Privacy Policy

Jdhwilkins, found at https://jdhwilkins.com is governed by the following Privacy Policy

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, which are used to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address 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.

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.

We also use cookies to protect our forms and comment sections from spam and abuse using Google reCAPTCHA v3.

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.

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, 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.

Ads

  • Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to the site and other websites.
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on previous visit to the site.
  • You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)

Use of Google reCAPTCHA

We use Google reCAPTCHA v3 to protect our website from spam and abuse, particularly in our contact form and comments section. reCAPTCHA works by analyzing user behavior and other signals to determine whether an interaction is being made by a human or an automated bot.

By using this site, you acknowledge that reCAPTCHA may collect information about your device, browser, and behavior, including your IP address, cookies, and interaction data. This data is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, which you can review at:

The use of reCAPTCHA is solely for security purposes and to ensure the integrity of our website forms.

Google Analytics

🌐 Website Analytics (Google Analytics 4)

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”), on our website.

Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies (like device identifiers) to help us analyze how visitors use our website and measure advertising performance.

Data Processing and Consent

We only activate Google Analytics tracking and place related cookies after you have provided your explicit consent through our cookie consent banner.

The data collected includes:

  • User Interactions: Pages viewed, time spent on pages, scroll depth, and clicks on interactive elements.
  • Technical Information: Device type, browser type, operating system, and screen resolution.
  • Geographical Data: Approximate (non-precise) location data, such as city and country.

We are committed to minimizing data collection for analytics. Specifically, we do not use the following features:

  • Google Signals: We do not enable Google Signals, which means data is not collected for cross-device analysis or aggregated for personalized ads based on signed-in Google users.
  • User Provided Data Collection: We do not use features that allow for the collection of personally identifiable information (PII) directly within Google Analytics.
  • Advertising Features: We do not enable optional Google Analytics Advertising Features (such as Remarketing or Demographics reporting).

Furthermore, Google Analytics 4 is designed with enhanced privacy settings, including not logging or storing individual user IP addresses.

Purpose and Legal Basis

We process this data solely to:

  • Understand and analyze website traffic, user behavior, and popular content.
  • Measure and improve the overall performance, usability, and user experience of our website.

Our legal basis for processing this information is your explicit consent, as indicated by your interaction with our cookie banner.

Your Rights and Opt-Out

You have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of Google Analytics at any time.

  1. Cookie Settings: You can withdraw or change your consent at any time via the button below.
    • Browser Add-on: Alternatively, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, which prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript from sharing information with Google Analytics about your activity.