Privacy Policy

Last Updated: [2025.07.03]


1. Information We Collect

We collect personal data in the following ways:

  • Comments:
    When you leave a comment, we collect your name, email, website (if provided), IP address, and browser user agent string to detect spam. Your email may be anonymized (via a hash) and sent to Gravatar for profile picture verification (see their privacy policy here). Once approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible with your comment.
  • Media Uploads:
    If you upload images to the site, avoid including embedded location data (e.g., EXIF GPS). Visitors may download and extract such details from images.
  • Contact Forms:
    If you use our contact form, we collect your name, email, and message to respond to inquiries.
  • Cookies:
    • Leaving a comment allows optional cookies to remember your details (1-year retention).
    • Temporary cookies check browser cookie acceptance (discarded when you close your browser).
    • Login cookies store authentication and screen preferences (2-day retention for login, 1-year for screen options; “Remember Me” extends login to 2 weeks).
    • Editing/publishing an article creates a cookie to track the post ID (1-day retention).
  • Embedded Content:
    Videos, images, or articles from third-party websites (e.g., YouTube, social media) may collect data about you, use cookies, or track interactions as outlined in their policies.
  • Analytics:
    We use Google Analytics to analyze traffic and improve site performance (see their privacy policy here).
  • Cal.com Bookings:
    When scheduling consultancy sessions, you’ll be redirected to cal.com/bparlan. Any data provided there (e.g., name, email, phone number) is governed by Cal.com’s privacy policy, not this one.

2. How We Use Your Data

We use collected data to:

  • Manage comments and website interactions.
  • Respond to contact form submissions.
  • Improve site functionality and user experience.
  • Analyze traffic via anonymized Google Analytics data.

3. Sharing Your Data

  • We do not sell your personal information.
  • Data shared via Cal.com is handled by them; we do not store booking details.
  • Gravatar: Your email hash may be shared for profile picture verification.
  • Embedded Content Providers: Third-party embedded content (e.g., YouTube) may collect data as outlined in their policies.
  • Google Analytics: Anonymized usage data is shared with Google for analysis.

4. Data Retention

  • Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely to streamline moderation.
  • Cookies expire as outlined above.
  • Contact form data is retained only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry.

5. Your Rights

You can:

  • Request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data (e.g., comments, contact form submissions).
  • Opt out of cookies via browser settings.
  • Withdraw consent for data use (e.g., unsubscribing from communications).

6. Security & Compliance

  • We use reasonable safeguards to protect data, but no online system is 100% secure.
  • For GDPR/CCPA compliance, contact us at [bparlan(at)bparlan(dot)com] to exercise your rights.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed at individuals under 16. We do not knowingly collect data from minors.


8. Questions or Concerns?

Contact us at [bparlan(at)bparlan(dot)com] or visit our contact form.