Hi! I’m Anne-Marie, the lady behind this blog, https://diaryofanorthernbelle.com. Your privacy matters, and protecting your personal information is important to us here at The Diary of a Northern Belle. Any personal data that is collected will always be with your informed consent and will never be sold to a third party. Read on to better understand what personal data is collected by this site and why it is collected.
Comments
As a visitor, if you leave comments on this site we collect your name and email address (as well as your website URL should you decide to leave one), and also your 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 name and profile picture become visible to the public in the context of your comment. Your email address, however, remains private and will not be visible to the public. The comment and its metadata will be retained indefinitely so that we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. You can request that we erase your comment(s) and the associated data we retain about you at any time, but this will mean that you will not be able to post comments on this website anymore. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact Form
If you choose to contact me through the Contact Form, your name and email address are required and will only be stored and used to send you replies. You can request to have your information erased at any time.
Emails & Newsletters
If you decide to subscribe to my blog, you agree to receive emails & newsletters from The Diary of a Northern Belle, which means that The Diary of a Northern Belle – via the third-party email marketing service MailerLite – will have access to the following: opt-in name, email address, IP address, opt-in date and opt-in location. This data will remained stored indefinitely unless you decide to unsubscribe. You can unsubscribe from receiving emails from The Diary of a Northern Belle at any time. Your information will only be used to send you emails. You can also request that The Diary of a Northern Belle delete all or some of your data at any time, but that may mean that you are unable to receive any further emails from us.
You can find MailerLite’s Privacy Policy here.
Cookies
The Diary of a Northern Belle uses cookies and Google Analytics to better understand user behaviour and optimize and enhance the site accordingly to bring you a better experience. Some of these cookies are designed to track user behaviour on this website and are only used with your consent, when you click “accept” on the pop-up box that appears when you visit this site. You can refuse cookies by selecting “Reject” on said pop-up, but this may mean that you are unable to view or access certain parts of the site. Some of the cookies are necessary for the functioning of this website and are not used to store personally identifiable data. You can review and/or turn cookies off at any time in your browser settings.
Additionally, if you leave a comment on this site you may opt-in to save 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 have any questions or comments at all, please feel free to reach me any time at anne.marie@diaryofanorthernbelle.com or through the Contact Form.
I hope you have a pleasant visit on my blog!
Anne
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