WHO WE ARE
Our website address is: ScienceofProperty.com. This policy outlines how we use and manage your data when you use this site.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT
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 anonymised 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.
MEDIA
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.
COOKIES
We collect cookies from our users for various reasons, not least to track our own performance – but also to let us serve you content tailored to your own specifications, hopefully improving your overall experience of the site. Amongst other things, the cookies we use allow users to register, allow us to calculate how many visitors we have – anonymously and how long they stay on our site. What types of cookie are there and which ones do we use? There are two types of cookie:
Persistent cookies remain on a user’s device for a set period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
Session cookies are temporary. They allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
Cookies also have, broadly speaking, four different functions and can be categorised as follow: ‘strictly necessary’ cookies, ‘performance’ cookies, ‘functionality’ cookies and ‘targeting’ or ‘advertising’ cookies. Strictly necessary cookies are essential to navigate around a website and use its features. Without them, you wouldn’t be able to use basic services like registration or shopping baskets. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.
Examples of how we use ‘strictly necessary’ cookies include: Setting unique identifiers for each unique visitor, so site numbers can be analysed. Allowing you to sign in to the website as a registered user. Performance cookies collect anonymous data for statistical purposes on how visitors use a website, they don’t contain personal information, and are used to improve your user experience of a website. Here are some examples of how we use performance cookies: Gathering data about visits to the Website, including numbers of visitors and visits, length of time spent on the site, pages clicked on or where visitors have come from. 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 have an account and you 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. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your user information and your 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, your cookies will be erased when you logout. 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.
HOW DO I CONTROL MY COOKIES?
You should be aware that any preferences will be affected if you delete cookies and many websites will not work properly or you may lose some functionality. You may not want to turn cookies off when you visit our website for these reasons. Most browsers will accept cookies from default, unless you can alter the settings of your own browser to erase cookies or manage automatic acceptance if you prefer. Generally, you have the option to see what cookies you have and delete them individually, block third-party cookies or cookies from other sites, accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is issued or reject all cookies from a website. Visit the ‘options’ section or ‘modify’ menu on your browser to change cookie settings, and check these links for more browser-specific cookie information.
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Content on this website may include embedded content from other websites (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). This embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you had visited the other website’s website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking cookies, and monitor your interactions with that embedded content, including tracking your interactions with the embedded content if you are logged in to an account and are logged into that website.
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This website uses Google Analytics to track and analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics collects information about website usage through cookies. This data gathered about our website is used to generate reports about the usage of our website. You can review Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/about/privacy/
HOW LONG WEBSITE RETAIN YOUR DATA
If you post a comment on our website, your comment and its associated metadata will be retained indefinitely until removed. This allows allows us to automatically process and approve any subsequent comments automatically instead of placing them in a moderation queue. For users who register on our website, if applicable, we also keep the personal information you provide in your user profile. All registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username, which cannot be modified). Website administrators can also able to access and edit this same information.
WHAT RIGHTS YOU EXERCISE OVER YOUR DATA
If you maintain an account on this website or have posted comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data we hold about you, including any information you have submitted to us. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you from our system. This does not include any information we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
WHERE WEBSITE SEND YOUR DATA
Your comments may be screened through an automated spam detection system. If you subscribe to our newsletter, your information will be sent to our email service provider, MailerLite, to enable us to send you relevant communications. You can opt-out at any time using the unsubscribe link at the footer of every email. For more information, visit https://www.mailerlite.com/en/legal/privacy-policy/
YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
Should you have any concerns or wish to discuss your data or request its deletion, please reach out to info@ScienceofProperty.com
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Advertising,
This website is affiliated with multiple partners to display advertising on our site. and These partners may collect and utilize certain information for advertising purposes. To understand more about their data usage, click the top-right corner of the relevant ad to review their privacy policy.
This website is also affiliated with Monumetric Advertising (dba The Blogger Network, LLC for advertising purposes of displaying ads on our site, and Monumetric will collect and use specific data for these purposes. To learn more about Monumetric’s data practices, visit https://www.monumetric.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy/