In the eyes of the law

Privacy Policy

Kimberly Houser’s blog – intheeyesofthelaw.com (“Houser”) uses WordPress to host this website. Because Houser permits comments that allow users to interact with this website, she would like to let you know how the information you provide or which may be gathered as a result of your visit is used.

1. Information Collected.
   Houser may collect and store information about your visit to the website.  We do not intentionally collect information from users under 18 years of age and the content contained on this website are meant for readers over the age of 18.  The types of information we may collect are:

• Name of the domain, or URL, from which the user accesses the Internet (e.g., “a Houser.com,” “a school.edu” or “an agency.gov”),
• Internet Protocol Number,
• Type of Web browser used,
• Date and time this Website is visited,
• The Internet address of the site from which you linked directly to our Website, if any,
• The type of Web browsing software and operating system you are using to view our Website,
• The pages you visit on our Website, and
• The amount of time spent on the Website.

A “cookie” is a piece of data saved to your hard drive which “remember” information from your last visit to our website.  Some parts of our website may use “cookies.”  Houser uses this information to provide certain features while using our Website.

2. How Information Collected is Used.
   Information collected at our Website may be added to a database maintained by Houser to customize your Website experience. It may be used to contact users of the Website for online surveys or other offers or information.  We use IP addresses for analyzing trends, administering the website, and gathering demographic information.  IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.  We may share your information with (1) third party financial institutions (such as Paypal) to process any purchases that you make on our Website, (2) advertisers linked to our Website in terms of aggregate information (such as number of hits) about traffic, and (3) our affiliates. In addition, your personal information may be disclosed to third parties, including the U.S. government, if required to do so by law.
3. External Links.

The Website may contain links to other sites.  The existence of such links do not constitute an endorsement of the linked site.  Houser is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such links.

4. Public Forums.
   This Website may permit comments or have forum capabilities available to its users. Any information that you post or otherwise communicate in these areas is not to be considered confidential. In addition, you grant Houser a royalty free license to republish any of your comments.
5. Users outside of the U.S.

Although Houser does not know where WordPress servers are located, it is possible that if you post any comments on this blog that your personal information may be stored on servers outside of the country in which you are located, most probably the U.S. It is also possible that WordPress may comply with the lower privacy and security requirements of U.S. law. Rather than the protections provided by your country. As such, if you are concerned about the privacy and security of your comments, please do not post to this website. If you have posted any comments to this website in the past that you would like removed, please send your request to khouser27@gmail.com and include a screen shot of your comment as well as the date posted.

6. Security.
   This Website is hosted by WordPress. It is believed by Houser that WordPress employs physical, electronic and other security procedures to protect information on the Website including firewalls to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.  Houser makes no claims as to the security of this website. It is believed that WordPress uses reasonable efforts to prevent third parties from the unauthorized accessing of information on our Website, including encrypting sensitive information submitted and providing other security, unlawful interception may be possible.  Houser is not responsible for any such unauthorized or unlawful activities.
7. Opt-Out

Users of our Website have the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our affiliates. If you no longer wish to receive future communications or need to change or modify information previously provided please email us at khouser27@gmail.com.

Additional Website Privacy Terms

Please note that this website is also subject to the WordPress privacy policy as same may be updated. The current version (12.31.17) is set forth below:

WordPress.org websites (collectively “Wordpress.org” in this document) refer to sites hosted on the WordPress.org, WordPress.net, WordCamp.org, BuddyPress.org, bbPress.org, and other related domains and subdomains thereof.

1. Website Visitors

Like most website operators, WordPress.org collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. WordPress.org’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how WordPress.org’s visitors use its website. From time to time, WordPress.org may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

WordPress.org also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. WordPress.org does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

2. Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to WordPress.org choose to interact with WordPress.org in ways that require WordPress.org to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that WordPress.org gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who use our forums to provide a username and email address. In each case, WordPress.org collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with WordPress.org. WordPress.org does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

3. Aggregated Statistics

WordPress.org may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, WordPress.org may reveal how many downloads a particular version got, or say which plugins are most popular based on checks from api.Wordpress.org, a web service used by WordPress installations to check for new versions of WordPress and plugins. However, WordPress.org does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

4. Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

WordPress.org discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on WordPress.org’s behalf or to provide services available at WordPress.org, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using WordPress.org, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. WordPress.org will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, WordPress.org discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when WordPress.org believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of WordPress.org, third parties, or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a WordPress.org website and have supplied your email address, WordPress.org may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with WordPress.org and our products. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. WordPress.org takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

5. Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. WordPress.org uses cookies to help WordPress.org identify and track visitors, their usage of WordPress.org, and their website access preferences. WordPress.org visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using WordPress.org’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of WordPress.org’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

6. Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, WordPress.org may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in WordPress.org’s sole discretion. WordPress.org encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.