Who we are
Our website address is: https://habitsofatravellingarchaeologist.com.
This website was created and is maintained by Smiti Nathan.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We collect information when you visit our site, subscribe to our site by email, or fill out our contact form.
For those people who subscribe by e-mail or fill out our contact form, we may request for your:
- Name
- Other pertinent information
We use this information to:
- Contact you
- Personalize your experience
- Improve our website and the products and services we provide
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.
Contact forms
The contact form used on this site requires a name, email address, and a message for submission. This data is kept indefinitely, but not used for marketing purposes.
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 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 login 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, the login cookies will be removed.
If you would like to delete your cookies, click the link below.
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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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
WordPress
To publish our blog, we use a third party service, WordPress.com, which is run by Automattic Inc. We use a standard WordPress service to collect anonymous information about users’ activity on the site, for example the number of users viewing pages on the site, to monitor and report on the effectiveness of the site and help us improve it. WordPress requires visitors that want to post a comment to enter a name and email address. For more information about how WordPress processes data, please see Automattic’s privacy notice.
Analytics
This website used Google Analytics to assist in analyzing how users use the site. Cookies are used to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors’ use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. Click here for more information on Google’s privacy policy.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell your personal information to companies. If you decide to follow this website through e-mail, we use MailChimp to manage our e-mail list. Their privacy policy can be found here.
This website uses affiliate links and more information can be found here.
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 an account on this site, or 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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Accessing Your Data
You can request access to or a copy of your personal data collected and processed by us.
To exercise these rights please fill out our Data Access Request form or e-mail smiti.nathan[@]habitsofatravellingarchaeologist.com
To prevent misuse, we may ask you to identify yourself.
Consent and changes
By using this website you consent to our website’s privacy policy. Any updates to the privacy policy will be reflected on this page. This page was last updated on May 27, 2018.