Website: https://operationindependence.net/
Contact Email: info@operationindependence.net
Who We Are
This Privacy Policy describes how Operation Independence, LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit our website at https://operationindependence.net/ (the “Website”).
By using our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if any) is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the Website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the Website can download and extract any location data from images on the Website.
Do Not Track Signals
“Do Not Track” (DNT) is a web browser setting that requests a website to disable its tracking or cross-site user tracking. Our Website does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting your browser’s Preferences or Settings page.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our Website, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will set up cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles or pages on this Website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as though the visitor has visited those websites directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content—including tracking your activity if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to allow automatic approval of follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For registered users (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this Website or have left comments, you may request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You may also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you.
This does not include any data we are obliged to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Children’s Privacy
Our Website is intended for a general audience and does not offer services to children under 13 years of age. If a child under 13 provides us with personal information, we will use that information only to respond directly to inform the child that they cannot use our Website and will promptly delete such data.
Log Data
We may collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website (“Log Data”). This may include information such as your computer’s IP address, browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, time spent on pages, and other statistics. This data helps us analyze Website performance and improve our services.
Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to perform services on our behalf, such as Website hosting, analytics, or maintenance. These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform their specific tasks and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Security
We take the security of your personal information seriously and use commercially reasonable measures to protect it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Links to Other Sites
Our Website may contain links to external sites that are not operated by Operation Independence, LLC. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit, as we are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or policies of external websites.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Effective Date.” You are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Changes are effective immediately upon posting to this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: info@operationindependence.net
Website: https://operationindependence.net/