Privacy Policy

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If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us via your email.

At lightbook.org, the privacy policy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information received and collected by lightbook.org and how it is used.

Log Files

Like many other websites, lightbook.org makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and the number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies and Web Beacons

lightbook.org does use cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user accesses or visits, and customize Web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

– Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on lightbook.org

– Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to lightbook.org and other sites on the Internet.

– Users may opt out of using the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include.

Google AdSense

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology for the advertisements and links that appear on lightbook.org to send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs.

The third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons).

lightbook.org has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policy of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain practices. The lightbook.org privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, other advertisers or websites.

Who are we?

Our website address is lightbook.org

What personal data do we collect and why do 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

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so 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. Or 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.

Analytics

Who do we share your data with?

How long do 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 profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except if they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights do 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.