Who we are
Our website address is: https://bigpittstop.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 do not currently use a contact form on our website. If you need to contact the site owner, please email keishapittman08@gmail.com.
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.
Third Party Websites
- MailerLite – which we use to manage email marketing subscriber lists and send emails to our subscribers. Read their privacy policy.
- Google LLC, which provides our backup storage, editorial calendar, and collaboration documents. We also use Google Analytics service to measure the performance of this website. Read their privacy policy.
- Bluehost, LLC, which hosts this website. Read their privacy policy.
- MojoMarketplace (parent company, Endurance International Group) WordPress Software, and add-ons, we use as the template to design this sight. Read their privacy policy.
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.
We will not share your personal information with any other third-party unless we have your permission or the law requires us to.
Any personal information we hold about you is stored and processed in accordance with the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Analytics
We use Google Analytics service to analyze the performance of this website. Google Analytics is a software that tracks information about visitors to this site, such as what website or link you came from to get here, how long you stay for, what kind of computer you’re using, and more.
This data gathering allows us to better understand who comes to our site and what content they are reading. This allows us to make better decisions about future posts. No personally identifying data is included in this type of reporting.
All of our activity falls within the bounds of the Google Analytics Terms of Service.
By default WordPress does not collect any analytics data. However,we have installed the following WordPress plugin that provides analytics services similar to Google Analytics.
- MonsterInsights, a WordPress plugin that allows us to easily add, customize, and manage the Google Analytics website tracking services on this site.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Newsletter
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter via Mailerlite, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT GOOGLE ADS
Google advertising cookies
Google uses cookies to help serve the ads it displays on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a Google partner’s website, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser.
My privacy policy
Your privacy policy should include the following information:
- Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)
If you have not opted out of third-party ad serving, the cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads on your site, which should also be disclosed in your privacy policy in the following manner:
- Notify your site visitors of the third-party vendors and ad networks serving ads on your site.
- Provide links to the appropriate vendor and ad network websites.
- Inform your users that they may visit those websites to opt out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising (if the vendor or ad network offers this capability). Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of some third-party vendors’ uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
Because publisher sites and laws across countries vary, we’re unable to suggest specific privacy policy language. However, you may wish to review resources such as the Network Advertising Initiative for guidance on drafting a privacy policy. For additional details regarding cookie consent notices, please refer to cookiechoices.org.
Who we share your data with
We currently partner with Google Analytics and Monster Insights to gather and store data for our digital traffic and users. We also use a plugin service called Askimet to control spam comments.
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.
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at mckinneymediasolutions@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to mckinneymediasolutions@gmail.com.
Amend – You may contact us at mckinneymediasolutions@gmail.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – You may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to mckinneymediasolutions@gmail.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Akimet is a plugin we partner with to keep spam off our site. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Our contact information
For additional information, please contact the site owner at mckinneymediasolutions{at}gmail{dot}com
Additional information
How we protect your data
We ask questions of verification when you comment on our site and we back up and protect our site through our host server.
What data breach procedures we have in place
We backup and protect our site through our host server – Bluehost.
Plugin: Defender
Third parties
This site may be using WPMU DEV third-party cloud storage to store backups of its audit logs where personal information is collected.
Additional data
This site creates and stores an activity log that capture the IP address, username, email address and tracks user activity (like when a user makes a comment). Information will be stored locally for 30 days and remotely for 1 year. Information on remote logs cannot be cleared for security purposes.
Plugin: Askimet
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
Plugin: Smush
Smush sends images to the WPMU DEV servers to optimize them for web use. This includes the transfer of EXIF data. The EXIF data will either be stripped or returned as it is. It is not stored on the WPMU DEV servers. Smush uses a third-party email service (Drip) to send informational emails to the site administrator. The administrator’s email address is sent to Drip and a cookie is set by the service. Only administrator information is collected by Drip.
CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We, therefore, will not distribute your personal information without your consent.
CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECT ACT COMPLIANCE
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13 in its database, please contact us at mckinneymediasolutions@gmail.com and we will remove such information from our records.
ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY ONLY
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
YOUR CONSENT
By using our site, you consent to our online privacy policy.’
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at mckinneymediasolutions@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
If we decide to make any changes to our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.
This policy was last modified on 6/25/2024
