Who we are
Our privacy policy is simple and we respect your privacy at all times while visiting our site. Our company is Life In Clay and Art, LLC. Our website address is: https://lifeinclay.com. We are technologists and artists who enjoy creating unique polymer clay and natural stone jewelry and other art that brings pleasure to all of our customers. We strive to create unique, handmade items that you will be proud to wear and display, and hope you feel beautiful while wearing our designs, because you are!
Comments
When our visitors leave comments on the site, collection of the data shown in the comments form is automatic, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to help with spam detection. However, we guarantee that we will never sell your information and definitely respect your privacy. It is important to us that you feel confident your personal information belongs to you.
However, please note that 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. By posting on our site, you give us permission to post your comments publicly.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included since visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. This is an uncontrollable fact of all digital media on all sites.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to save 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 and are automatically deleted after this time.
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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. However, we never sell or share your information, and never will.
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 who register on our website, we do store the personal information provided in each user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete any personal information at any time (except cannot change a username, once registered). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. However, no one outside of our web team will be able to view your information, and again, we do not sell your information for profit.
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. That information is only kept and shared with government and law enforcement agencies, should they have a legal right to request it.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. However, no information is shared or sold to 3rd party providers.
Please note that our hosting provider saves all of the information you share on their servers. We have a commitment from that service that no personal information is shared or sold to 3rd-party services.
That’s it! No legal jargon, no frills, just straight talk.