This Privacy Policy describes how we use information received about you when you visit www.fagalicious.com. This policy does not cover information received in ways other than through the use of the site. By using our site, you agree to the terms set out in this Privacy Policy and to our use of cookies as described below. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use this site.
The parties referred to in this policy are Fagalicious.com (hereinafter “Fagalicious”, “Site”, “Website”, “we”, “us” or “our”) and you, the user of this site.
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please see “Contact Information” below for information on how to contact us.
Information we collect
Depending on how you use our site, we may gather and store different types of information about you.
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.
Any information that you publish in a comment should be considered to be public information. We do not, cannot, and will not act to maintain the privacy of any information you provide or choose to publish on our site.
If you contact us via email we collect your email address and IP-address. We keep this data for customer service purposes. If you contact us by email, the email content and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
When you sign up to follow or subscribe to this site by email, we collect the sign-up information, which includes your email address. To provide this service, the information is shared with WordPress.com/Automattic Inc. where this information is collected and maintained. (https://automattic.com/privacy/). We may use your email address to send you emails on behalf of ourselves, our trusted partners, third-party service providers and advertisers.
You may opt-out of receiving emails from us at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email. Furthermore, you must also directly contact our trusted partners, third-party service providers, or third parties from which you receive email communication to unsubscribe. An unsubscribe link is usually located at the bottom of every email you receive from third parties. Until the time of unsubscription, your email address will be stored and used indefinitely.
Log Files
Like most websites, we use log files. This information may include browser type and version, operating system, referrer URL, host name of accessing device, time of server request and any other information your browser may send to us. This log data is used for troubleshooting, statistics, analytics, quality assurance, and to monitor system security and can be analyzed to that end.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer, smartphone, etc. by a web server. Cookies contain information that can later be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. Some of the cookies will only be used if you use certain features or select certain preferences, and some cookies will always be used.
You can find out more about each cookie by viewing our current cookie list below. We update this list regularly, so there may be additional cookies that are not yet listed. Please check back on a regular basis.
We use cookies to collect information about you in order to enhance your experience on Fagalicious.com. The information collected in cookies includes, but is not limited to, your IP address, session data and geographic location.
There are session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary and erased after you close and restart your browser. Persistent cookies will remain in your browsers memory until they expire or you delete them manually. Expiration dates are set within the cookie file, and the length may vary from a few minutes to several years.
First and Third-party cookies
First-Party cookies are cookies that belong to Fagalicious.com, that we set on your computer or smartphone. Third-Party cookies are cookies that another party (for example Google Analytics) places on your device when you visit a page on our website. Third parties typically use cookies to collect user information anonymously. You need to check the third-party’s website for more information about how they use cookies. (See our cookie list below for relevant links.)
How to manage or turn off cookies
You can manage your cookies through your browser settings, to enable, disable or delete cookies. To do this, visit the help pages of your browser and follow the instructions provided (cookie settings are usually located within the Tools or Preferences menu). If you disable cookies you may not be able to use all functions or access some areas of our website, and some of our pages might not function properly. If you use the Fagalicious website without changing your cookie settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive all cookies.
You can find more information about how to manage your cookie settings at www.allaboutcookies.org.
What cookies are used on Fagalicious.com?
Visiting a page on our site may generate the cookies listed below:
- PHPSESSID First party cookie (commonly referred to as a session cookie) that is used to establish a user session. As the session cookie has no timed expiry, it disappears when the client is closed.
- __cfduid Third party cookie used by Cloudflare for faster content delivery.
https://www.cloudflare.com/security-policy - _ga, _gat Third party cookies used by “Google Analytics” for visitor statistics (with anonymized IP). User and event/visitor data retention are kept for 14 months. After this period the data will be deleted permanently. https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
- ssc, ssh, sshs Third party cookies used by “AddThis”. It is associated with the ‘share buttons’ where a user can email or share a link of a post to their friends.
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ - Advertising Cookies (e.g. adtools_fc) Third-party advertising vendors commonly use cookies while serving banners to customize the advertising content which is sent to you.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How we use your information
The primary use for information collected from you is to provide you with services you have requested. Your information is also used to deliver customized services to you.
The information is used for market research purposes in order to increase your and other users experience, to analyse site usage and for other marketing purposes. We also may use such information to administer the site or prevent unlawful access or use of the site.
It is Fagalicious.com’s policy not to use or share the personal information about our visitors in ways unrelated to the ones described in this policy.
We are not responsible for how any third parties use your information, and you need to familiarize yourself with third party privacy policies prior to requesting their services.
Special circumstances
We may disclose any information regarding your use of our services and site, for any reason if we believe it’s reasonable to do so, including:
– To satisfy laws, acts, regulations, governmental and legal requests for information;
– To disclose information to law enforcement in the event that a crime is committed or suspected. Or if we are compelled to do so by lawful criminal, civil or administrative process and court orders from relevant authorities.
Data security
We make every effort to protect the transmission and storage of all user information, and to ensure security of our site and systems. These systems are only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights, and are required to keep the information confidential.
But we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-parties illegally obtaining this information. We take all reasonable measures to prevent security breaches. You assume the risk of such security breaches should they occur despite our reasonable security measures.
Right of erasure
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive a 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 can submit your request here: https://fagalicious.com/gdpr-request-personal-data/
Revisions
We may modify or revise our privacy policy from time to time. You are expected to periodically review the most up-to-date version found at https://fagalicious.com/privacy-policy/ so you are aware of any changes. If we change anything in our privacy policy, the date of change will be reflected in the “last updated” date.
Contact
If you have a privacy-specific concern, please contact us via our contact form.
This policy was last updated on September 6, 2022.