Privacy and Cookie Policy

What personal data do we collect and why do we collect it?

Here at ActionFigureGeek, we collect information from you when you visit our site.

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/.

Visitor comments are checked through an automated spam detection service.

After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

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 who register on our website, 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.

Contact forms

Visitors to our site have the option to subscribe to our mailing list. This is a two-step process.

1. You enter the email on our static contact form in the right sidebar and click subscribe. You are then asked to visit your email account to confirm your subscription.
2. Click the link in the email to confirm your subscription

We don’t use pop-up windows or redirect you to a join our list page because we only want to subscribe to our list if you really want to.

We use MailChimp for our mailing list – You can visit their Privacy Policy Here

From time to time you may receive updates notifying you that a new article has been published.

We in no way spam our users and users may unsubscribe from our list at any time by simply clicking Unsubscribe in any email received

What do we use your information for?

The information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To personalize your experience: (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
• It is used to improve our website: (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
• We also use it to improve customer service: (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
• To send periodic emails: The email address you provide may be used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures. this is done to maintain the safety of your personal information when you use the site.

We use Wordfence as a means to protect our site.

Wordfence records the details of, members who log in to our site or attempt to log in.

The name of the registered user and their IP and location is emailed to admin. This information helps us to determine if there is a security breach or if there has been an attempt.

We can then act accordingly to keep your data safe.

Wordfence Privacy Policy

Do we use cookies?

Yes Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service provider systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information

We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits.

And compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors.

These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

Visitors from the EU will be asked to opt-in to our Eu Cookie Compliance form that appears when someone visits from an EU Country.

Ease of use

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to save 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, 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.

When 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.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.

Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet.

Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

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 track our visitors via Google Analytics. We do this to simply see how our site performs within Google.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise, transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.

This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website.

These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies.

We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.

Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Online Privacy Policy

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our online privacy policy and our terms and conditions.