Privacy Policy
Who we are
This Privacy Policy describes the policies of Andie Vargas on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that we collect when you use our website (https://andievargas.com). By accessing or using this website, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use this website.
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website. The revised Policy will be effective immediately from when the revised Policy is posted in this website and your continued access or use of this website after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
When visitors leave comments on this website we collect the data shown in the comments, which may include your public IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
When leaving comments on blog posts, 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.
We also integrate contact forms into our site as a convenient way for visitors to get in touch with us. When you use our contact form, you are providing us with the following information:
Name
Phone number
Email address
Message contents
We use contact form submissions to fulfill our customer service obligations, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes. We do however retain the right to use this information in combination with other information collected such as your:
Public IP address
Browser user agent
Number of pages accessed, as well as for how long
For the purposes of rendering routine analytics and record keeping, website maintenance and administration, website security hardening and data protection, in addition to dispute resolution wherever applicable, at our sole discretion.
We do not collect any other sensitive or personally identifying data except for that which is outlined in this Privacy Policy, and unless the visitor explicitly provides such to us. Furthermore, if we want to use your aforementioned information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which grant consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Otherwise, we will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances as described below:
For website analytics purposes provided by Plausible Analytics (https://plausible.io/data-policy).
We require such third parties to use the personal information we transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose. We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of this website violates any third-party rights. If this website or our company is merged or acquired with another company, your information will be one of the assets that is transferred to the new owner.
How long we retain your data
We will retain your personal information with us for up to 5 years after users terminate their accounts or for as long as we need it to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected as detailed in this Privacy Policy. We may need to retain certain information for longer periods such as record-keeping / reporting in accordance with applicable law or for other legitimate reasons like enforcement of legal rights, fraud prevention, etc. Residual anonymous information and aggregate information, neither of which identifies you (directly or indirectly), may be retained indefinitely. 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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we 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 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. To exercise these rights, you can use our contact page and / or form. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.
Do note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which your information was sought.
The security of your data
The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, and other general information may be processed off-site by our analytics software as mentioned below. Otherwise, no personal data is transmitted to any third parties except where outlined in this Privacy Policy.
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, we 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, we 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.
Cache files
This site utilizes caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor.
Cache files expire on a schedule set by the website administrator, but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process & cache your data temporarily. Please see https://quic.cloud/privacy-policy/ for more details.
Analytics
We may use privacy-preserving analytics software provided by Plausible Analytics, whose data handling practices are described in detail at: https://plausible.io/data-policy.
Users can opt-out of all analytics tracking by disabling JavaScript in their browser.
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.
Third party links
Our site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy policy and other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service that may be accessible via a link on this website. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Contact information
For any additional privacy-specific requests, concerns, or inquiries, visitors may reach out to us via our contact page and / or form.