Our Privacy Policy

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Last Updated: July 2023

Overview

At The Curious Chronicles (“we,” “us,” or “our”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard the information you provide to us while using our blog website located at The Curious Chronicles (“Website”).

By accessing or using our Website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please refrain from using our Website.

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Information We Collect

• Personal Information: When you voluntarily provide it to us, we may collect personal information, such as your name, email address, and any other information you choose to share with us when submitting comments or subscribing to our newsletter.
• Log Data: Like many websites, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website. This may include your IP address, browser type, the pages of our Website you visit, the time and date of your visit, and other statistics.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We may use cookies, beacons, and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our Website. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us improve the Website’s functionality and user experience. You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings; however, this may limit certain features of our Website.

How We Use Your Information

• Personal Information: We may use your personal information to respond to your inquiries, provide you with updates, and deliver our newsletter if you have subscribed to it.
• Log Data and Cookies: We use log data and cookies to analyze trends, administer the Website, track user movements, and gather demographic information for aggregate use. This information is used to improve our Website’s content, functionality, and user experience.

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers who help us operate, improve, and maintain our Website. These service providers are bound by confidentiality agreements and are prohibited from using your information for any other purpose.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required by law, or in response to a valid legal request or to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property.

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.

Embedded content from other websites

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites or 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.Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of those websites when you visit them.

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.

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.

How long we retain your data

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or as required by law.

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.

How do we keep your information safe

We employ reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Do we collect information from minors

Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at [contact email address]. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

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.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section “CONTACT US” below.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, or by contacting us using the details provided in the section “CONTACT US” below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you — for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on this page with the “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of our Website after any changes to this Privacy Policy signifies your acceptance of the changes

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please

Contact Us