Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.mikebalonek.com. It is owned and operated by photographer and filmmaker Mike Balonek.
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.
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
Any information sent via the contact page on this web site will be sent to me (Mike Balonek), which I will use to answer your query or respond to any concerns or sentiments expressed in your message submitted via the contact form on the aforementioned contact page. Anything shared in said message will not be shared unless otherwise explicitly approved by the sender of the aforementioned message.
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.
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
The WordPress analytics allows me to see general information about the people who visit this web site. That information includes, but is not limited to, nation of origin, pages visited, date and time of visit, etc. That information is then used by me to decide when the best times are to interact with the audience that visits this site and my social media, as well as for promotional purposes, like product launch times, etc.
Who we share your data with
I (Mike Balonek) view it, otherwise no one else sees it, to the best of my knowledge.
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 (me, Mike Balonek) 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 a third party automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
http://www.mikebalonek.com/contact
or
info@mikebalonek.com
Additional information
How we protect your data
All transactions take place over a secure, encrypted SLL connection.
All monetary transactions are handled by Square, Inc. (Mike Balonek has no access to credit card and related information used during transactions), their privacy policy is available here. All other data is hosted by iPower.
What data breach procedures we have in place
I do not store any sensitive data on my servers.