluntarily provide information when you use our contact form or leave a comment on any of the forms present in our pages. We will also store other data such as IP address and browser used. This is done in order for us to curb spam. When employing the Gravatar service, we will be given an anonymized string or a hash created through your email address. The profile picture is published alongside your comment once it is approved. You can check the Gravatar privacy policy right here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Uploaded media
You can choose to upload different types of media, such as images and videos, when filling some of our forms. Be aware though that the media you provide may include sensitive information such as embedded location data (EXIF GPS). These may be accessed by anyone who downloads them. We advise checking your images and videos and removing the data if you can before sharing it on TheWhiskyLady
Embedded content from other websites
Some of the pages on this website may have embedded content in the form of articles, images and videos. It behaves in the same way as it would in other websites with the same content. These may track you through third-party programs and analyze how you interact with the embedded content.
How we use your data
TheWhiskyLady.net collects data chiefly for improving our services. Improving our services includes the following specifics:
- To maintain the website
- To allow visitors to participate in the features of our website
- To notify users of the changes the service is undergoing
- To provide top-notch user care and support
- To monitor how visitors use our services
- To detect and address technical issues in our services
How long we retain your data
The metadata collected when you leave a comment on the website is retained indefinitely. This is done to hasten the moderation of comments.
The rights you have over your data
If you have left comments on our website, you have the right to request an export of the personal data you have provided and of the information we hold about you. However, this does not include any data that we keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Security of your data
It is important to point out that TheWhiskyLady.net will take the necessary measures to that your data is treated securely and within the boundaries of our privacy policy. This is upheld even in the recognition of the fact that no method of online transmission is 100% secure.
Disclosure of data
Legal requirements
TheWhiskyLady.net may be required to disclose your data in the following cases:
- Legal obligation
- Protection and defense of the rights of TheWhiskyLady.net
- Detection and prevention of abuse of our services
- Protection of other visitors using our services
- Protection against legal liability
Service providers
We may use third-party services to do specific tasks on our behalf. In such cases, only the data necessary for performing these tasks would be accessed by these service providers. They are also bound by our policies to maintain the confidentiality of your information and to not use it for any other purpose.
Google Analytics
We employ Google Analytics to analyze how visitors use our service. It reports website traffic back to us, and also uses the data that are collected to personalize its services for you, including ads. If you are not amenable to this, you can opt out by installing the browser add-on Google Analytics Opt-out. You can visit https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en to know more about Google’s own privacy policies.
External links
Clicking links that direct you to another website means that the data they collect from you is no longer under our jurisdiction. We have no control over how your data will be used and we will not assume any responsibility. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of sites you visit, however.
Privacy of minors
Our policies do not cover minors. If you are a parent or a guardian of one, and are made aware that the minor has provided us with some of their personal data, you are free to contact us. We will remove the information given from our servers.
Advertising
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may update our policies every now and then, but you will be notified every time a change is posted. We will send notifications through email as well as alert visitors on our website. An “effective date” will also be indicated.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected]
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