Privacy Policy

Who am I?

I’m Ruthie Spoonemore, and this website address is:
http://ruthiespoonemore.com

You can contact me by

Email address: ruthie@ruthiespoonemore.com

Mailing address
P.O. Box 86511
Portland, OR 97286

What personal data does this site collect and why does it collect it?

Comments

When visitors leave comments on this site the data shown in the comments form, and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string is collected 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.

Contact forms

When you contact me through the contact form on this site you are only required to leave your name and email address. Any other information is optional. I generally delete these conversations after one year. If you want it deleted sooner, you can email me.

Email Updates Sign-up form

If you sign up for email updates your data is subject to the Aweber email  privacy policy. You can read it at https://www.aweber.com/privacy.htm

Cookies

If you 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.

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.

When you log in, I 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.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

I track my visitors with Google Analytics. You can read their privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=us

Who do I share your data with?

I don’t share your personal data with anyone.

How long I retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so the site can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on this 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

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 me. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where this site sends your data

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

My contact information for privacy specific questions.

Email address: ruthie@ruthiespoonemore.com
Subject Privacy Questions