Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.anitaaloe.com.

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.

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 visit our login page, 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

We use Google Analytics to understand how people use our website, and for us to discover areas on our website with issues. Most websites use an analytic platform like this. The data it collects helps us see things like how many people visit our site, which country they are from, how many pages they visited, how long they are on the site for, how fast our site is loading and so on. All data is completely anonymous and does not identify you as an individual in any way.

Your contact information

Should you send us questions via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.

We will, therefore, process any data you enter onto the contact form only with your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.

How You Block Cookies

Should you wish to not use the cookies used on this website you can block them by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies.

However, please be aware that blocking cookies may affect your ability to use this website. In particular, you may not be able to access all or parts of the website or use the functionalities contained on it.

Who we share your data with

Commercial Affiliation

This service allows this website to display advertisements for third party products or services. Adverts can be displayed either as advertising links, banners, or widgets using various kinds of graphics and interactive platforms. Clicks on these services are tracked by third-party services and shared with this site.

We are commercially affiliated with the following company :-

Forever Living – The Aloe Vera Company their privacy policy can be downloaded here.

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 store your data / How we protect your data

All information that you provide to us is stored on our, or our selected business partners’, secure servers (Siteground, WordPress & Mail Chimp) , and we will take reasonable steps to protect your information in accordance with this policy, including (without limitation):

– Using SSL certificates

– Using anti-virus protection software

– Encrypting data

– Carrying out regular back-ups

Your Rights

This Privacy Policy is intended to provide information with regards to collection, processing and use of your data. You can always contact us at hello@anitaaloe.com if you have any further questions or with regards to exercising these rights.

At any time, you can contact us to withdraw consent, suspend further processing, object to our use of data for marketing purposes, demand access and/or a copy of your data, amend your data, or request for it to be deleted.

You have the following rights under law in respect of your personal information:

– The right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal information;

– The right of access to your information to verify the legality of our use of it;

– The right to request that inaccurate or incomplete information about you is rectified;

– The right to request the deletion or removal of your information where there is no further reason for us to use it (such as you have withdrawn your consent);

– The right to restrict the use of your information;

– The right to obtain and reuse the information that we have about you for your own purposes;

– The right to object to certain uses (such as for marketing purposes); and

– The right not to be subject to a decision that has a legal effect on you that has been based on an automated decision.

This site contains links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy

Any changes we make to our privacy policy, in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy and cookie policy. This policy was last updated 10/03/2020

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for you to contact if you have any questions about our privacy and cookie policy or personal data handling practices. Our data protection officer’s name and contact information are as follows:

Anita – hello@anitaaloe.com

We hope you continue to enjoy using our website and the service that we provide to you.