My name is Rita Coco and I do business as Rita Coco Consulting. My website address is: https://ritacococonsulting.com.
What personal data is collected and why
Personal information you disclose
We collect and maintain personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when expressing an interest in obtaining information about our products and services, when posting comments on our blog or otherwise contacting us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following:
- First and last name
- Postal address
- Phone number
- Website URL
- E-mail address
- Your interest in connecting with us
- Billing information as required to complete a purchase, i.e. order details
In order to communicate with us or to use our services, you may be prompted to provide certain personal data in the following ways:
- By filling in forms (i.e. a “Contact RCC” form) on our website or anywhere else where we conduct business (i.e. at a seminar)
- When you place an order using the website. This may include your first and last name, postal address, phone number, URL, e-mail address and payment details.
- By subscribing to our newsletters or commenting on our blog posts
- By interacting with us via social media
- By corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise using our contact details
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.
Information automatically collected
When posting a comment, an anonymized string is 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.
We automatically collect information when you visit, use or navigate the website. This non personally-identifiable information, collected through the use of Google Analytics, does not reveal your specific identity but may include:
- The name of the domain from which you access the Internet.
- The Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site, if any.
- The type of web browsing software and operating system you are using to view our site.
- The date and time you access our site.
- The pages you visit on our site.
- The amount of time spent on the site.
- This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website and to better understand how our visitors use our website.
Throughout the Website there are forms to request information, products and services. These forms typically ask for personally-identifying information (such as your phone, address or e-mail address). Contact information from these forms is used to send the information that you request.
Our website and server security programs and Google Analytics (visitor tracking program) record IP addresses, browser type, time of day, and the web pages you visit in their logs.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on the site you may opt-in to save 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, a temporary cookie is set 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, several cookies are set to save your login information and your screen display preferences. 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 into that website.
Who we share your data with
We do not share your data with any third parties. It is captured in order to provide you with better service and to complete business transactions with you.
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), the personal information provided in their user profiles persists until their profiles are deleted. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames can not be changed). Website administrators can also see and edit all data collected.
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, 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. You can make this request via the Contact Form.
Where we send your data
Your comments are checked via a publicly-available spam detector service. Your data resides online at the website, and, may exist in our office applications if we do business together.
Your contact information
Your contact information is kept at the website and/or on file for as long as is needed to complete our business and to meet legal requirements.
We take great care to protect your privacy. We are available and welcome any questions you might have. Please use the form found on the contact us page.