Who we are
Our website address is: https://hsdgathering.org.
How we can use your data
In some areas on our web site, we ask you to provide information that will enable us to enhance your site visit, or stay in touch with you after your visit. It is completely optional for you to participate.
For example, we request information from you when you:
- Sign up to be on our mailing list
- Register for an event
- Leave a comment on our blog
In each of the instances above, we may ask for your name, e-mail address, phone number, address, type of business, as well as other personal information that is needed to register you for services or lists.
You may ask at any time to be unsubscribed from any list by sending an email request to [email protected].
Who we share your data with
Your information such as name, address, and phone number will not be given or sold to any outside organization for its use. We may be required to disclose personal information in connection with law enforcement, fraud prevention, regulation, and other legal action or if we reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to protect the HSD community or the public.
Media
We may capture examples of our community at the Gathering sessions and other training courses, and we display these photographs on our website. If you would prefer that your picture not be used, simply contact us at [email protected] and ask that your picture be removed.
If 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.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
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.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site 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.
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 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other 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 are logged in to that website.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also 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
If you have left comments, you can request to receive 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.