Who we are
Jay Thompson is a writer, photographer, slayer of fish, and traveler. More importantly, he’s a father, grandfather, husband, and friend. All works published here are written/created by him (unless an article is being shared, which will only be done with the author’s permission and proper attribution).
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 detect spam.
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. NO UPLOADING OF IMAGES OR VIDEO IS ENABLED.
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 exactly the same way as if the visitor had 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.
We store the personal information provided by users who register on our website (if any) in their user profiles. 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.
NO SPAM
We will never sell your email address. Your email address is only used if you subscribe to posts or comments as mentioned above in the section labeled “Comments.” You may unsubscribe at any time.
Spam in blog comments will not be tolerated, and those comments will be deleted. Repeated violations will result in your IP address being blocked.
Google reCAPTCHA—goodbye, bots!
Our primary goal is to provide you with an experience on our website that is as secure and protected as possible. To do this, we use Google reCAPTCHA from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). With reCAPTCHA, we can determine whether you are a real person with flesh and bones and not a robot or spam software. By spam, we mean any electronically undesirable information we receive involuntarily. Classic CAPTCHAS usually needed you to solve text or picture puzzles to check. But thanks to Google’s reCAPTCHA, you usually do not have to do such puzzles. Most of the time, it is enough to simply tick a box and confirm you are not a bot. With the new hidden reCAPTCHA version, you don’t even have to tick a box. It is better for you, better for me, and bad for the nasty spam bots!
PLEASE NOTE: Sometimes, Google will still show an annoying Captcha.
I can’t control when that happens; it’s up to the Google’s whims.
Questions?
If you have ANY questions or concerns about this privacy policy or this website in general, please don’t hesitate to email me.