Who we are
This is the privacy and disclosures notice for ThisWorldInPictures.com
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.
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.
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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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.
Disclosures
This website only has access to information that you give or send us via email or other contact from you. This information is used only to reply to any questions or comments from you and will not be used for any other purpose unless another purpose is disclosed to you at the time of submission. If so, you will be asked to agree to ThisWorldInPictures.com contacting you, which you may choose to decline.
We may use third-party ads when you visit this website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other internet sites to promote advertisements about goods and/or services that may be of interest to you. This information does not include your name, address, phone number or email address unless you directly provide it to those advertisers.
ThisWorldInPictures.com is a participant in the Google Adsense advertising program, an advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees through third party advertising with the Google Adsense program.
This website is a participant in the Adobe.com affiliate program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn commissions/fees through promoting and sales of Adobe Stock Images in affiliation with Adobe.com.
This website is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com
This site uses a tool which collects your requests for pages and passes elements of them to search engines to assist them in indexing this site. We control the configuration of the tool and are responsible for any information sent to the search engines.
All images and content are the property of this website except images and advertising content provided by affiliate programs for the purpose of promoting a product or images which are free for public use. These images may have a link to the website where they were acquired. Using images for commercial products, or other public use, without acquiring the right to use the image may put you at risk of legal action from the copyright owner.
If you have any questions about this you may contact us using the contact page. Thank you for visiting and check back often as the site is in transformation.