This Privacy Policy explains how Tread My Way (‘we’, ‘us’) collects, uses, and protects information gathered about visitors to our website.
Types of Data Collected
- When you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comments form (typically name, email address) along with your IP address and browser information to aid in spam detection.
- We use website analytics tools like Monster Insights and Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors interact with our site. This may include pages visited, time spent on the site, device information, and approximate location. Google may use this data for its own purposes, including personalizing advertising. You can learn more about Google’s practices at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. We use this data in accordance with our Website Analytics and Data Collection Practices sections below.
- Our blog includes social media sharing buttons for Instagram and YouTube. When you use these buttons, Instagram and YouTube may collect information about you, such as your IP address and browser information. Their use of your data is governed by their respective privacy policies (Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875, YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy).
Website Analytics
Our website uses analytics tools to help us understand how visitors interact with our content. This includes collecting information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, device information, and approximate location. We use this data to improve our website, understand our audience, and tailor content to your interests.
Data Collection Practices
- Storing Information: To enable analytics, we may store cookies or similar tracking technologies on your device. We obtain explicit consent before doing so.
- Legitimate Interest: We rely on ‘legitimate interest’ as a legal basis for processing data to measure content performance, understand our audience through aggregate statistics, and develop and improve our website. This use of data is considered essential for providing a well-functioning blog and does not unduly impact user privacy.
How We Use Data
- We use comment data solely to display your comments and manage discussions on our blog.
- Website analytics data is used to understand how our blog is used, improve content, and optimize our website’s performance.
User Rights
- You have the right to be informed about the personal data we collect about you as outlined in this policy.
- You may request access to the personal data we hold about you. If you would like to do so, please contact us at info.treadmyway@gmail.com.
- You may request that we delete any personal data we hold about you, with exceptions for data we are legally required to retain. Please contact us at info.treadmyway@gmail.com.
CCPA Rights
California Residents: While our blog may not currently meet the thresholds of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), we believe in respecting the privacy rights of our visitors. If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants you specific rights regarding your personal information. These include:
- Right to Know: You have the right to request information about the personal data we have collected about you in the past 12 months, including the categories of data collected, the sources, purposes for collection, and whether it is shared with any third parties.
- Right to Delete: You have the right to request deletion of the personal data we have collected from you, with certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt-Out of Data Sales: The CCPA defines ‘selling’ data broadly. You have the right to opt-out of the sharing of your personal information with third parties for purposes that could be considered a ‘sale’.
Exercising Your CCPA Rights: To exercise your rights under the CCPA, please contact us at info.treadmyway@gmail.com
Contact Information
If you have questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us at info.treadmyway@gmail.com.