GDPR for The Public Eye website
Who we are
Our website address is https://catsfiregalleries.org/guardian/.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Sites that attempt to inject spam into the website are blocked and their IP addresses are kept in a list of blocked Ip
Your contact information: See Privacy Policy
Additional information
How we protect your data: See 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.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may have to opt-in to save 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.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
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.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
See Privacy Statement for details
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.
For users that register on our website, 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 with the exception that they cannot change their usernames.
Note: Website administrators can 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.
What data breach procedures we have in place
We use several services to monitor the website. These services block malicious sites and attacks. A report is sent each day detailing the activity on the website concerning attacks.
Third parties we receive data from
We do not receive personal identifying data from any third-party site.
What automated decision-making and/or profiling we do with user data (NA)
We do use this type of data.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Erasure
You have the right to request that we erase your data from our database. To activate this request send an email to In The Public Eye
Note: Erasing is not Deleting
“Erasing” a user is not the same as deleting them. Erasing will delete or anonymize certain data about a user based on rules implemented by WP and the plugins in use. Deleting a user will delete all information stored about the user.
Note: If you request the deletion and then wish to rejoin the website you will need to create a new account.
Person In Charge of Data Protection
The person in charge of safeguarding your privacy is George Frazier IIIrd
Your Contact Information: See Privacy Policy
Legal Right to use this information: See Privacy Policy
Services We Use to gather information
Paid Membership Pro
There is no cost to become a member however we do require certain contact information in order to verify your existence. You do not have to be a member to read articles that are open to the public. Articles that are restricted do carry a notice stating that membership is required. You may cancel this membership at any time via email. A cancellation confirmation notification will be sent to you.
Email Subscribers (Plugin)
This is a service you sign up for, which, notifies you via email that we have released a new article or notification. You may cancel it at any time by contacting us via email at In The Public Eye. A cancellation notice will be sent to you.
Activity Log (Plugin)
Every time you log into the website your IP address is recorded. This is to prevent brute force attacks on the website. As well as track your activity on the site.
All user information is held by Word Press.com at https://automattic.com/privacy/No information is on our computers.
Sumo
List Builder, Scroll Box, and Contact gather names and email information. This is used for newsletter purposes, inquiries by you, and as a method to contact us. You are not required to use any of these to use the website, however, efforts by you to contact us signifies your consent to us having this information. Information received here is transferred to the service it connects to. For Example, information gathered on the list builder is used to add you to our newsletter, email list.
Akismet
Comments made on this website are checked for spam and malicious viruses through Akisment.
Exporting your data
This website has the ability to export your data to you upon your request. The requested data will be sent as an excel file unless otherwise stated in the confirmation email.