Privacy Policy

Thu Steps Forward > Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 4th, 2023

At Thu Steps Forward, we are committed to maintaining the privacy and protection of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we collect, how it is used, and your choices regarding your data. This policy applies to https://thustepsforward.com/ and any related services offered by us. 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

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.

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.

Our website may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personal information.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

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. We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access or disclosure.

Information Collection and Use:

We may collect the following types of personal information for the purpose of providing and improving our services, including Google AdSense:

  • Log Data: When you visit our website, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends. This may include your IP address, browser type, the webpage you were visiting before you came to our site, and other statistics.
  • Cookies: We use cookies to collect information and improve our services. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
  • Google AdSense: We partner with Google AdSense to display ads on our website. AdSense may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites to provide personalized advertisements.

Information Sharing and Disclosure:

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share general, non-personal information with our partners and advertisers for the purpose of improving our services.

  • Your Choices:

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Children’s Policy

Our services are not directed to anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at thustepsforward@gmail.com. By using our website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.