Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes how we collect, use, and share information about you through our website beantownbeanfest.org.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We do not collect any personal information about you when you use our website. Any information you provide to us, such as your name, email address, or other contact information, is completely voluntary. The specific information that you may choose to provide will depend on the nature of your interaction with us. We may not be able to provide you with (or acquire your) goods and services if you do not provide us with certain required information.

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.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies cannot be used to deliver viruses to your computer; they are uniquely assigned to you, and our cookies can only be read by our web servers.

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.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

We use Google Analytics to track user behavior on our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data, including IP address, general location, and browsing behavior. This data is used to improve our website and user experience. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google in aggregate form. Google uses this aggregated information on our behalf in order to evaluate use of the website and compile reports on website activity. For more information about how Google Analytics collects and uses data when you use the Website, visit https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners, and to opt out of Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can set your browser to refuse all or some cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies or block the use of other technologies, some parts of the website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

Contact Forms

We use Gravity Forms to create forms on our website. Any personal information submitted through these forms is used to respond to the user’s inquiry and is not shared with any third parties. Information submitted through these forms are retained indefinitely.

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 we use your information

We may use your information for general business purposes, including to communicate with you; to provide support for, personalize, and develop our products and services and the website; to fulfill your requests for products and services; to improve the website and our products and services; to contact you; for security purposes; to conduct research; to fulfill the purposes for which you provided the information; to provide aggregate reporting for internal market research; to better target our products and services; to respond to law enforcement requests and as required by law; and/or to help maintain the safety, security and integrity of the website and the business.

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 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.

Children Under the Age of 13

This website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. No one under the age of 13 may provide any personal information to or on the website. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website or on or through any of its features. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us.

Changes to this policy

We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time without notice. Any changes to this policy will be posted on this page. Your continued use of the website after any changes to this policy have been posted will be deemed acceptance of those changes.

Contact us

If you have any questions about our company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.