Privacy and Usage

Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://devotion.al.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

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

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

Who we share your data with

Personally identifiable information stored (rather than 3rd parties, such as Gravatar, or embedded content from other sites) is only maintained to ensure use of the site, and is not knowingly or purposefully shared.

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.

Your contact information

See policies and statements above.

Additional information

See policies and statements above.

How we protect your data

Information is held on a secure server.

What data breach procedures we have in place

None. As we do not maintain any financial or other significant personal information (i.e., Social Security numbers), we have no policy in place. If we are advised of a breach, we may notify registered users of such breach.

What third parties we receive data from

None.

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

None.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

None.

Acknowledgments and Notes

Cookies are a thing, and the Privacy Policy is the best I can do and is truthful to the best of my abilities. It is based upon WordPress suggestions along with my best understanding of Google’s policies and I added MonsterInsights due to their use of Google Analytics, and it is through their plugin that I use Google Analytics.

Terms of Use

By reading, commenting on, and sharing content from this site, you acknowledge that the content is copyrighted by Ian Kirk and or its individual contributors/authors. Any content on this site cannot be used to the detriment of Ian Kirk or other authors. This includes, but is not limited to, accusations of defamation and ecclesial infidelity.

Terms of Use Comments

We hate the things we have to do. However, there is a current trend of ecclesial trial (and some cultural presumptions of defamation of character). We are not assuming that we will get in trouble ecclesiastically nor that anyone will assume defamation of character (we try to avoid such, anyway). We’re just being cautious.

Technically, as a pastors and authors, we are public figures (yet, I’m not. It’s weird.). Writing at this site, however, is public, so these writings might cause people to presume that we are (in particular) standing against the Manual of the Church of the Nazarene. This feels ridiculous, but (sadly) necessary.