Who we are

Our website address is https://esmiblog.com.

We are devoted to safeguarding your privacy because we value it. This privacy policy’s goal is to make you aware of what personally identifiable information we may collect from you and how it might be used. This statement applies to this website only.

What information do we collect and how is it used?

We may gather personal information from you, such as your name or email address, if you voluntarily submit it to the website. You may freely give information to the website by, for example, posting a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we 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.

Advertising

The website may participate in affiliate marketing by embedding tracking links. When you click on an affiliate link, a cookie may be placed on your browser to track any sales for commission purposes.

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 we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Third-party service providers may be used by the website to service various areas of the website. the use of your personal information by each third-party service provider is governed by their own privacy rules. The following third-party service providers are currently used by the website:

 

Google Analytics is a tool that records website traffic and delivers data such as referring URLs and user activity on the website. Google Analytics may collect your IP address, but it does not collect any other personal information.

How long we retain your data 

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.

What rights you have over your data

If you 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.

Where your data is sent

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