Who we are
A Journey through NYC religions
Our website address is: https://www.nycreligion.info.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact forms
Data Used: Akismet spam checking collects contact form submission data — IP address, user agent, name, email address, website, and message. The Akismet service (also owned by Automattic) uses the data for the sole purpose of spam checking. The actual submission data is stored in the database of the site on which it was submitted and is emailed directly to the owner of the form (i.e. the site author who published the page on which the contact form resides). This email will include the submitter’s IP address, timestamp, name, email address, website, and message.
Data Synced (?): Post and post meta data associated with a user’s contact form submission. Akismet is enabled on the site so the IP address and user agent originally submitted with the comment are synced, as well, as they are stored in post meta.
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.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics and Google Adsense. Google’s privacy policy can be reach here.
Who we share your data with
We don’t share your data. However, various of our service providers like our web hosting company Bluehost, mobile app provider SureSwift Capital Inc., or web platform provider WordPress.org, and our email subscription service Constant Contact automatically collect and utilize data to run their services as you use our website. Down below we link to their privacy statements.
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.
What rights you have over your data
If you 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
Visitor comments are checked through Askimet automated spam detection service. Bluehost and Constant Contact, our email newsletter provider, automatically collect data. Their privacy policies are here. Click here for the privacy policy of our web platform provider WordPress.org. Click here for the privacy policy of our mobile app provider SureSwift Capital Inc.
Like most website operators, WordPress.org collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. WordPress.org’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how WordPress.org’s visitors use its website. From time to time, WordPress.org may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
WordPress.org also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. WordPress.org does not use IP addresses to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information.
Your contact information
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, you may contact: editor@nycreligion.info.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We do monthly Privacy Impact Assessments and update our staff on security concerns. We automatically block suspicious-looking sign in activity, commenting, and contacts. If there is a security breach of your information, we will immediately contact you with an outline of our responses.
