Who we are
Our website address is: https://birthplaceofhope.org
What personal data we collect and why we collect it.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. 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.
Contact forms
We will collect and store only personal information that our visitors knowingly provide. This information may typically include your name and email address, but may also include your phone number, home/ business address, or other information about you or your organization that you choose to provide. We never sell or share your personal information.
Cookies
Our site uses cookies to enhance user experience and collect analytics and advertising data. Cookies may be set when you leave a comment, log in, or interact with embedded content or forms. These cookies will last for one year.
We also use cookies to support advertising features such as:
– Google Ads remarketing
– Google Analytics audiences
– Customer Match
These cookies track user interactions to help us serve more relevant content and ads. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings or decline non-essential cookies through a consent banner (when applicable).
If you have an account and you log in to this site, 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). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same as if the visitor had visited the other website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. This includes collecting data such as IP address, device information, pages visited, and interactions with content.
Analytics data helps us improve the site and optimize content. Google Analytics data may also be used to build advertising audiences.
You can learn more about how Google uses this data at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Who we share data with
We may share anonymized or hashed data with trusted third-party services like Google Ads and Google Analytics for advertising, remarketing, and analytics purposes. These services help us deliver more relevant content and track performance.
We do not sell or rent personal information.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
If you register on the site, we store your profile information indefinitely. You may request to delete your data at any time (except for information required to comply with legal or administrative obligations).
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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
For questions or data-related requests, please contact us at: [email protected]
Additional information
How we protect your data
We use secure servers, access controls, and data encryption where applicable to protect your personal data from unauthorized access or misuse.
What data breach procedures we have in place
In the event of a data breach, we will notify affected users and relevant authorities in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
What third parties we receive data from
We may receive anonymized analytics data from Google and other platforms that help us evaluate advertising effectiveness and site engagement.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
We may use automated tools (such as remarketing) to show ads to past site visitors based on their activity on our website.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
We comply with applicable privacy regulations including GDPR for visitors from the European Economic Area (EEA).