Privacy Policy

Who we are

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

Our Privacy Officer is Stephen Wagner.

Our owner is Stephen Wagner.

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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use code, cookies, and software for analytics and tracking users. This includes Google Analytics, Bing Search Engine, Facebook (Pixel), and LinkedIn. To opt out of this tracking, cease use of the site and do not accept the privacy and cookie policy.

We also maintain log files to track usage, as well as monitor the site for security.

Who we share your data with

We do not share your data with any 3rd parties, except what you publicly post on this site (such as comments). Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

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 send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Our contact information

Stephen Wagner
Suite 427, 700 – 8th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 1H2
Calgary, Alberta Canada

[email protected]
(403) 668-0862

Additional information

How we protect your data

We use multiple security systems, firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and monitoring systems to protect this web server, the data that resides on it, the databases, as well as the computers that access it.

These systems are regularly kept up to date and have security patching maintained. MFA (Multi-Factor authentication) is also used as a measure of identity management, and restricted access control.

What data breach procedures we have in place

In the event of a data breach, we have logging and systems in place to identify what systems were breached, what data was compromised, and will act accordingly to notify the parties involved.

What third parties we receive data from

We receive data from numerous 3rd parties, however do not publicly display or post these data unless the users have given explicit consent in the 3rd parties agreements with the specific users.