Privacy and Cookie Policy

    Who we are

    Swimmer’s Daily is a swimming centric news blog owned by me, Rókur í Jákupsstovu, see the contact details at the bottom of this page.

    The website address is https://www.swimmersdaily.com.

    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 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.

    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.

    Contact forms

    We collect the name, email address, possible website address, and messages from those contacting us via the website contact form in order to respond to these queries.

    The resulting submission of contact forms is generally not shared.

    User & Commenter 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 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.

    Hosting

    This website is hosted with Dreamhost.

    As part of hosting, some information such as IP addresses may be logged when visiting this website. This may be used to detect errors or attacks against the website or hosting platform.

    You can learn more about Dreamhost’s privacy policy here: https://www.dreamhost.com/legal/privacy-policy/

    Analytics

    Google Analytics is used to record website visitor statistics.

    This may be used in aggregate to learn more about what content is interesting or useful to visitors.

    You can learn more about Google’s privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

    Ads

    Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Inc. This service uses the “Doubleclick” Cookie, which traces the use of this website and the behavior of the User in relation to advertisements, products, and services offered.

    The User can decide at any time not to use the Cookie Doubleclick providing for its deactivation: google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout.

    WordAds is an advertising service provided by Automattic Inc. Automattic uses cookies and other technologies like pixel tags to help identify and track visitors and site usage and to deliver targeted ads when ads are enabled for free WordPress.com sites or when ads are enabled as in this case through WordAds / Jetpack Ads, see Automattic’s privacy policy and cookie policy, and the Jetpack privacy information.

    Who we share your data with

    A list prepared in good faith of companies/services that data is shared indirectly and/or automatically with includes:

    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.

    If you subscribe to our email list, your personal information will be retained indefinitely.

    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.

    Contact information

    If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

    • By email: rokur [at] swimmersdaily.com
    • By phone number: +298 219754
    • By mail: Swimmer’s Daily c/o Rókur í Jákupsstovu, Brekkuvegur 10, FO-650 Toftir, Faroe Islands

    Yours sincerely

    Rókur