Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: http://accidentalhope.com.

The below policies are just a legal formality, but I encourage you to read over them as they protect both you and I. 

  1.   Terms of Use

This is a personal journey blog.  I am not an expert on faith, marriage, or parenting, mental health professional but what has helped me personally take it with a grain of salt. Always pray and seek professional opinion regarding health and well being.

You, the reader, are reading my blog of your own free will- THANK YOU FOR READING!– so I will not be held liable for any content on this website.  My intent is to edify you, the reader, not to cause harm.  This blog has no intentions to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual. We may feel differently, have different viewpoints, worldviews, personal choices, or coping; which is ok!

  1.   Copyright Policy

All content on this website is protected by Copyright.  You may share content from this website as long as you credit the author and website as the original content owner.  For questions, you may contact me at: support@accidentalhope.com.

  1.   Privacy Statement and GDPR Compliance

Your information is private.  I will not sell any of your personal or contact information to another company or entity.  I will not put your information on spam lists.  I am not responsible, however, for the privacy practices of any of my advertisers, affiliates, blog commentators, or guest bloggers (see also #4 and #5).

This blog is GDPR compliant.  If you are a subscriber of this blog who resides in the EU, and you believe you are receiving unsolicited content, please contact me via support@accidentalhope.com, and let me know which specific content you would like to receive.  You also have the option of unsubscribing.  This blog publishes content about Faith; Family/Parenting (including Faith); Marriage (including Faith); Mental Health including PTSD/ Moral Injury (including Faith); teaching, life lesson and Giveaways.

  1.   Affiliate Links, Advertisements, Sponsors, etc.

You might see separate links or downloadable files for other companies, products, organizations, blogs, etc.  Clicking or viewing these links are at NO cost to you unless you choose to purchase a product from an Affiliate Link.

Accidental Hope is considering an affiliate partnership with Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.  Pending

Affiliate commissions and Ads help keep this site running.  I am not responsible for the actions, products, or services of the aforementioned entities, nor am I responsible for any damages or injuries (including viruses) caused by any links or downloadable files.  I do not endorse or recommend any of the aforementioned entities unless otherwise specifically stated on this website.

  1.   Comments and Letters to the Editor

I welcome your comments!  I want this blog to encourage conversations and community among its readers.  I reserve the right to delete any comments that contain profanity or are offensive in nature.  If you directly comment on a blog post, your comment will be visible to the public, and other commentators are free to respond to your comment if they choose to do so.  I will keep all emailed comments confidential, which means I will not share or re-print any emailed comments without your written permission.

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 anonymised 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 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.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise 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.