PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: 08-Oct-2022
Website Identity & Legal Policy
This Privacy Policy summarizes the terms and regulations of Jia’s Journal with the site URL – https://jiasjournal.com/. To know more about the website or author, kindly visit the About Page.
The Policy discloses information about the usage of visitor data collected by the Website when you use this Service. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information following this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy may be modified periodically without prior notice to users and will be posted on the Website as soon as possible. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy goes live on the Website, and your continued access or use of the Service after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. Therefore, it would be advisable that you review this page at regular intervals.
Copyrights & Media
All text, edited images, and some other image files (containing copyright watermarks) belong to Jia’s Journal. This material (including translations) cannot be used or duplicated without prior express and written permission from Jia’s Journal team.
Excerpts (no longer than a short paragraph) and links to this blog are permitted as long as full credit with clear and specific directions redirect to Jia’s Journal. Visitors can download and obtain any location information from images on the website. But be mindful of the licenses mentioned here.
Copyright © 2022 JIA’s JOURNAL.
Comments
This website collects visitor data submitted in the comments form, including IP addresses and browser user agent information, 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.
You have an option to add yourself to the mailing list to receive the latest updates from Jia’s Journal and support the author for her work and become a part of the community. You will not receive any emails without your consent.
Contact Form
This website collects visitors’ private data submitted in the contact form to help detect spam and to ensure a better understanding of the readers and visitors. The visitors have an option to consent to the GDPR agreement before submitting the form. Therefore, the information collected will only be for Website Protection from spam.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, references, etc.). Embedded content from other websites typically behaves similarly as if the visitor has visited the corresponding 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 have access to that website.
Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, why the site uses them, the types of cookies used, i.e., the information a site may collect using cookies and how that information works, and how to manage the cookie settings.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that serve to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website loads on your browser. These cookies help improve website performance, make it more secure, provide a better user experience, understand how the website functions, and analyze what works and where it needs improvement.For example, if you leave a comment on this site, you may opt-in to save 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 subscribe to Jia’s Journal, the site will automatically store several cookies to save your information after your consent. You also have an option to unsubscribe and request you delete your information if you change your mind.
How do Cookies work?
As with most online services, Jia’s Journal uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are vitally necessary for the website to function effectively, and these cookies do not collect any of your personally identifiable data. The third-party cookies used on this website are mainly for understanding how the website operates and how you interact with the website. It keeps the services secure, providing relevant advertisements based on your interests, and generally providing you with a better and improved user experience and helping speed up your future interactions with the website.This website uses the following types of cookies.
Compliance Necessity – CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences remain unchanged on their subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information of the site visitors.
Analytics – Google Analytics calculates visitor, session, and campaign data and maintains track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. It also stores information on how visitors use a website while creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the collected information include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. YouTube also utilizes and sets a different cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
Advertisement – YouTube stores a YSC cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. Doubleclick.net generates a cookie to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. YouTube sets Visitor info lives, a cookie to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.You can always Manage your Cookie Preferences via Cookie Settings at any time by clicking the Cookie Consent Banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.
In addition, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change your browser settings to block/delete cookies if you wish.
How is your Information utilized?
Your information primarily serves the purposes of Email Marketing, Testimonials, Support, Site Protection, and User-to-User Communications.
And as mentioned earlier, your data is handled only for the purpose(s) for which you grant consent. We never send spam.
Is the system site sharing your data with anyone?
No. There will be no disclosure of your personal information to any third party without asking for your consent, except in limited circumstances through Ad Service and Analytics.
We require these third parties to use the personal information we transfer to them only for the requested purpose and not to retain it for longer than is necessary for fulfilling the said purpose.
We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order, or other legal processes; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of the Service violates any third-party rights. If the Service or Jia’s Journal is merged or acquired with another company, your information will be one of the assets that pass to the new owner.
How long will your data be retained?
Your personal information will be retained automatically after 90 days to 2 years if user accounts remain idle or just as long as we need it to fulfill the collection purposes, as detailed in this Privacy Policy. We may need to retain certain information for extended periods, such as record-keeping / reporting following applicable law or other legitimate reasons like enforcement of legal rights, fraud prevention, etc. Residual anonymous information and aggregate information, neither of which identifies you (directly or indirectly), may be stored indefinitely.
The comments and their metadata also last forever if you leave a comment. In this way, any follow-up comments will be recognized and approved automatically rather than being held for moderation.
For users that subscribe to the website, the policy stores the personal information they provide. All users can unsubscribe at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights do you have over your data?
Depending on the law that applies, you may have the right to access and rectify or erase your data, receive a copy of your data, or restrict or object to the active processing of your data. You can also request that we share (port) your personal information with another entity, withdraw your consent to us processing your data, file a complaint with the appropriate statutory authority, and exercise such other rights as applicable to you. If you wish to exercise these rights, you can write to us using the contact form. We will respond to your request following applicable law.
You may opt-out of direct marketing communications or the profiling we carry out for marketing purposes by simply clicking on unsubscribe from further news.
Do note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the stated purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which you provided the information.
Security: where do we send your data?
Comments from visitors may undergo review through an automated spam detection service.
The security of your information is important to us, and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security. Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.