Who I am
My website address is: https://LoveScandinavia.eu. This website is just a hobby and there is no company behind it. You can find more information about me on the about page.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on this 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.
Contact forms
All fields you fill is data that is stored in the email I receive.
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 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, 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
I am using Google Analytics to get information about my readers. Therefor I have an processing agreement with Google signed. The privacy policy from Google can be read here. Cookies are stored for a maximum of 2 years.
Affiliate programs
Some of my links are affiliate links. Which means that if you by something from the webshop you redirected to I will get a few percentage from that shop. Therefor cookies are placed on your computer. The following affiliate programs I can use and you can click on the link for the privacy policy from that company.
LinkPizza – Privacy policy
TradeTracker – Privacy policy
Who we share your data with
Your data is not shared with others than mentioned above.
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.
The Google Analytics data is retained indefinitely. So I can see the difference from the start.
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. The service I use is Akismet from Automattic. You can find there privacy policy here.
Your contact information
You can always contact me on info[at]lovescandinavia.eu if you have any question or concern.
Additional information
How we protect your data
I am updating WordPress (including plugins and themes) frequently to protect your data.