Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 26, 2024

This Privacy Policy describes the policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Website (https://blog.gabrielis.net) and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. By using the Website, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Website refers to GABRIEL.IS, accessible from https://blog.gabrielis.net
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to Lithuania;
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Website. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Website to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Website, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using the Website, You might be asked to provide the Website with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Website.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Website by or through a mobile device, certain information may be automatically collected, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device’s unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

The Website may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit the Website or when You access the Website by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

Cookies and similar tracking technologies may be used to track the activity on the Website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze the Website. The technologies the Website uses may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, the Website may use Cookies.
  • Google Analytics. The Website uses Google Analytics which permits the Website, for example, to count users who have visited the webpages and for other related website statistics. Google Analytics does not collect data that identifies individual users or associates their IP addresses with any other data held by Google. Google’s Privacy Policy outlines the way Your data is collected and used by Google Analytics.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Website may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain the Website, including to monitor the usage of the Website.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email regarding updates or informative communications related to the content and other updates, when necessary.
  • To provide You with news and general information about other goods, services and events which may be offered or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve the Website, products, services, marketing and your experience.

The Website may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You. Comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Website will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

If You leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Your Rights

If You have left comments, You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data the Website holds about you, including any data You have provided to us. You can also request to erase any personal data the Website holds about You. This does not include any data the Website is obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Comments

When You leave comments on the Website, the data shown in the comments form is collected, and also the 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/.

Links to Other Websites

The Website may contain links to other websites not operated by the same person. If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third-party’s site. Do review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

The Website has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on the Website 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.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. The amended Privacy Policy will be posted on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact the owner of the Website by visiting this page: https://blog.gabrielis.net/contact/