Privacy Policy for philippinewomenmarriage.com
Effective Date: July 2, 2014
This Privacy Policy outlines how philippinewomenmarriage.com collects, uses, and protects your personal information. Your privacy is of utmost importance to us.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://philippinewomenmarriage.com.
This site is owned and operated by Isa Flores, a blogger and dating coach.
Contact Information:
Email: info@philippinewomenmarriage.com
Address: Villareal, Bayawan, 6221 Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, Philippines
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We collect information to provide a better experience for our users and to operate our website effectively. The collection of data is based on either your active consent or our legitimate interest in maintaining and improving our website and services.
This data includes information you provide directly, such as when you leave a comment or submit a contact form, and data collected automatically through technical processes like cookies and analytics.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form (name, email, and website). We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with 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 (where applicable), 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 use the contact form on our website, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message. We retain these submissions for a period of 12 months for customer service and correspondence purposes. We do not use the information submitted through the contact form for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer by your browser. They help the site function and provide a better user experience.
- Comments: 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.
- Analytics: We use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, which use cookies to collect data about traffic to our site. This helps us understand our audience and improve our content.
- Affiliate Links: This site uses affiliate links. If you click on an affiliate link, a cookie may be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track and analyze website traffic. This service helps us understand visitor behavior and improve our website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. You can view Google’s Privacy Policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell your personal data. We may share data with third-party service providers who help us operate our website, including:
- Analytics Providers: Such as Google Analytics.
- Spam Detection Services: Comment data may be checked through an automated spam detection service like Akismet.
- Web Hosting Providers: Our hosting service stores our website data.
- Affiliate Partners: If you click on an affiliate link, data such as the fact that you came from our site may be shared with the affiliate partner to track commissions.
How long we retain your data
We retain data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
- If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
- Contact form entries are retained for 12 months.
- Analytics records are retained for 26 months.
What rights you have over your data
If you have left comments on this site, you have certain rights over your personal data under data protection laws like GDPR. These rights include:
- The right to access – You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- The right to rectification – You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The right to erasure – You can request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
- The right to object to processing – You can object to our processing of your personal data.
- The right to data portability – You can request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@philippinewomenmarriage.com.
Where your data is sent
Our website is hosted on servers that may be located outside of the European Union. Furthermore, data may be processed by third-party services (like Google Analytics) based outside the EU.
We ensure that any transfer of data concerning European residents outside the EU is safeguarded to European data protection standards through mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or by ensuring the third party is certified under an appropriate adequacy framework.
Contact information
For any privacy-specific concerns, please contact our Data Protection representative, Isa Flores, at info@philippinewomenmarriage.com.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We take the security of your data seriously. We have implemented technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including:
- Using SSL/TLS encryption to secure data transmission.
- Employing security plugins to monitor for vulnerabilities and malware.
- Enforcing strong password policies and limiting access to personal data to authorized personnel only.
What data breach procedures we have in place
In the event of a data breach, we have procedures in place to promptly assess the risk, contain the breach, and notify affected users and relevant supervisory authorities, such as the Belgian Data Protection Authority, in accordance with GDPR requirements.
What third parties we receive data from
We may receive data from third parties, such as affiliate networks, which provide aggregated, non-personally identifiable data regarding conversion tracking.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
We do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling with our users’ personal data.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
As a website that may use affiliate marketing to generate revenue, we are committed to transparency. Our content may contain affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission if you click on a link and make a purchase, at no additional cost to you.
