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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Updated: December 22, 2020

Who we are

The Literary Comedy Podcast is run by Andrew Gordon Bailey. Our website address is: https://literarycomedy.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site (which is not currently an option) 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 (which isn’t currently an option), 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

If we create any contact forms, they will be through WPforms. You can find their privacy policy here: https://wpforms.com/privacy-policy/

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site (which is not an option at the moment) 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 (which isn’t currently available), 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 (which isn’t currently a thing you would do), 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

Who we share your data with

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely (which is a big if since we don’t currently have comments). 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.

We also make use of third-party analytics, including Google Universal Analytics and Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights. An Analytics Service’s ability to use and share analytics information is covered by that service’s terms of use and privacy policy. To learn more about how Google uses data, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. To learn more about how MonsterInsights uses data, visit https://www.monsterinsights.com/privacy-policy/

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, (both very big ifs since there are currently no accounts or 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 (which we currently have disabled) may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

For inquiries, email Andrew Gordon Bailey at literarycomedypodcast@gmail.com

Additional information

How we protect your data

We have an ssl certificate through BlueHost and use a Sucuri Security Firewall.

What data breach procedures we have in place

  1. Request that BlueHost contain breach and/or switch off site (if they have not already done so).
  2. Scan computer for malware using Malwarebytes (or equivalent)
  3. Confirm administrator details via Bluehost and PHPmyAdmin (or equivalent)
  4. Submit malware removal request to Sucuri Security (or equivalent professional service). Include FTP details in the request.
  5. Request BlueHost to run another anti-virus scan and switch site back on.
  6. Update passwords (e.g. Hosting, WordPress admin, database, FTP).
  7. Activate server side scanning.
  8. Update WordPress, Themes, and Plugins.

What third parties we receive data from

We do not currently receive data from advertisers, but will update should this occur.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We plan to use subscription information from podcast apps (e.g. iTunes, RadioPublic, Player FM) to modify our content and, perhaps, make pitches to advertisers.