This is the Privacy Policy of the website waldorfdiary.com as of August 2022
Data Collection
When you post a comment, your name and email address submitted in the form are automatically stored with your IP address and browser user agent string for the purpose of spam detection.
Comments submitted to this site are routinely checked by the automated spam detection service Akismet. That service is committed to keeping your information secure, and it does not collect more data than is strictly necessary to protect this website from spam. According to the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR, this data use is of legitimate interest. The essential data collected from you is securely stored for short periods of time only and then automatically deleted from Akismet’s databases. It is never passed on, nor sold to anyone.
The Akismet Privacy Policy is available at https://akismet.com/privacy/
An anonymised string created from your email address, called a hash, is sent to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. If this is the case, your profile picture will become visible to the public in the context of your comment after its approval.
The Gravatar Privacy Policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/
The Cookies
Essential cookies make this website work. These cookies let you move safely around the site, and they make the opt-in form and the contact page function correctly. They also pick up information to generate anonymous statistics on how you use this site.
Session cookies help with security and keep you logged in as you move around the site, but delete themselves once you close your browser.
Third-party cookies may be set by search engines, social media and advertising networks, but this website uses essential cookies only. It does not employ email tracking nor set marketing cookies.
When leaving a comment on this site, you may opt in to have your name, email address and website saved in cookies. This is for your convenience, so that you will not have to fill in your details every time you submit a comment. These cookies are temporary and remain active for one year.
Linked Websites
Embedded content from another website behaves in the same way as if you were visiting that website. It may collect your basic data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Data Storage and Protection
When you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained for the lifespan of this website, but this will not make your data accessible to any other party.
Only services that are essential to the running of this website and its visitor statistics have access to the data you provide. Your data is not passed on for advertising, not shared with third parties and not sold to anyone.
Data Rights
If you have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold of you, including any data you provided us with.
By writing to fabwolf@waldorfdiary.com you can request that we provide or erase all personal data we have of you, but this right does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
