Who we are
Our website address is: http://vanburenboys.org. For more information about us, please see our About Us page.
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.
A note about comments: please don’t be a jerk. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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. Also, don’t upload any media you wouldn’t want your mom to see. Come to think of it, your mom may have no problem with questionable images or comments. So please don’t upload anything OUR mothers wouldn’t want to see. They’re saints and would be very disappointed in you.
Contact forms
Contact forms are a great way to keep up with who we are and what we are creating. If you submit a contact form, you knowingly submit your contact information and as such we have every right to send you funny emails. You’ve been warned.
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 visit our login page, 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.
A note about cookies: they come in a variety of flavors. Personally (Josh W), I find chocolate chip are my favorite. Preferably with a cold glass of milk.
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
Oof. Analytics. They’re the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of web data for the purposes of understanding and optimizing our website. I’d like to say that we meticulously comb through the analytics to bring to you (our valued content consumers) a better experience. I’d like to say that. But I can’t.
Who we share your data with
Honestly, I have no idea. I know we don’t share it with anyone purposefully. Because that’s a total Kenny Banyan move. If you engage with embedded media on the site, the site owner of that media may collect Cookies (see above) or other surface level information about you. But we will never give out your email address or other contact information that you provide us.
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. We don’t send it anywhere else unless you specifically ask us to send it somewhere – like to your neighbor across the hall.
Your contact information
As stated above, your contact information is never sold or distributed to anyone outside of the Van B Boys. We don’t roll like that.
Additional information
I’m not sure what else you need to know in order to feel like you are being protected. Honestly, if you live in a state of fear that your personal information may be stolen and used for nefarious purposes, then you should probably not even be on the Internet, much less our website. Seriously, Google already knows everything about you. If you have a smartphone (especially Android), the manufacturer of the OS that runs that device knows everything about you. I’m not trying to scare you, just give a dose of reality.
How we protect your data
We protect your data with stink eyes, crook eyes, hard looks, menacing threats, tough-guy attitudes and leather jackets. We’re very serious about protection.
What data breach procedures we have in place
We have top men with the best procedures in place.
What third parties we receive data from
We receive data from WordPress and we will amend this section accordingly if other third parties our added to our primary party.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
I’m not even sure what this question is asking so let’s skip it.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
I’ve checked and we have none. We have verified this with Art Vandelay of Vandelay Industries.