Who we are
I’m an artist based in San Jose, California, USA and my website address is: https://www.juliebovee.com. Throughout this form, I/we and my/our are used interchangeably and all refer to the https://www.juliebovee.com website.
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
I do not accept media uploads on juliebovee.com. 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
I have a contact form at https://www.juliebovee.com/contact-me/. This form collects name, email address and message in order for visitors to my website to contact me with questions or other information. This contact form sends the information to me via email to my julieanne@juliebovee.com email address. This information is only used by me to respond to inquiries and is never shared with third parties. I do not delete emails received from my website visitors so that I may keep a record of inquiries. The emails may be archived and sorted into folders.
I also have forms built into various pages and a pop-ups that collect information to sign a user up for my newsletter, in addition to a newsletter sign-up page located at https://www.juliebovee.com/newsletter_signup/. I collect name and email address. This information is sent directly to MailChimp.com, my email subscription provider. MailChimp stores the information and it is via MailChimp that all email communications to subscribers happens. You can read MailChimp’s privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We provide anonymous analytics data to Google Analytics. To view the Google Analytics privacy policy, please click here https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
Who we share your data with
We do not share your personally identifiable data with third parties. If you sign up for the email newsletter subscription, your data is stored at MailChimp for the purpose to sending the newsletters.
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 the email newsletter, we will retain your data for as long as you remain a subscriber. It is your responsibility to unsubscribe when you want to discontinue receiving the email newsletter. Each newsletter will include a link for you to click to unsubscribe. You may unsubscribe at any time.
If you send us a message via the contact form at https://www.juliebovee.com/contact-me/, this information is stored in my personal email account at julieanne@juliebovee.com. This information is only used by me to respond to inquiries and is never shared with third parties. I do not delete emails received from my website visitors so that I may keep a record of inquiries. The emails may be archived and sorted into folders within my email account.
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.
Inquiries via the Contact page are sent to my personal email account.
Newsletter sign-up information is sent to MailChimp, the email subscription provider.
Anonymous data is sent to Google Analytics.
My contact information
Email: julieanne@juliebovee.com
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 36023, San Jose, CA USA 95158.
Telephone: 1.408.355.5737
Additional information
How we protect your data
We take appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect Personal Information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, taking into account the risks involved in the processing and the nature of the Personal Information.
What third parties we receive data from
We don’t receive personally identifiable information about visitors to our site from any third parties.