Data controller and Owner
Fiona Berry (I) operates https://passportandpiano.com
Contact Email
fionaberry@passportandpiano.com
Who is Passport and Piano
Passport and Piano found at https://www.passportandpiano.com (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
I respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used and to govern how Passport and Piano collect, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the website.
This document applies to the website and all products and services offered by Passport and Piano.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: I may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to –
- when Users visit our site,
- submit a form
- place an order
- subscribe to the newsletter
- respond to a survey
- leave a comment
- email us
- and connect with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our website.
I do not seek sensitive personal information such as your race, political beliefs, religion, political associations, sexual preference, or genetic information.
Automatically-Collected Information
I automatically collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Website.
I use this information to monitor and improve our website. This includes information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, I will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website.
I may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked. Your information has been anonymised and only is viewed aggregately.
We use Ezoic to provide personalization and analytic services on this website, as such Ezoic’s privacy policy is in effect and can be reviewed here.
OUR MAILING LIST SUBSCRIBERS
Any information stored on our mailing list is solely kept for the distribution of Passport and Piano posts, newsletters and online magazines. We do not share personal information with third-parties. You will not receive any spam from our emails.
BLOG COMMENTS POLICY
Passport and Piano appreciate every one of you who finds the time to add your thoughts to one of our articles. However, foul language or abuse will not be tolerated and as such, Passport and Piano reserve the right to edit or delete any comments submitted to this blog without notice. Additionally, Passport and Piano is not responsible or liable for any comments made by others on this blog.
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 anonymised string created from your e-mail address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. For further information consult The Gravatar service Privacy Policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Cookies
WHAT COOKIES ARE
Cookies are small text files, given ID tags that are stored on your computer’s browser directory or program data subfolders. The use of “cookies” on websites is standard practice. They allow you to have a better user experience.
Like many sites, I use “cookies” to recognise, collect and track information about the way you use the site. These types of “cookies” are called “first-party cookies”.
We may also collect and track information through cookies set by third parties. These perform tasks in relation to advertising and analytics and allow for interactive behaviours such as commenting. These types of “cookies” are known as “third party cookies”.
What cookies do I use on this site
Strictly necessary cookies
To enable you to use this site and browse through its features we use cookies.
We use cookies to save your sessions, your login details, information necessary to perform your requests and carry out such requests that are necessary for the operation of this site.
We also use cookies to save your sessions and browsing preferences in order to optimise your user experience.
Security cookies
These cookies are essential to our security features. They allow me to detect malicious activities or activities in breach of our terms of use.
Customisation cookies
These cookies allow the Site to save information and details such as your username to optimise your experience on the Site and provide personal features.
Social media cookies and pixels
To allow you to share information from the site on social media platforms such as (but not inclusive) Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram we use social media cookies. Cookies may still be collected on pages where there are buttons, widgets or other active applications even when you do not actively use them.
The information and interaction data collected or tracked through the site are always subject to your privacy settings for each social network. If you do not wish such information to be collected on this site you are encouraged to refer to the privacy policy of the relevant social network and log out of that external platform. This will prevent information being tracked back to your profile.
The interaction and information recognised, collected, and/or tracked through the Site are always subject to your privacy settings for each social network and external platform.
You are encouraged to refer to the privacy policy of the relevant social network or external platform and to log out from the respective network or platform in order to make sure that the information collected on the Site is not tracked back to your profile.
Facebook social widgets
This widget allows you to interact with the Facebook social network.
Twitter Tweet button and Twitter social widgets
The Twitter Tweet button and Twitter social widgets are applications allowing interaction with the Twitter social network.
YouTube video widget
In order to incorporate video content on pages and posts we use YouTube.
Social media pixels
We reserve the right to use social media pixels. These pixels allow social media such as Facebook to track visitors to external websites in order to tailor their advertising activities to target users while browsing their social media network. For information regarding these pixels, you are encouraged to refer to the privacy policy of the relevant social network.
Facebook pixel
Facebook pixel connects the activity performed on the Site with the Facebook advertising network, including Instagram and Audience ads.
