Effective Date: June 11, 2026
Here’s all the legal stuff, a lot of which is to make the site compliant with GDPR (European Privacy) standards and uses suggested WordPress Privacy Policy language.
In my opinion, here’s what you really want to know:
- I have no plans to personally collect via this blog/website any information about you other than what you specifically provide in your comments or that is absolutely necessary to make the site function. I certainly would never share, sell, trade, or rent your personal information!
- As this website expands, I hope to make parts of it accessible only to people who have set up login credentials. Until then, I will avoid including any information in my blog which could be directly linked to any living person and will greatly limit any information in my blog posts regarding anyone born within the prior hundred (100) years.
- If I deem any information in the comments to be in violation of my previously stated policy, except where the commenter includes his/her own personal information, I reserve the right to amend or delete the comment in order to remove that information.
- Likewise, I reserve the right to delete any comment that is directed toward me or anyone else in a less than respectful manner.
- This blog is not a platform to express any personal viewpoints that are political or socially controversial. I reserve the right to delete any comment I deem inappropriate for the purposes of the blog/website.
- You may request that I delete any comments you post by contacting me.
My blog may contain links to external websites. I cannot be responsible for their privacy practices and encourage you to review their policies.
Who we are
Website address is: https://RoutesOfOurRoots.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the RoutesOfOurRoots.com site RootsOfOurRoots.com collects the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with 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 (if you have one) 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 the RoutesOfOurRoots.com website 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 the RoutesOfOurRoots.com 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, RootsOfOurRoots.com 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 and it is that website’s privacy policy that governs that.
Depending upon their privacy policy, 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. Please familiarize yourself with the privacy policy of any of these websites.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. RoutesOfOurRoots.com does not share, sell, trade, or rent your personal information.
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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
MailPoet Newsletter & Emails
If you have subscribed to our newsletter, there is a good chance you will receive emails from us. We will only send you emails which you have signed up to receive.
To send you emails, we use the name and email address you provide us. Our site also logs the IP address you used when you signed up for the service to prevent abuse of the system.
This website sends emails through the MailPoet Sending Service. This service allows us to track opens and clicks on our emails. We use this information to improve the content of our newsletters.
No identifiable information is otherwise tracked outside this website except for the email address.
For more information, please review MailPoet’s Privacy Policy.