This is our Privacy and Data Security Policy
Revised & Effective 8-25-2024
Who we are
Our website address is: https://going-myway.biz.
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
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.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand the traffic on our website and provide a better user experience. We receive anonymized data from Google Analytics, including demographic data, browser information, pages visited, time spent on each page, and more. If you wish to opt out of Google Analytics tracking, Please visit and download Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on which is compatible with most modern browsers.
Anonymous Usage
We use third-party plugins to provide functionality and a comfortable user experience. We allow some of these plugins to collect anonymous data about how the plugins are used. Personal data is never collected by third party software developers in this instance.
Data Security
We take the privacy and security of your data very seriously. We use a multilayer approach to the security of our site, including threat awareness, redundant monitoring, and following best practices.
However we ask you to take your privacy and data security serious as well.
- Don’t share your password or login information with anybody else.
- Use a secure password including capital and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
- Logout when you are done using our site.
- Do not allow others to use your account.
If you believe your account has been compromised please contact us as soon as possible.
In the unlikely, but possible event that our site, databases, or systems are breached we will take the following steps.
- Stop the attack and secure our systems.
- Assess the extent and damage of the breach.
- Notify our affected customers of the breach and what we’re doing to resolve it.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Our website is hosted and managed by Homestead Digital Media Services. They may see or access the data contained on our website in order to do their work. They will never download or use your data for any purpose other than making this site work.
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, 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.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Visitor IP address, browser information, location, and other traffic information such as whether your a bot or a human is automatically logged, cross checked against block lists and made available to us in a live traffic tool by our security provider.