This is the personal photoblog of Dan Johnson. The website address is: https://dans.blog
This page provides information about data the site collects and how it is used.
Stats
This site does not track site visits.
Subscriptions (Newsletter)
The site uses Jetpack’s Newsletter feature to allow visitors to subscribe and receive new posts by email.
Data used: To initiate and process subscriptions, the following information is used: the subscriber’s email address and the ID of the post or comment (depending on the specific subscription being processed). In the event of a new subscription being initiated, we also collect some basic server data, including all of the subscribing user’s HTTP request headers, the IP address from which the subscribing user is viewing the page, and the URI which was given to access the page (REQUEST_URI and DOCUMENT_URI). This server data is used to monitor and prevent abuse and spam.
Activity tracked: Functionality cookies are set for 347 days to remember a visitor’s blog and post subscription choices if, in fact, they have an active subscription.
Cookies
| Cookie Name | Duration | Purpose |
| jetpack_comments_subscribe_[post_id] | 30000000 seconds | Remembers the user’s choice to subscribe to comments for a given post in order to show a visual indication to the user. |
| jetpack_blog_subscribe_[post_id] | 30000000 seconds | Remembers the user’s choice to subscribe to the site in order to show a visual indication to the user. |
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data entered 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.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (Akismet). The following information is sent to the service for the sole purpose of spam checking: commenter’s name, email address, site URL, IP address, and user agent.
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.
Contact Form
If you send a message via the contact form on this site, the contact form submission data (IP address, user agent, email address, site URL, and comment) is submitted to the Akismet service for spam checking. The actual submission data is stored in the database of this site and is emailed directly to the site owner. This email will include the submitter’s IP address, timestamp, name, email address, website, and message.
The IP address is included as an abuse prevention measure. And it is required for providing proper spam defense.
Brute Force attack protection
Data used: To check login activity and potentially block fraudulent attempts, the following information is used: the attempting user’s IP address, the attempting user’s email address/username (i.e., according to the value they were attempting to use during the login process), and all IP-related HTTP headers attached to the attempting user.
Activity tracked: Failed login attempts (these include IP address and user agent). We also set a cookie (jpp_math_pass) for 1 day to remember if/when a user has successfully completed a math captcha to prove that they’re a real human. Learn more about this cookie.
Data synced: Failed login attempts contain the user’s IP address, attempted username or email address, and user agent information. See more about what data Jetpack syncs.
Cookies
| Cookie Name | Duration | Purpose |
| jpp_math_pass | 1 day | Remembers if a user has successfully completed a math captcha to prove that they’re a real human. |
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.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment or send a message via the contact form, the comment/message and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments/messages automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What rights you have over your data
If you have left comments or sent messages on this site, 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. To make a request, please get in touch.