Privacy Policy

Who We Are

This website is hellojennieaustin.com, the personal and professional site of Jennie Austin, freelance digital marketer, SEO strategist, and web designer based on Florida's Emerald Coast.

Comments

When you leave a comment on this site, we collect the information you enter in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps with spam detection.

Your email address may be used to generate an anonymized hash that is shared with Gravatar to check whether you have a profile image associated with your account. You can review Gravatar's privacy policy at automattic.com/privacy. If your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible publicly alongside it.

Media

If you upload images to this site, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) in those files. Other visitors to the site may be able to download and extract that location data from any images you upload.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to having your name, email address, and website saved in cookies for your convenience. This means you won't need to re-enter your details the next time you comment. These cookies last for one year.

Visiting the login page will set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is cleared when you close your browser.

Logging in sets additional cookies to save your login session and display preferences. Login cookies last two days; display preference cookies last one year. Selecting "Remember Me" extends your login to two weeks. Logging out removes all login cookies.

Editing or publishing a post saves an additional cookie in your browser that records the post ID of the article you worked on. It contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Posts and pages on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from other platforms. Embedded content behaves the same as if you had visited those sites directly. Those third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, include additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, particularly if you are logged in to an account on their platform.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their associated metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognized and approved without sitting in a moderation queue.

If you register as a user on this site, your profile information is stored and accessible to you at any time. You can view, update, or delete your personal information through your account settings at any time, with the exception of your username. Site administrators can also access and edit that information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left a comment, you can request an export of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that your personal data be deleted. Please note that this does not apply to data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Comments submitted on this site may be run through an automated spam detection service.

Contact

Questions about this privacy policy or how your data is handled? Reach out through the contact page.