Who we are
This top(Who We Are) portion is NON-GENERIC, from the heart, and was authored in August of 2021. All of the sections starting with “Comments” (for now) will be the generic WordPress policy for legal purposes.
Our website address is: https://freemindsandbodies.com.
Strong advocates of personal liberty, decentralization, choice, and privacy. No singular “way” or “dogma” is promoted by the site, but you are free to discuss what works for you. The website is still largely in larval form, but I hope what has been written so far will make it a worthy of a bookmark, and maybe the concept will make it worthy of a spot on your speed dial. Suggestions, input, are welcome, and full collaboration with anyone who has these core values will be considered. While we are not new to those values, we are to website administration, so any (non-spam) suggestions are particularly welcome.
I wanted to add that I have never seen anything beyond email addresses from the comments, and when it comes to your personal information, don’t share ANY INFORMATION WITH ANYONE. I wish all sites said similar. If this policy ever changes, and likely if any changes are even being CONSIDERED, they would be posted for all to see and discuss. Ideally, I’d like to leave the site AD-FREE and accept donations from those who think these discussions provide value. As of now, this is purely a labor of love.
Either way, as a strong advocate of privacy, I suggest a good adblocker. I use Ublock Origin (not to be confused with “ublock” who stole the domain of the original). It can be found on Chrome Store of Firefox Add-ons, and Raymond Hill is the author. A very good instructional video(complete with a good amount of humor) can be found on youtube, entitled “How to use uBlock Origin to protect your online privacy and security | uBlock Origin tutorial 2018”.
If you wish to keep privacy from youtube, reddit, twitter, etc, I would suggest checking out the “privacy redirect” extension, which also is available for all Chromium-based or Firefox based browsers. If you use Opera and are not familiar with the changes that happened after version 12, you may wish to consider Vivaldi, which was developed by an Opera co-founder for those who wished to see that browser return to the state is was before it was sold to a Chinese consortium.
Firefox users who are not yet aware of the issues many have with their parent company, may find interest in a more privacy-respecting version of their browser, such as Libre Wolf.
Whenever this site is more functional, I intend to have an area dedicated to privacy in general, including the discussion of online privacy tools. “Open source” tools are generally a good starting point when building your toolbox.
If you have any questions, or even tips/recommendations, feel free to send an email to the address in the “contact” section. With over 2,500 comments which so far have all been spam and/or nonsensical, using the “contact” section is more likely to have your message be seen in a timely manner.
We now return you to the generic wordpress policy.
Comments
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: 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.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.