Who we are
My website address is: http://www.HillaryLaMay.com.
I am essential oil educator, business mentor, and Aromatouch certified practitioner based out of Northern, Virginia.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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.
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/. 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, 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
On contact forms, you may willingly provide information to us for newsletters or for us to use to answer your questions or contact you for special events or offers. We store that information in Google or Mailchimp.
Cookies
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 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. 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
I use both Google Analytics and localized (and anonymous if you do not have a site membership) cookies to manage your user experience. We also use Facebook pixels to track user data so that we may know when a Facebook user visits our website. That data is anonymized by Facebook for our purposes. It does allow us to target you with ads because we believe people who visit our website may be potential customers.
Who we share your data with
- WordPress.com (optional, you must sign into their system to share your data)
- Google (Analytics tracks you anonymously unless you are logged into Google’s services)
- Facebook (provides a pixel that only tracks you personally if you have logged into Facebook
We use both Google Analytics and Facebook pixels to track users to enhance both our knowledge of how to improve our site experience and to market to you. For our purposes, that data is anonymized.
Once you land on our website, we don’t [yet] have a way to remove you from Google or Facebook’s data pools.
If you block cookies or refuse to log in and identify yourself on any Google or Facebook service, you remain anonymous to both our systems and theirs unless you sign up for a service at this website or willingly supply your contact to us.
How long we retain your data
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
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
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
My contact information
Ph: + 1-703-727-1069
Additional information
How we protect your data
We do not allow public access to our servers. No FTP accounts, this site is not on a shared hosting platform. Database and code access are permitted to employees or contractors of HillaryLaMay.com only.
What data breach procedures we have in place
In the event of a breach, anyone for whom we have an email address will be notified immediately.
We also notify known authorities of any breach that puts your personal data in jeopardy.
What third parties we receive data from
At this time, only WordPress.com and Google Analytics integrates for inbound data on this website.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
At this time, we only use user data to provide services on this website and target users for advertisements to remind them of the services we provide.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Other than breach notifications, we are not aware of any regulatory disclosures we must provide. Please feel free to contact us if you are aware of any.
Affiliate disclaimer
Links on this website may be affiliate links. However, this does not impact my own opinions, reviews, and comparisons.
FDA disclaimer
All essential oil statements on HillaryLaMay.com have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.