WHO WE ARE
Welcome! Our website address is graceravel.com, a website which is operated by Grace Ravel, Author, (“GR”). GR makes graceravel.com available subject to the terms and conditions outlined below. Your continued use of this site means you consent to our privacy policies. GR is a personal website and blog of Grace Ravel, an author of fictional stories, as such the content offered here is for entertainment purposes only, and anything written on this site does not contain any warranty as to the validity of its content.
PRIVACY POLICY
When you visit graceravel.com any personal information you provide to GR is not disclosed or shared with others, except as permitted by this Privacy Policy. Access to your personal information is restricted to those employees and agents of GR who require access for the purpose of responding to your inquiries, or requests, or providing information that you have indicated is of interest. GR does not knowingly collect or use personal information from minors. GR reserves the right to disclose your personal information in order to comply with court orders, subpoenas, or in the good faith belief that GR is required to do so by law, including but not limited to disclosure to law enforcement or other government officials in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose you or GR to legal liability.
Any data you provide GR will be stored securely on our own systems and only for the intended purposes of use.
GR may request and/or collect information from you on a voluntary basis when you participate in or register for contests or promotions, or if you e-mail GR. The requested information may include personal information such as your name, e-mail address, telephone number, and home address. For activities such as contests and promotions, GR requests your personal information in order to administer your entry and the contest, award prizes, and may disclose your name in order to announce contest winners. GR may request your age or birthdate in order to verify your identity and eligibility to participate. GR does not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose the personal information GR has collected from you to third parties.
GR only retains the personal information you have provided for as long as reasonably necessary to conduct the contest or promotion for which you have registered to participate, to provide the services you have requested, respond to your inquiry, or to resolve disputes, enforce our user agreement, and as may be required due to technical and legal requirements and constraints related to the security, integrity, and operation of our site.
Please note that this website contains links to other sites. GR is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those websites.
If you use a third-party connection such as other social media by “following” GR pages, those third party may pass certain information about your use of their service. GR does not retain or collect any of this information.
GR reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time without notice. Please check this page for the latest version. By continuing to use this site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy as amended from time to time.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on graceravel.com 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 graceravel.com, 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 and E-mails
When you send e-mail to GR and/or fill the contact form, GR only uses personal information (such as name, mailing address and e-mail address or other personal information you voluntarily provide) contained in your e-mail and/or contact form to respond to your specific inquiry or comments. Although GR may retain your e-mail for a period of time, GR will not use any personal information contained in your e-mail for any purpose other than responding to your specific inquiry or comments, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
COOKIES
This site uses cookies for the functional running of graceravel.com such as to analyze traffic. Personal information will not be collected if you are only browsing this site. We may collect non-personal information such as the device used to access this site, geolocation, browser type, etc. to help GR understand how people use this site.
If you leave a comment on graceravel.com 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, GR 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, GR 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.
GR uses the following types of cookies:
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable you to navigate this site and use its services and features. These cookies cannot be switched off in our systems as they are essential for the site to function.
Social Media Cookies
Social media cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content on this site through third-party social networking sites and other websites.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies collect information about your preferences and use of this site. GR uses information from these cookies to analyze site traffic.
GR uses a combination of these types of cookies. EU readers have the ability to opt-out of targeting and other cookies via the “Cookie Consent” banner available in this site, Settings via the Cookie Consent banner will take effect on all subsequent pageview. Global cookie consent settings can be set to manage which advertising cookies you would like to allow when visiting our site. You are able to change those settings, or “opt-out” from targeting the following links in your region:
Canada: youradchoices.ca/choices
USA: aboutads.info
Europe: youronlinechoices.eu
Australia: youronlinechoices.com.au
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
GR may collect analytics data, or use third-party analytics tools and services such as Google Analytics, to help understand site traffic, usage trends, send newsletters, or promotions. GR uses tools that collect information sent by your browser, including pages you visit. This data is collected and used in aggregate form so that you remain anonymous.
Who We Share Your Data With
GR does not share your information with third parties unless legally required to do so through a subpoena or court order.
Where We Send Your Data
We use Akismet anti-spam software to keep our site free of spam. Visitor comments and emails may be checked through this service for spam.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so GR can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our site, GR also stores the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except you cannot change your 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.
How We Protect Your Data
Aside from the procedures set forth by our web host, NameCheap, and WordPress, GR also has our own SSL Certificate purchased through Comodo. This means all data that flows through our site are securely processed.
Privacy Questions
If you have any questions about our privacy and cookie policies, or our use of your data, please email privacy@graceravel.com
OTHER INFORMATION
Instagram Feed WD
Instagram Feed WD plugin uses Instagram API on website front end. All the data received from Instagram via API is cached in WordPress database for some short period to provide front end optimization. You may request us to delete your Instagram data if it is accidentally cached in our website database with hashtag feed data. Instagram saves some cookies in browsers of website visitors via API data. These cookies are mostly used for security purposes. They are regulated under terms of Instagram’s Privacy Policy.
Akismet
We collect information about visitors who comment on sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
Copyright ©2015-2019 Grace Ravel. All Rights Reserved. This website is protected under the copyright laws of the U.S. and other countries.
The materials used and displayed on graceravel.com, including but not restricted to website design and underlying source code, text, logos, trademarks and service marks, software, graphics, illustrations, and artwork, are the property of GR or its affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws.
Graceravel.com belongs to GR. All other marks that appear throughout graceravel.com belong to GR or the respective owners of such marks and are protected by U.S. and international laws. Any use of any of the marks appearing throughout graceravel.com without the express written consent of GR or owner of the mark, as applicable, is strictly prohibited.
If you have a question about this copyright notice or are seeking permission to use any of the materials on this website, please contact GR directly at copyright@graceravel.com.
