PRIVACY POLICY

Thank you for visiting Advice from Julie and Spice at https://advicefromjulieandspice.com (the “Site”). 

By using this Site, you agree to the terms outlined below. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

1. Who We Are

This Site is a personal blog authored by Julie A. Newbury, sharing reflections and stories inspired by her rescue dog, Spice.
Our website address is: https://advicefromjulieandspice.com.

2. Information You Provide Voluntarily and at Your Own Risk

If you contact me via email, I may collect:

  • Your name

  • Your email address

  • The contents of your message

This information is used only to respond to your inquiries. I do not share, sell, or use your information for marketing purposes. However, please be aware that while I take reasonable measures to protect your personal information, no method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure. Therefore, I cannot guarantee absolute security against unauthorized access or data breaches beyond my control. You agree to and understand this. If you choose to email me you do so at your own risk and voluntarily.

3. Data Collected When You Contact Us or Leave Comments

When you contact the Site via email (or if comments are enabled in the future), the Site may collect:

  • The data you provide in your message or comment (such as your name, email, and message)

  • Your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam

If comments are enabled, an anonymized string (hash) of your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you have a profile picture. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible publicly alongside your comment. By contacting this Site or leaving comments you agree to and understand this and do so voluntarily and at your own risk.

4. Automatically Collected Data

The Site may collect limited technical data via cookies and analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics), such as:

  • Browser type

  • IP address

  • Time of visit

  • Pages visited

This data helps improve the user experience and is not used to personally identify you.

5. Cookies

This Site uses cookies to enhance performance and remember preferences. You may disable cookies through your browser settings.

If you visit our login page (used only by the site administrator), a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data.

WordPress may also set cookies related to content editing and administrative login (used only by the site owner). These cookies are not used to track visitors.

6. Comments

Currently, comments are disabled on the blog posts. If comments are enabled in the future, the data collection described above in Section 3 will apply.

7. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, social media posts, etc.). Embedded content behaves just as if you visited the external website. Those sites may collect data, use cookies, or track your interactions.

8. Media and Uploaded Content

While visitors cannot directly upload images or files to the Site, if you send images via email or otherwise provide content that may be published, please be aware:

Images sometimes contain embedded location data (called EXIF GPS). If such images are published on the Site, visitors may be able to download them and extract this location information.

To protect your privacy, please consider removing any location metadata from images before sharing them.

9. How Long We Retain Your Data

The information you provide (such as your message and email address) is retained indefinitely for reference and to respond to inquiries, unless you request deletion of your data.

Please note that blog post comments are currently disabled, so no public comment data is stored on the Site.

10. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have contacted me in the past, you may request

  • That I delete your message and email from my records

To make a request, please email: [email protected]

11. Where Your Data Is Sent

Emails submitted via email may be scanned by automated spam detection services.

12. Children’s Privacy

This Site is intended for users 18 years of age or older only. If you believe a child has submitted information, please contact me and I will delete it.

13. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated occasionally. The most recent version will always appear on this page.

14. Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, you may contact me at:
[email protected]

15. Blog Subscription and Email Notifications

Visitors to this Site may choose to subscribe to receive notifications when new blog posts are published. By subscribing, you voluntarily provide your email address.

Data Collected:

  • Your email address
  • Optional: Your name if you choose to provide it

How We Use Your Data:

  • To send you email notifications of new blog posts
  • To send occasional site updates or announcements (if applicable)

Storage and Security:

  • Your email address is stored securely and will not be shared, sold, or used for any purpose other than the notifications described above.
  • We use Jetpack to manage subscriptions. Jetpack may collect limited technical data (e.g., IP address) as part of its standard operation. By subscribing, you consent to this data processing.

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