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.