Privacy Policy

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Who we are

Habilitate’s website address is: https://habilitateblog.com.

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.

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.

Newsletter

For those users who sign up to our newsletter, we collect their email addresses. In each case, Habilitate collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the visitor’s request.

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.

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.

This site is hosted on WordPress. For more information on cookies used by WordPress, their cookie policy is available here: https://automattic.com/cookies/.

Ad networks, analytics providers and other third parties, including Google, may set tracking technologies (like cookies) to collect information about visitors’ use of a site and across other websites and online services, such as a visitor’s IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by those companies to, among other things, analyze and track usage, determine the popularity of certain content, and deliver advertisements that may be more targeted to visitor interests. For more information about how to manage and delete cookies, visit aboutcookies.org, and for more information on interest-based ads, including information about how visitors may be able to opt out of having their web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit aboutads.info/choices (US based) and youronlinechoices.eu (EU based).

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, advertisements, 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.

Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics. For information about how data is collected and processed by Google, as well as how you can control or disable Google Analytics, visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Amazon Associates

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases through affiliate links on this site. Amazon’s privacy policy is a available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GX7NJQ4ZB8MHFRNJ

Who we share your data with

Habilitate does not share personal data with anyone.

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.

If you sign up for our newsletter, we also store your personal information. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have signed up for our newsletter, 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 and store your data

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

This site is hosted on WordPress.com. Their privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

The newsletter service we use is Mailchimp. Their privacy policy is available here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.

Contact information

If you have any privacy concerns, contact us at info[at]habilitateblog.com

Additional information

How we protect your data

Your privacy is very important to us. We take all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of personal data, including site encryption, two-factor authentication, and keeping site administrators informed about data protection.

What data breach procedures we have in place

All measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of personal data have been taken. If, however, a data breach has occured, we will notify you of this immediately.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, and at our sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.