ADVENTURES OF THE SPIRAL’S PRIVACY POLICY
Who we are
We are Adventures of the Spiral, an official fansite for the MMORPGs Wizard101 and Pirate101. Our website address is: http://adventuresofthespiral.com.
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.
Contact forms
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.
Analytics
We collect anonymized data using both integrated and third-party services to better understand our audience and traffic needs. This information is collected and analyzed in a way that is non-identifiable.
On a monthly basis, this data is compiled into reports to help us understand our audience and inform choices on editorial content and design. Data used in the reports is anonymized and in no way identifiable.
Who we share your data with
We do not share your data with anyone.
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.
Data such as email addresses and names (personal or community) are collected for the only purpose of conducting contests. When the contest end date is reached, your email and data associated with it is held for a period of two weeks to allow for prize claiming and to deal with any issues that arise. After this two week period, your data is permanently deleted from all servers and is not held. As pursuant to this privacy policy, none of the data temporarily held is sold or shared with anyone outside of the AoS Contest Team.
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.
When this Policy is updated you will be informed of any changes no less than 2 weeks before the intended date of implementation and any changes will be noted and kept on file within our Site News page.
This privacy policy was last updated on 22 August 2020.