Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://retrohelix.com, and we respect your privacy.
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 and 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Contact forms
We do not keep your contact form information, nor do we use the information submitted for marketing purposes. We, however, use that information on an automated spam detection system to protect ourselves from unnecessary junk mail.
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.
Advertising accounts and affiliate networks we belong to (such as with eBay, Amazon, and others) may also use cookies to track the effectiveness of our links on their system, or to display ads. You may read more about those on their respective websites.
eBay: https://partnernetwork.ebay.com/affiliate-tracking
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=468496
Shareaholic: https://shareaholic.com/privacy/
Skimlinks: https://skimlinks.com/user-cookies
Infolinks: https://www.infolinks.com/privacy-policy/
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to better understand who visits our website, what content on our website is being read, and from what website our visitors are coming from.
Some of what Google Analytics records my include, but may not be limited to:
- What website our visitors are coming from.
- How long they stay.
- What kind of computer/mobile device they’re using.
What do we do with your data?
We use such data to try to make better decisions about our writing. We may also use it so our responsive theme adapts to your device’s screen size. No personally identifying data is included in this type of reporting.
All of our activity falls within the bounds of the Google Analytics Terms of Service.
You can opt out of Google’s advertising tracking cookie or use a browser plugin to opt out of all Google Analytics tracking software.
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 ever left comments on this website, you can 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
Messages sent through our contact form may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How to contact us
Should you have concerns about how we handle private information, feel free to contact us.