Effective Date: December 12, 2020
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how phillylocalist.com (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit our website and sign up for our newsletter.
1. Information We Collect
We collect the following personal information from you when you sign up for our newsletter:
- Name (optional)
- Email address
This information is collected voluntarily when you provide it through our sign-up forms.
2. Purpose of Data Collection
We collect your name and email address for the following purposes:
- To send you newsletters with updates, articles, and relevant information about our blog.
- To send occasional marketing emails about promotions, new content, or events that may interest you.
3. How We Use Your Data
We use MailerLite, a third-party email marketing platform, to manage and send our newsletters. By subscribing to our newsletter, you acknowledge that your email address and name (if provided) will be transferred to MailerLite for processing in accordance with their privacy policy.
We also use Google Analytics (GA4) to analyze how users interact with our website. This helps us improve our content and user experience. Google Analytics may collect data such as your IP address, browser type, and browsing behavior on our website. For more information on how Google Analytics processes data, please see Google’s Privacy Policy.
4. 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.
5. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
6. 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.
7. Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Unsubscribe: You can opt out of our newsletters at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email you receive from us.
- Access and Correction: You may request access to the personal information we hold about you or request corrections if any information is inaccurate.
- Deletion: You can 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.
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, except for data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Your Contact Email].
8. Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use Google Analytics, which may place cookies or similar technologies on your device to track user behavior and gather analytics data. These cookies are used for analytical purposes only, and they do not collect personal information like your name or email.
You can manage or block cookies by adjusting your browser settings. For more information about cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.
10. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information (name and email) for as long as you remain subscribed to our newsletter. If you unsubscribe, we will promptly delete your information from our mailing list.
11. Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of data transmission over the internet is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. International Transfers
If you are accessing our website from outside [Your Country], please note that your data may be transferred to and processed in countries where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. By providing your information, you consent to such transfers.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with the updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: phillyurbanist@gmail.com