Last updated: May 9, 2024
Who we are
Claire of the Carbs (“claireofthecarbs.com”, “we”, “us”, “our”, “site administrator”, “website”, or “site”) respects your privacy. Personal information may be collected as you use this website, the details of which are listed below. Please note that visitors (“you”, “reader”, “user”) are considered as those who engage with the website regardless of the frequency or the degree of engagement.
By continuing to access the website, you confirm you have read and agreed to the Privacy Policy below.
Privacy information is controlled by Claire Pascual who can be reached at hello@claireofthecarbs.com.
What data do we collect and why?
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
We make use of the Akismet plug-in to prevent bots and spammers from commenting on our posts. Akismet collects information about visitors who comment on sites that use the Akismet Anti-spam service. The information collected includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself). Akismet’s Privacy Policy is outlined here: https://akismet.com/privacy/.
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.
User forms
Contact forms on this site are made using WPForms. Data submitted through these forms are directly emailed to the site administrator and are not held by WPForms themselves. The following personal information is collected when submitting contact form responses: name, email address
This information is voluntarily provided by the user upon submission of the form and is only used to be able to reply to, and properly address, the user who submitted a form response. You may contact us at hello@claireofthecarbs.com to request the deletion of information submitted through our contact forms.
For more information on WPForms’ Privacy Policy, you may check this link: https://wpforms.com/privacy-policy/
Cookies
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy here: https://claireofthecarbs.com/cookie-policy/
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to record information based on user behavior such as site clicks, page interactions, and the time and date the site, or a particular page was visited, among others. This information is anonymized and is not linked to your personally identifiable information.
Google Analytics also collects information on site visitors’ IP to determine where they are accessing the site from and shares this with sites that use Google Analytics, such as ours.
Claire of the Carbs may aggregate data about site visitors such as region, visitor counts, etc., and share it with third parties for sponsorships or partnerships.
Google also has a browser add-on that allows you to opt out of providing information to sites using Google Analytics. For more information, please see this site: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
advertisements
This site is affiliated with Google Adsense for the purposes of placing advertisements on the site, and they will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Google Adsense data usage, click here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content from other websites, such as YouTube, Pinterest, X (Twitter), etc. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exactsame 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. To learn how to control that information and request deletion, please visit the Privacy Policy of the original website.
Who we share your data with
The data collected may be shared with service providers and others who help with our business operations and assist in the delivery of our products and services including, but not limited to:
- application development,
- site hosting,
- maintenance,
- data analysis,
- infrastructure provision,
- IT services,
- customer service,
- email delivery services,
- marketing,
- analytics, and
- enforcement of our Terms of Service Agreement and other agreements;
- Other users of the site to identify you to anyone to whom you send messages or make comments through the Services;
- Persons or entities with whom you consent to have your Personal Data shared;
- Third parties in order to prevent damage to our property (tangible and intangible), for safety reasons, or to collect amounts owed to us;
- Third parties as we believe necessary or appropriate, in any manner permitted under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence.
We do this to:
- comply with legal process;
- respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence;
- enforce our Terms of Service Agreement and other agreements;
- protect our operations;
- protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others;
- allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
We will never sell, rent, or lease your personal data to a third party.
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 who 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.
Analytics data is retained indefinitely. Contact forms are held for one year.
For all other services, we will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law.
What rights you have over your data
Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of Interest Based Advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or https://www.youronlinechoices.com.
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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Other information
Users under the age of 13
Our Services are not directed to and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Data, we will take steps to remove such data. If you become aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data without your consent, please contact us at hello@claireofthecarbs.com. By using the Services, you are representing to us that you are not under the age of 13.
Protection of Personal Data
We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect personal data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and risks involved in processing that information.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. We recommend you check the Privacy Policy each time you visit the site to stay up to date with any changes that may arise. The date when the policy was last updated is indicated at the top of this page, and changes are effective immediately as soon as they are posted. By continuing to use the website, we assume you consent to the above.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please reach out to us via hello@claireofthecarbs.com.