Personal note from Jess : I do not use Google Analytics. I do use the free version of Slimstat, a wordpress plugin, just to see traffic on my blog, where it comes from and what pages are most visited, ect. I set it to Privacy mode so that it masks your IP addresses (altho wordpress comments do collect this – see more about this in the generic privacy policy below) and does not track your browser fingerprint because quite frankly I don’t really care what IP number you have nor which browser you use unless you contact me and say you have a problem viewing my website or downloading a file from my website. Only then I may ask what browser you are using to help troubleshoot the issue with you.

I make no money from this website by outside Ads or Sponsors. Now it is possible I will have an Ad for something relating to one of my products, or a product in the store I currently belong to. But that is simply to share information…not steal it!

My goal? I only want to have a simple blog to write information for my readers. I want to share freebies I create with you. I am not making any money from outside advertising or sponsors to do this. I do share my products and if you choose to buy them by visiting the store links I have provided then that is great and in turn the only way I make money. If I ever make a product suggestion that is not my own it’s because I really enjoyed it and think you will too. Also I have never been paid to say anything.

I’ll let you know here if any of this changes but I don’t foresee any big changes there.

Below is the generic privacy policy. I took out some of the things that just aren’t applicable to this site like login page information.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.curiopantry.com.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Where we send your data

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