Who we are:
Our website address is: www.meptools.com.
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our 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.
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: www.meptools.com/p/privacy-policy.html/. 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.
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:
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 tracking your
interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in
to that website.
Who we share your data with:
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be
included in the reset email.
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.
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.
Where
we send your data
If Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam
detection service.
Do
we use ‘cookies’?
We do not use cookies for tracking purposes
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie
is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through
your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little
different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to
modify your cookies.
If you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled that
make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not
function properly.
However, you can still place orders .
Third-party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer
third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have
separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility
or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless,
we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about
these sites.
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Google:
Google’s
advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s
Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience
for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
Google,
as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s
use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous
visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the
use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy
policy.
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