Who we are
Our website address is: https://mybackyardhangout.com.
For any questions related to this policy or your information, please send us an email through the contact form at https://mybackyardhangout.com/contact/.
What information we collect and why
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.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Form
If you voluntarily submit a message using the contact form found on the Contact page, your email and your name will be collected by WP Forms and shared with the website administrator. This information is used to respond to questions or comments you may have that are related to the site.
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.
Analytics
This site uses Google Analytics to identify trends in website traffic and enhance visitor experience. When you visit the site, cookies are used to collect certain information such as browser and device information and approximate geolocation. For more information, visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US.
Caching
This site uses caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator, but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process & cache your data temporarily. For more information, visit https://quic.cloud/privacy-policy/.
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 (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.
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.
You may also disable cookies on any website by adjusting the privacy and security settings in your browser.
Where your data is sent
Information submitted to the site (including comments and through the contact form) is sent to the website administrator for review.
For any questions related to this policy or your information, please send us an email through the contact form at https://mybackyardhangout.com/contact/.