Privacy Policy

Who we are

I hope you know what website you’re on otherwise you should just stop reading right here. It’s: http://tagpantry.com and I made it as a personal side project. Read more about that here.

What personal data do I collect and why do I collect it

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. Comments will almost certainly be turned off for all content so it’s unlikely it should ever, EVER matter.

If somehow you do manage to comment, 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

Unless otherwise noted, all photos are mine and I know you’ll probably rip them and claim it as your own. Cool. Do it I don’t think the ones I took are even that great anyway.

Contact forms

If it’s not already up now then sometime in the near future I’ll have a contact form where people can upload whatever recipe or blog content they may want to be included on the website. That’s cool but it won’t be posted automatically. It will be sent to me via a plugin and only the data you provide will be included so don’t send anything unnecessary.

Cookies

If you manage to leave a comment on my 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 or sooner if you manually delete them.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

Embedded content from other websites

It’s unlikely I’ll ever have any embedded content from other sites but if I do, that content 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

If you get online at all there’s a good chance you’re being tracked by analytics software. It’s simply the nature of the internet. There are 3rd party options available to users to help prevent this if wanted but it’s not a guarantee. I use Google Analytics to track how users get to the website, what they click on, as well as general information. Here’s a quick video about Google Analytics for those that are unfamiliar.

Who we share your data with

No one

How long we retain your data

If you manage to 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

Extremely unlikely but if I somehow allow you to 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. or you can just request it be deleted. You’ll probably just have to complete the usual contact for to request it since comments are typically turned off

Where we send your data

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

Your contact information

I only get it if you provide it.

How I protect your data

Passwords

What data breach procedures I have in place

None. You shouldn’t be sending sensitive data to someone’s personal website anyway.

What third parties I receive data from

eye-roll-emoji

What automated decision making and/or profiling I do with user data

None.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

Always wash your hands and never put wood in the dishwasher