Who We Are
Our website address is: https://earlgibson.net. This website is operated by Earl Gibson (“I” or “me”). If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact me via the Contact Us page.
Information We Collect
When you visit or interact with earlgibson.net, I collect two types of information:
- Information You Provide: When you leave a comment or register an account, I collect your name, email address, and any information entered into the forms.
- Automatically Collected Information: When you use the site, I automatically collect your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser information, device type, operating system data, and information about how you navigate and interact with the site (pages visited, time spent, etc.).
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, I 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/.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These cookies will last for one year. Standard login and editing cookies are also used for registered users.
Google AdSense & Advertising Cookies
I use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on this website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website and/or other websites. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings or by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out tool at www.aboutads.info/choices/.
Affiliate Links
Some of the links are affiliate links, primarily through the Amazon Associates Program. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.
How We Share Your Data
Your personal information may be shared with:
- Advertising Partners: Data is shared with Google AdSense to serve targeted advertisements.
- Affiliate Partners: Data is shared with the Amazon Associates Program (via tracking cookies) to track sales for commission purposes.
- Service Providers: I use trusted third-party services (e.g., spam detection, hosting) which may have access to your data only as necessary to perform their services.
Media and Embedded Content
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract this data. Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites. These external websites behave in the exact same way as if you visited them directly and may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data I hold about you. 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.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Changes to This Policy
I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. I will notify you of any changes by posting the new version on this website.