Last Updated: 21st December 2023
Welcome to Name Delve! At Name Delve, accessible at NameDelve.com, we prioritize the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information. By using our website, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
1. Information Collection and Use
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Third-party vendors, including Google, employ cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other sites on the Internet. This information helps us improve your user experience and deliver relevant content.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
If you have not opted out of third-party ad serving, please be aware that cookies from other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads on our site.
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information. This may include information such as your name, email address, phone number, and other details.
2. Opting Out of Personalized Advertising
At Name Delve we use Google Adsense. You have the option to opt out of personalized advertising by visiting [Google Ads Settings](https://adssettings.google.com). Additionally, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting [www.aboutads.info].
3. Third-Party Ad Serving
We notify our site visitors of the third-party vendors and ad networks serving ads on our site through this privacy policy. We provide links to the appropriate vendor and ad network websites for your reference.
You may visit these websites to opt out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising if the vendor or ad network offers this capability.
4. Analytics and User Activity
In addition to advertising cookies, we use analytics tools to track user activity on our website. This information helps us understand how visitors interact with our content and improve our services. The data collected may include IP addresses, browser types, and pages visited.
5. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect the security and confidentiality of your information. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure.
6. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed toward children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will take steps to delete such information.
7. Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
8. Log Files
Name Delve follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP)
9. 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 anonymised 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.
10. Media
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.
11. Regarding cookies and leaving a comment
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.
12. 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.
13. How long we retain your data after leaving a comment
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise 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.
14. 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.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.