PRIVACY POLICY
Introduction
At Nova Swim School, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data when you visit our website (https://novaswimschool.org). By accessing or using our website, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
Information We Collect
- 1.1 Comments
When you leave comments on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- 1.2 Media
If you upload images to our website, please avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.
- 1.3 Cookies
- If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in these details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
- When you visit our login page, we 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.
- Upon logging in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.
- If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser, indicating the post ID of the article you just edited. This cookie includes no personal data and expires after one day.
- 1.4 Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites. Embedded content behaves in the same way as if you had visited the other website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Data Sharing and Retention
- 2.1 Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
- 2.2 Data Retention
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
Your Rights
- 3.1 Data Access and Erasure
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request 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, excluding data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
- 3.2 Data Processing
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
- Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at novaswimschool@aol.com.
Effective Date: 05-09-2024