Introduction
Our website address is https://electionshour.com.
At electionshour.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled safely and responsibly. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.
Information We Collect
Personal Information
When you visit our website, we may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as:
- Name
- Email Address
- Phone Number
- Mailing Address
- Other Contact Information
Non-Personal Information
We may also collect non-personal information about your visit to our website, including:
- IP Address
- Browser Type
- Operating System
- Pages Viewed
- Time and Date of Visit
- Referring Website
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- Providing Services: To deliver the information and services you request.
- Improving Our Website: To enhance the user experience and optimize our website’s performance.
- Communicating with You: To send newsletters, updates, and respond to your inquiries.
- Analyzing Usage: To understand how our website is used and make improvements.
- Ensuring Security: To protect against fraud, unauthorized access, and other security issues.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies and other tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience and collect information about how you use our site. You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings, but please note that some features of our website may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
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.
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties without your consent, except in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and providing services to you.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to legal processes.
- Protection of Rights: We may disclose your information to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of others.
Data Security
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
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.
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 (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.
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.
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.
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.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a child under 13, we will delete such information from our records.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
- Email: [email protected]
Thank you for trusting electionshour.com with your information. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy.