Date Effective: 04/03/2025
Who We Are
TrainArtisan.com is a personal blog authored by Bill. For any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, you can contact Bill at bill@trainartisan.com.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
- CommentsWhen visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, including the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps in spam detection and enhances the security of our site.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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- Contact FormsIf you submit a message through our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message. This information is solely used to respond to your inquiries or requests. The legal basis for processing this data is your consent, which you provide when submitting the form.
- MediaIf 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.
- CookiesOur website uses cookies to enhance user experience:
- Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, 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.
- Login Cookies: If you have an account and log in to this site, 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. Upon logging in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and 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.
- Editing or Publishing Cookies: 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 one day.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not share your personal data with third parties, except as necessary to respond to your requests (e.g., responding to inquiries sent through the contact form) or as required by law.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
- Contact Form Submissions: Information submitted through the contact form, including your name, email address, and message content, is retained for six months for customer service purposes.
- User Accounts: For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. 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
As a user, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Rectification: You can request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to Erasure: You can request the deletion of your personal data, provided there are no legal obligations for us to retain it.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request that we transfer your data to another organization or directly to you.
- Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your data based on legitimate interests or direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we process your data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at bill@trainartisan.com.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 14. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 14 without verifiable parental consent. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 14 without such consent, we will take steps to delete that information promptly.
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. We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
- Email: bill@trainartisan.com
By using TrainArtisan.com, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.