Data Privacy & Cookie Policy & Terms of Service

 

About www.ingridhaunold.com

This is a private, non-commercial website and blog written by Ingrid Haunold.

Information Covered by this Data Privacy & Cookie Policy and Terms of Service

This Data Privacy & Cookie Policy and Terms of Service informs you how your personal information is collected, used, and shared. This Data Privacy & Cookie Policy and Terms of Service applies to all my websites, but it does not cover how users of my websites use or share data which they collect through the use of this site.

If you have any questions about this Data Privacy & Cookie Policy and Terms of Service, you can contact me at: contact(at)viaductdreams(dot)com.

Collection of Information

I have disabled user registration on all my websites, which means that you cannot sign up for an account, and you cannot comment on any posts that I publish.

If you would like to contact me, you can contact me by Email or phone. Your name and Email address will then by stored on my computer (Outlook Email program), and I may store your name and phone number in my mobile phone’s address book. I’d be happy to delete your personal information at any time upon request.

I don’t use social media plugins on my websites, but I might link from articles on my websites to my social media accounts.

Collection of Data in regard to your online activity on my websites: I installed WP Statistics on August 21, 2024, a GDPR-compliant analytics tool which does not store cookies on your computer. WP Statistics provides me with information about browsers, search engines, and the most popular content on my website. It is a self-hosted tool, no data is shared with third parties.

Any kind of data collected by my hosting service (World4You) and my blogging software (WordPress) is only used to operate my websites properly: it is used so I can administrate my websites, communicate with you, ensure the proper functioning of my websites, and to facilitate your navigation through my websites.

How Your Information is Shared: Third Party Service Providers, Vendors, and Partners

I have entered into contracts or user agreements with Third Parties – e.g. website hosting service World4You.com, WordPress blogging software, and various plug-ins and widgets for my website. These Third Parties provide me with information technology and storage services, blogging software, plug-ins and widgets to improve the functioning of my websites, and communication services. I don’t use them for any form of advertising or marketing purposes.

How Your Information is Shared: Legal Process

If required by law to share your information with law enforcement agencies, courts of law, or relevant third parties like internet service providers to conduct an investigation, I will comply, if you violate the Data Privacy & Cookie Policy and Terms of Service, or violate any laws.

Security

Transmission of data over the Internet, by Email, text message or via phone calls is never secure. I cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to me. Any communication with me or my websites is at your own risk.

Tracking Technologies and Online Advertising

I have entered into contracts or user agreements with Third Parties who provide me with information technology and storage services, blogging software, and plug-ins and widgets to improve the functioning of my websites. Cookies, web beacons, pixels, tags, scripts, and other technologies are used in the course of these activities.

Cookies

Cookies are data files, which are installed on your computers and other devices, whenever you use internet-based services. You can change your cookie settings on your internet browser. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies, or only cookies from certain websites.

There are two kinds of cookies: persistent cookies are stored on your computer permanently; their purpose is to identify you on repeat visits to websites. Session cookies expire at the end of your browser session; they track your internet use during particular browser sessions. Cookies can also be classified as strictly necessary (necessary for the functioning and use of websites), performance-related (to track website use), functional (to improve website visits), targeted (to deliver targeted information, e.g. advertising), or social media-related (set by social media Third Parties, e.g. Facebook).

As I rely on various Third Parties for the functioning of my websites, cookies from various Third Parties are installed on your computers or other devices when you use my websites. They, in turn, have partners, affiliates, and other vendors, with whom they might share the information gained from their cookies. Service Providers who set these cookies have their own privacy & cookie policies and terms of service, and may use these cookies for a variety of purposes, including targeted advertising. If you use my websites, you agree to the installation of cookies by me and Third Parties, but you are being given choices which cookies you want to accept. Functional cookies cannot be disabled.

Third Party Links and Information Collection and Use by My Users

On my websites, I do provide links to other websites. As I do not control the information and privacy policies of Third Party websites, you must inform yourself about these websites’ privacy policies. If you click on any links on my websites, you agree to these websites’ privacy and cookie policies and their terms of service.

Children

All website content is directed at persons of 18 years or older. I do not knowingly collect personal information of anyone under the age of 18. Legal guardians or parents can request the removal of personal information of children, if they have provided me – unbeknownst to me – with personal information about themselves.

Data Transfer

If you use my websites, your data will be transferred and stored in Austria, where my hosting service (World4You.com) is located. They (or their suppliers) might use services in other countries outside of the European Union. Third Party vendors and service partners may transfer user data of my websites to a number of different countries, some of which might be located outside the European Union (e.g., in the U.S.A). By using my websites, you agree to the data transfer into other countries of Third Party vendors and service partners.

Complaints

Please send your complaints to contact@viaductdreams(dot)com.

Notification of Changes

I reserve the right to modify this Data Privacy & Cookie Policy and Terms of Service at any time. You will be notified about any changes when you use this website, and will need to agree anew to these terms, if you want to continue to use my websites.