Targeting or advertising cookies
These cookies record your browsing actions and patterns on the Site, such as among others, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. The information recognised, collected, and/or tracked by these cookies is used to make our Site and the advertising displayed by way of links or banners on the Site more relevant to your interests. For the same purpose, this information may also be shared with third parties, such as Google AdSense.
HOW TO CONTROL COOKIES
In accordance with our Privacy Policy, you have the right to accept or reject cookies.
Strictly necessary cookies may not be rejected since they are essential to enable you to browse the Site and use its features.
Should you reject cookies, you will still be able to use the Site although certain features and functionalities may not be available to you and/or certain areas may be restricted.
In addition to what it is indicated within this Policy, you can manage preferences for cookies directly from within your own browser and prevent – for example – third parties from installing cookies.
Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete cookies installed in the past, including the cookies that may have saved the initial consent for the installation of cookies by this Site.
You can find information about how to manage cookies in the most commonly used browsers (e.g. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Internet Explorer) on the website of the browser of choice.
With regard to cookies installed by third parties, users can manage their preferences and withdrawal of their consent by clicking the related opt-out link (if provided), by using the means provided in the third party’s privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
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 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
I may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorise us to share your information. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
This Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a service which tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, browsing actions, date and time of your visit, which pages you viewed and your navigation through the site. Through the collection of such data, I am able to analyse web traffic and user behaviour. I have anonymised my Google Analytics data and never look at non-aggregated data.
Google may use the information recognised, collected, and/or tracked to personalise the ads of its advertising network and may share the information recognised, collected, and/or tracked with other services.
Hostgator
Hostgator is the service that is responsible for hosting and operating the website platform that Passport and Piano uses.
Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Website, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
Contact forms
MailChimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. I store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications that you have opted-in to receive. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.
Optimonster – this service is used to create the opt-in forms for lead magnets. I store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications that you have option-in to receive. Please refer to Opitmonster’s privacy policy for further information.
DATA STORAGE
Your personal data may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”).
By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
LAWFUL BASIS OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA UNDER THE GDPR
We may process personal data relating to users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes
- Provision of data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the user and/or any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
- Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party.
DATA RETENTION
We process and store your personal data for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
Therefore:
- personal data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between us and the user will be retained until such contract has been fully performed;
- personal data collected for the purposes of our legitimate interests will be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes;
- we may be allowed to retain personal data for a longer period whenever the user has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn;
- we may be obliged to retain personal data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, personal data will be deleted and some of your rights (i.e. the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability) cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period. You may find specific information regarding your rights within the relevant section of this Privacy Policy.
THIRD-PARTY DISCLOSURE
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal information unless we provide users with advance notice.
This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users (such as, for example, Convertkit) so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
We promise that we take data safety seriously and use your private data only to offer a personalised experience.
I use MailChimp for our newsletter, which you can opt out of, and Google Analytics for analysing website data.
If you subscribed to our newsletter, you would receive our newsletters. You can always unsubscribe by following the link in email or by emailing us.
If you gave me your name, it would only be used to personalise the newsletters.
I have never sold, I am not selling, and I will not sell any of your personal data provided to us.
All of our affiliates are GDPR compliant.
You have the right to:
Be informed regarding how the data is collected and used.
Have access to the data about you.
Ask us to change the data about you.
Ask us to delete the data about you.
Ask us to stop sending your newsletters.
Passport and Piano abides by GDPR regulations, so if you wish to have your information (e.g. comments removed) and you’re an EU resident, please get in touch with us.
I am happy to amend/remove your information/comments/email from the mailing list if you contact us. I do not retain secondary copies of commenters/reader contact information without permission.
Similarly, I do not resell or share your contact information with third parties, and once you opt-out of the mailing list, you are permanently removed.
SECURITY
The security of your personal information is important to us.
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our Site as safe as possible.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.
Visitor comments are checked through an automated spam detection service.
Akismet is the anti-spam service I use. The information I collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically 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).
Your contact information
By using this Website, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
Our CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please get in touch with me at fionaberry@passportandpiano.com