This privacy policy for WP in the Community (‘I’, ‘me’, or ‘my’) outlines in detail the reasons and methods by which I may collect, store, use, and/or disclose (‘process’) your information when you engage with my services (‘Services’), including but not limited to:

• Visiting my website at https://wpinthecommunity.com
• Engaging with me through other channels of contact.

Questions or concerns? Please take the time to read this privacy policy to fully grasp your privacy rights and options. If you disagree with my policies and practices, I kindly ask that you refrain from using my Services. Should you still require further clarification or have any concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to me using my contact form.

This summary provides key points from my privacy policy. For a more detailed understanding of each topic you can click the link following each key point or use the table of contents below to navigate to the specific section.

What personal information do I process? When you visit, use, or navigate my Services, I may process personal information depending on how you interact with me and the Services, the choices you make, and the features you use. Learn more about the personal information you disclose to me.

Do I process any sensitive personal information? I do not process sensitive personal information.

Do I receive any information from third parties? I do not receive any information from third parties.

How do I process your information? I process your information in order to improve, manage and deliver my Services. This also allows me to establish open lines of communication, ensure robust security measures, prevent fraudulent activities, and meet legal obligations. Any additional use of your information will be carried out only with your explicit consent. Please be assured that I handle your information in a transparent and responsible manner and process your information only when I have a valid, legal reason to do so. Learn more about how I process your information.

In what situations and with which parties do I share personal information? I may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. Learn more about when and with whom I share your personal information.

How do I keep your information safe? I have implemented robust organizational and technical measures to safeguard your personal information. However, please note that absolute security on the internet or any information storage system cannot be guaranteed. Hence, while I am committed to protecting your data, I cannot provide an absolute guarantee against potential unauthorized access or data breaches by hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties. Learn more about how I keep your information safe.

What are your rights? Depending on your geographical location, applicable privacy laws may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about your privacy rights.

How do you exercise your rights? You can easily exercise your rights by reaching out to me using my contact form. Be assured that I will thoroughly review and promptly respond to your request, ensuring complete compliance with relevant data protection laws.

Want to learn more about what I do with any information I collect? Review the privacy notice in full.

In Short: I collect personal information that you provide to me.

I collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to me when you use my contact form, register on the Support Portal, leave a review and participate in Services or otherwise contact me.

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that I collect depends on the context of your interactions with me and the Services, the choices you make, and the features you use. The personal information I collect may include:

• names
• email address
• website URL
• usernames
• passwords

Sensitive Information. I do not process sensitive information.

Payment Data. If you choose to make a donation, all payment data is securely processed by Donorbox. Their privacy policy can be viewed at https://donorbox.org/privacy.

It is your responsibility to provide true, complete, and accurate information. Not doing so may hinder your use of the Serivces.

In Short: When you visit my Services, certain information, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and browser and device characteristics, is automatically collected.

When you access my Services, specific data is automatically gathered. This data doesn’t disclose your personal identity, like your name or contact details, but it may consist of details about your device and how you use it, such as your IP address, browser and device features, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, usage patterns, and other technical information. It is mainly collected to ensure the security and functionality of my Services, as well as for my internal analysis and reporting needs.

As with numerous other businesses, information is also gathered through cookies and similar technologies.

The information collected includes:

• Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information the servers automatically collect when you access or use my Services and which is recorded in log files. Depending on how you interact with the Services, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports, and hardware settings).

• Location Data. Location data may be collected, such as information about your device’s location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device.

In Short: I process your information to provide, improve, and administer my Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. With your consent, I may also process your information for other purposes.

I process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with my Services, including:

• To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. I may process your information if you request assistance with setting up or creating your Support Portal account, or to authenticate and manage accounts for security purposes.

• To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. I may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.

• To save or protect an individual’s vital interest. I may process your information if needed to safeguard an individual’s vital interests, for example, to prevent harm.

In Short: I only process your personal information when I believe it is necessary and I have a valid legal basis under applicable law, such as obtaining your consent, adhering to legal requirements, delivering services to honour our contractual obligations, safeguarding your rights, or fulfilling our legitimate business interests.

If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require me to explain the valid legal bases I rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, I may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:

• Consent. I may process your information if you have given me permission (i.e. consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Learn more about withdrawing your consent.

• Performance of a Contract. I may process your personal information when I believe it is necessary to fulfil my contractual obligations to you, including providing my Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.

• Legal Obligations. I may process your information where I believe it is necessary for me to comply with my legal obligations. This includes cooperating with law enforcement or regulatory agencies, defending our legal rights, and disclosing your information as evidence in litigation.

• Vital Interests. I may process your information where I believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.

I may process your information if you have given me specific permission (i.e. express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e. implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.

In some exceptional cases, I may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:

In Short: I may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.

I may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

• Business Transfers. I may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of my business to another company.

• When I use Google Analytics. I may share your information with Google Analytics to track and analyse the use of the Services. The cookie banner on this site presents you the opportunity to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across the Services. Your preferences are saved for 30 days, after which time the cookie banner will be presented to you again so you can reasses your permissions. You can also visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout to opt out at any time. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.

In Short: Cookies and other tracking technologies used on this site may collect and store your information.

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their sites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies set by the website owner (in this case WP in the Community) are called “first-party cookies”. Cookies set by other parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website. The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognise your computer when you visit both the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

The specific types of first and third party cookies served through this website and the purposes they serve are mentioned below. Please note that the specific cookies you are served may depend on the pages you visit and Services you use.

Essential cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through the website and to use some of its features.

Analytics cookies

Google Analytics cookies collect information that help me understand how the website is being used. The cookie banner on this site presents you the opportunity to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across the Services. Your preferences are saved for 30 days, after which time the cookie banner will be presented to you again so you can reasses your permissions. You can also visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout to opt out at any time. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.

Cookies for logged-in users

Account creation and login is required in order for you to be able to gain access and confidentially share information through the Support Portal. If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie is set 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, several cookies will be set up to save your login information. Login cookies last for two days. 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. For more details please see the Gravatar service privacy policy.

If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

In Short: I keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy notice, unless otherwise required by law.

I will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than   the period of time in which users have an account or are using the Services. 

When I have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, I will either delete or anonymise such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then I will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

In Short: I aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

In Short: I do not knowingly collect data from, or market to, children under 18 years of age.

I do not knowingly solicit data from, or market to, children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If I learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, I will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from my records. If you become aware of any data I may have collected from children under age 18, please contact me.

In Short: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting me. I will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe I am unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority. If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

Withdrawing your consent: If I am relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting me, however, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can let me know using my contact form. Upon your request to terminate your account, I will deactivate or delete your account and information from active databases. However, I may retain some information in my files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

The majority of Web browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you have the option to configure your browser to delete or decline cookies. Keep in mind that doing so may impact specific features or services of our platform. Opting out of cookies through the site cookie banner only disables non-essential cookies.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may contact me.

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (‘DNT’) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, I do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that I must follow in the future, I will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

In Short: Yes, I will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

I reserve the right to update this privacy notice periodically. The new version will take effect immediately upon its availability. I encourage you to regularly review this privacy notice to stay informed about how I safeguard your information.

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact me.

You have the right to request access to the personal information I collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please contact me.