Privacy

Updated July 2022

Privacy
WordPress
The Murlo website is powered by WordPress, a web publishing software company used to create your own website.  Much of the webpage privacy policy is governed by the WordPress policy including most plug-ins and themes.

Who are we
This webpage, https://murlo.ca is owned by Murray and Leila Kerr from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.  The name Murlo and Murlo Creative Expressions by Leila are business names registered with Manitoba Companies Office in August 2020. The website at Murlo.ca went public on October 6, 2020

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments and Subscribe
When visitors leave a comment or subscribe on the site we collect the data shown in the comment and subscribe form.  We collect your IP and email address, your name 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 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.

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.

Cookies
Cookie and privacy policies for plugins and third-party sites used on the Murlo webpage is found by clicking on the plugin name.

Akisment Anti-Spam
Amp
Automattic  (This privacy policy covers most topics for this site)
Classic Editor
CoBlocks
Collapse-O-Matic
Crowdsignal Forms
Enable jQuery Migrate Helper
Gutenberg
Jetpack by WordPress.com
jQuery Pin It button for Images
Layout Grid
Mainprize Documentary
Page Optimize
Pinterest
WordPress.com Editing Toolkit
YouTube

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.

The above entities 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.

Analytics
Jetpack is the default analytics package supplied by WordPress and WordPress App are used by Murlo as a way to enhance your experience.  Google analytics is not used.

Beyond the conscientiousness action of signing up for a blog newsletter or leaving a comment, all other information collected is anonymous.

Who We Share & our Data With

By default WordPress and Murlo do not share any personal data with anyone

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.

A subscriber’s email address and corresponding information will be removed immediately when:

  1. Murlo is contacted by the subscriber with verification information;
  2. subscribers unsubscribe from the Murlo newsletter;
  3. an email address is ‘undeliverable’ or an ‘error’ message is received.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left a comment, 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.

Children’s Information

This website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16.  If you think that has happened for whatever reason, please contact Murlo at Info@Murlo.ca

Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact
You contact us at Info.Murlo.ca

What Data Breach Procedures We Have In Place
WordPress as the host and its affiliates ensure the safety of data.

Akismet
Source:
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).