Last updated: [18/02/2024]
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://envrant.com. We call our blog ‘Environment Rant’ – where we cover and rant on and about Environmental Science and everything related to it.
Information We Collect
We collect information when you visit our Site, register for an account, subscribe to our newsletter, or engage with our content. The types of information we collect may include:
- Personal information such as your name, email address, and any other information you provide voluntarily.
- Technical information including your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, and browsing behavior.
- Usage information such as pages visited, links clicked, and the duration of your visit.
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.
What’s a cookie?
A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyze traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes. Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards to how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and/or services in response to what you might need or want.
Please note that third parties who advertise on our website (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. By not blocking cookies and continuing to browse, you are authorizing the use of cookies. If you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Site, including technical support and troubleshooting.
- To personalize your experience and deliver relevant content and advertisements.
- To communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and send you updates about our blog and services.
- To analyze trends, track user engagement, and improve the overall performance of our Site.
Embedded content from other websites and Third-Party Links
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.
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you.
We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
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.
Your Rights and Choices
You have the right to access, update, or delete your personal information at any time. You can also opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in our emails.
Children’s Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
We do not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Data Security
We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Your Rights Under the GDPR
If you are within the EU, you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:
- The right to access, update, or delete your personal data.
- The right to request correction of any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you.
- The right to object to the processing of your personal data.
- The right to request erasure of your personal data.
- The right to request the transfer of your personal data to another party.
- The right to withdraw your consent for the use of your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at – envrant at gmail.com. Or visit our Contact page for more details.
By using our Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.