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This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit my website. I am committed to ensuring the privacy and security of your personal information while providing transparency about my data practices. This policy applies to all visitors and users of blog.citrons.cc.
Consent
By visiting this website, you consent to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy. Any information I collect is used to provide and improve the service.
I will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
Information I Collect
I collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve my service to you. When you visit my website, I collect both information that you voluntarily provide and information that is automatically collected through various analytics tools.
For visitor comments, I collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection through Akismet. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it.
For analytics purposes, I use multiple tools including Umami, Cloudflare Analytics, Google Analytics, and Microsoft Clarity. Umami is privacy-focused and does not collect any personally identifiable information, anonymizing all collected data. Microsoft Clarity helps me understand how visitors interact with my website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replays. Cloudflare Analytics provides metadata about website traffic and performance, while Google Analytics helps track user engagement and behavior patterns.
When you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. Articles on this site may include embedded content from other websites, which behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
Third-Party Services
Akismet
I collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet Anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
Umami Analytics
Umami is a privacy-focused analytics tool that helps me understand website traffic patterns while maintaining user privacy. Umami does not collect any personally identifiable information and anonymizes all data collected. Users cannot be identified and are never tracked across websites. Umami does not use any cookies in the tracking code.
Cloudflare Analytics
Cloudflare Analytics provides metadata related to website traffic and performance. The service captures and processes data for traffic proxied through the Cloudflare network. Cloudflare Analytics identifies visits based on unique IP addresses and may show different metrics compared to other analytics services because it tracks all requests, including those from bots and automated crawlers. The service processes the following data including country of origin (based on IP address), basic request metadata. All analytics data is processed according to Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy and data processing standards.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics helps track website usage and user engagement patterns. The service uses JavaScript-based tracking to collect data including page views and user interactions, session duration and navigation paths, device and browser information, geographic location (country/city level), referral sources. This data is processed according to Google’s Privacy & Terms and data processing terms. Users who wish to opt out of Google Analytics tracking can use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Microsoft Clarity
Microsoft Clarity provides insights into user behavior through session recordings (with personal information automatically redacted), heatmaps showing user interactions, click and scroll patterns, user behavior metrics. This service captures website usage data using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies. This information is used for site optimization and understanding user experience. By using our site, you agree that me and Microsoft can collect and use this data according to Microsoft Privacy Statement.
WordPress.com
Through WordPress.com integration and Jetpack services, certain data may be shared with WordPress.com. This includes basic site statistics and analytics, comment data (with Jetpack comments), user account information (for registered users only). For detailed information about how WordPress.com handles your data, please refer to the Jetpack Privacy Center. All data processing follows Automattic’s Privacy Policy and data processing standards.
Gravatar
When visitors leave comments on the site, 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 data privacy and Automattic’s Privacy Policy is following while data processing. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
How do I Use Your Information
The information collected is used to provide, operate, and maintain my website; to monitor and prevent spam comments; to analyze website traffic and user behavior; to improve website performance and user experience; to ensure website security; and to communicate with you regarding your comments or account. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of content and online activity. This information is also used for site optimization and fraud/security purposes.
No information is sold or shared without being disclosed.
Cookies
My website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience.
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.
CCPA Privacy Rights
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents have specific rights regarding their personal information. You have the right to know what personal information is collected about you, access your personal information, request deletion of your personal information, opt-out of the sale of your personal information, and receive equal service and price even if you exercise your privacy rights. I will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. You have the right to access, update, or delete your personal information; the right to have your information rectified or erased; the right to restrict or object to processing; the right to data portability; and the right to withdraw consent. If you make a request, I have one month to respond to you. Please note that I may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
Children’s Information
Another priority is protecting children while using the internet. I encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their children’s online activity. blog.citrons.cc does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on my website, I strongly encourage you to contact me immediately, and I will do my best efforts to promptly remove such information from my records.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact me at [email protected].
Last updated: December 7, 2024