updated October 16, 2024
Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting Ageing Up! (https://ageingup.com). Your privacy is important to us.
This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information collected, how it is used, and your choices regarding your information. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
- Personal Information: We may collect personal information such as your name and email address when you subscribe to our newsletter or submit comments on the Website.
- Log Data: Like many website operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit the Website. This may include your IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
- Cookies: We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on the Website and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.
How We Use Your Information
- We may use the information collected for various purposes, including:
- To personalize your experience on the Website.
- To improve our Website.
- To send periodic emails regarding updates, promotions, or other content related to the Website.
- We may use third-party services such as Google Analytics, Adsense, and various affiliate programs to analyze the use of our Website and to serve relevant advertisements. These third-party services may collect and use data in accordance with their own privacy policies. Please refer to the privacy policies of these services for more information.
Disclosure of Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties without your consent, except as described in this Privacy Policy or when required by law.
Third-Party Links
The Website may contain links to third-party websites or services. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.
Opting Out of Third-Party Tracking
We respect your privacy and provide options for you to control your preferences regarding third-party tracking technologies, such as cookies or pixels, used on our website.
If you prefer not to be tracked by these technologies, you can take the following actions:
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to manage your preferences for cookies and other tracking technologies. You can typically find these settings in the “Preferences” or “Settings” menu of your browser. By adjusting your browser settings, you can choose to block or delete cookies, or configure your browser to alert you when cookies are being used.
- Third-Party Tools: There are several third-party tools and browser extensions available that can help you manage your online privacy and block tracking technologies. These tools may offer additional features, such as blocking advertisements or preventing data collection by certain websites. You can explore these options to find the tools that best suit your needs.
- Do Not Track (DNT) Signals: Some web browsers support the “Do Not Track” (DNT) feature, which sends a signal to websites indicating that you do not wish to be tracked. While not all websites and tracking technologies honor DNT signals, enabling this feature in your browser settings may help reduce tracking by certain third parties.
Please note that opting out of third-party tracking may affect your experience on our website and limit certain features or functionality. Additionally, our website may still utilize essential cookies or tracking technologies that are necessary for the operation of the site.
If you have any questions or concerns about our tracking practices or how to manage your privacy preferences, please contact us for assistance.
Your Choices
You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the email. You can also contact us to update or delete your personal information from our records.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://ageingup.com.
The name of the Company is AgeingUp. This company is owned by a sole proprietor and is operated from home.
There is no business address for this Company. That said, the owner, Lisa Theriault, can be contacted directly by email at: [email protected]
Because the proprietor works from home, she does not wish to divulge that particular address. The address, however, in part is in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 0C7.
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
AgeingUp.com uses Canva.
We occasionally utilize elements, including but not limited to images, graphics, and templates, provided by Canva in our blog posts and other content. These elements are sourced from the Canva platform, a third-party service.
Canva is more likely to track the interactions of AgeingUp with their platform, such as when AgeingUp creates, edits, or downloads images or other content, rather than tracking your activities on your blog.
However, it’s important to note that Canva may employ tracking technologies, such as cookies or pixels, to collect data about how their elements are used once they are embedded on your website.
While Canva’s tracking practices primarily focus on interactions with their platform, there may be limited tracking associated with embedded elements, such as image views or clicks.
- Embedded Content: AgeingUp.com may upload images from the Canva servers. In this case, Canva might receive requests from your browsers when they load the images.
- This interaction is generally standard practice for embedded content, however, it’s worth noting to ensure visitors are aware of any data transmission that occurs when they view Canva images on your site.
Contact Forms
AgeingUp.com uses WPForms in the Contact Us section of the website. In some instances, the form may be embedded in a post or page of the blog.
For information on how WPForms collects and uses your data, please visit WPForms/Privacy-Policy
AgeingUp.com retains Contact Form submissions for 6-12 months for customer service purposes, but will never use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.
Once the retention period has expired, AgeingUp takes appropriate measures to securely dispose of or anonymize the data to protect your privacy.
Disposal Process:
- Secure Deletion: Contact form submissions are securely deleted from our systems using industry-standard methods to prevent unauthorized access or misuse.
- Anonymization: In some cases, we may anonymize contact form submissions by removing personally identifiable information, such as names or email addresses, before disposal. Anonymized data may be retained for analytical or statistical purposes, but cannot be linked back to individual users.
Your Rights:
You have the right to request the deletion of your contact form submissions or other personal data held by us, subject to any legal obligations or legitimate interests that require us to retain certain information. To exercise your rights or request the deletion of your data, please contact us.
Data Retention Policy:
Our data retention policy specifies the duration for which we retain contact form submissions and the criteria used to determine retention periods. We regularly review and update our retention practices to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
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.
To manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents, we use the consent tool “Real Cookie Banner”. Details on how “Real Cookie Banner” works can be found at https://devowl.io/rcb/data-processing/.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context are Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR and Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.
The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.
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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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 (if any), 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.
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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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 (if any), 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.
Really Simply SSL and Really Simple SSL Add-Ons
Really Simple SSL and Really Simple SSL add-ons do not process any personal identifiable information, so the GDPR does not apply to these plugins or usage of these plugins on your website.
Complianz/The Privacy Suite for WordPress
This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress by Complianz to collect and record Browser and Device-based Consent. For this functionality, your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. This service does not process any personally identifiable information and does not share any data with the service provider. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.
Akismet
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet Anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
AWS Cloudfront
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.