Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://qwitsmoking.com.
Background and Compliance
We understand the critical importance of your personal information. It is not only important to you but is also very important to us. This website and its owners are residents of Australia and subject to its laws and as such are bound to comply with the Australian Privacy Act 1988. This being said users of this site may reside in any jurisdiction so we do our best to comply with privacy laws in a commonsense manner.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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.
Forms
If you complete any form on this site the data will be retained by us for the purposes of automating communications with you, tracking the sites performance and optimising the services the site provides to you.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to better understand and improve site performance and marketing ROI. You can review Google Analytics Privacy Policy Here.
We do not receive or store financial information
Financial transactions with this site are managed directly by Stripe, this site does not collect any of the information provided by you via this site to make a payment for services or products, all information when submitted is encrypted through every step of the transaction process. Visit Stripe and its privacy policy for complete information.
Who we share your data with
We do not provide personal information stored on this site to any other third parties outside of any items specifically mentioned in this privacy policy without your prior written consent or are compelled to by law.
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
Any comments or posts made on this site may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Effective Date
This Privacy Policy was last updated on the 8th of January 2019.