Who we are
TurtleGuides.com is a website run to provide information about the care and keeping of various species of turtles. Our site is governed under the laws of the State of Missouri in the United States.
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.
Contact forms
If you contact us using a form on this website, we will collect your name and email address. This information is used to be able to respond to your inquiries.
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.
Who we share your data with
Your information provided to TurtleGuides.com is not shared with outside parties. It is accessible only to TurtleGuides.com administrators. Upon an order of a United States court with jurisdiction over the site, information may be disclosed to law enforcement or other parties.
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 subject to rights given to you under GDPR or similar laws.
You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you subject to rights given to you under GDPR or similar laws. 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.
Contact information
You can reach out to us via the contact form on our site, or by writing an email to admin@turtleguides.com. Please note this is a part-time, volunteer activity for me, so responses are not always quick!
Affiliate Links
TurtleGuides.com may participate in affiliate link programs to assist us in funding the operation of this site. If you click a link on our website, we may receive a commission if you purchase an item. The purchasing website will be able see that you referred by TurtleGuides.com. Outside of this, no other information is shared for TurtleGuides.com to these websites.
TurtleGuides.com does not receive money or free products to promote any product specifically. The recommendations made on this site are solely based on our personal experience with the product.