Privacy Policy

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When users leave comments on our website, we gather the information provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to help identify and prevent spam.

To check if a user has a Gravatar account, we may use an anonymous string generated from their email address (known as a hash) and provide it to the Gravatar service.

Cookies

When you leave a comment on our website, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are designed to save you time by automatically filling in your details when you leave another comment. The cookies will remain active for one year.

If you have an account and log in to our site, we will use a temporary cookie to verify whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal information and will be deleted once you close your browser.

Upon logging in, we will also create several cookies to save your login credentials and your preferred display settings. Login cookies will expire after two days, while display setting cookies will remain active for one year. If you select the “Remember Me” option, your login credentials will remain active for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal information, but it does indicate the post ID of the article you have edited. The cookie will expire after one day.

Currently, our website uses cookies related to Google Analytics and OptinMonster.

Here is how to disable cookies in different Internet browsers:

Embedded content from other websites

Our articles may contain embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from other websites. When you view this embedded content, it operates as if you were visiting the other website directly. This means that these websites may collect information about you, including your interactions with the embedded content. If you have an account and are logged in to the other website, they may track your interactions with the embedded content.

Please note that when you click on an affiliate link, the ThirstyAffiliates plugin collects your IP address as part of its statistics information. However, you can choose to disable IP address collection by checking the relevant option. Nonetheless, other information will still be saved.

How long we retain your data

Comments and their associated metadata are stored permanently if you leave a comment on our website. We do this to allow automatic recognition and approval of any subsequent comments you make, instead of holding them for moderation.

Where we send your data

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

Affiliate disclosure

karls-blog is an affiliate of several online tools, services, and products. The links on our website may be promotional links that track a visitor’s purchases and credit it to us, which may result in commissions for this blog. However, this does not increase the cost for the visitor. Our primary objective is to provide reliable and accurate reviews and recommendations. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

The information and materials provided on karls-blog.com are for educational and informational purposes only and do not constitute professional financial or legal advice. You should seek advice from certified financial or legal experts for specific situations. Any reliance on the information or materials on our website or courses is at your own risk. The content is not intended to guarantee any particular financial or business outcomes.

Social sharing

Our website provides social sharing features and integrated tools, such as the Facebook “Like” button, that allow you to share actions you take on our website with other media services. We use Social Pug for social sharing at present. By using these tools, you may share information with the public, based on your social network settings. If you require further information about the purpose and scope of data collection through social sharing features, please refer to the privacy policies of the entities that offer these tools.

Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others

We might authorize third-party entities to serve advertisements on our behalf on various websites and provide analytics services. These entities may gather information about your usage of our website, including your IP address, web browser, viewed pages, duration spent on pages, clicked links, and conversion data, by employing technologies such as cookies and web beacons. This information could be utilized by our company and other entities to analyze and track data, identify popular content, and offer advertising and content that matches your interests on our website and other sites, enhancing our understanding of your online behavior.

Security

We takes reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

Information You Provide to Us

We obtain the information you directly provide to us. This includes subscribing to a newsletter or email list, engaging in an event, survey, contest, or promotion, reaching out to us through third-party social media platforms, filling out a contact form, or any other form of direct communication with us.

Last Updated on May 6, 2023 by Karl