Privacy Policy

Who I am

My name is Jacob Graham, and this is my website: jacob-t-graham.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site I 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.

Cookies

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.

If you visit our login page, I 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, I 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.

Google AdSense

Our website uses Google AdSense, a service for including advertisements from Google Inc. (“Google”). Google AdSense uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to analyze how users use the site. Additionally, Google AdSense uses web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons enable Google to analyze information such as visitor traffic on these pages.

The information generated by cookies and web beacons about your use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. This information can be passed on by Google to its contractual partners. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by you.

Data Collection and Use

Google may use cookies and other technologies to collect and store anonymous information about your interactions with our website and the advertisements you view. This may include, but is not limited to, the following information:

Browser type
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Referring/exit pages
Operating system
Date/time stamp
Clickstream data

Personalization and Advertising

Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. This information is also used to deliver targeted advertisements based on your interests, which are inferred from your browsing history and interactions with ads.

User Options

You can manage your preferences and opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of third-party vendor cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Further Information

For more information about how Google handles user data, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy.

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.

Who I share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long I retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I 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), I 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

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data I hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

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