Who we are
The owner of this website is Valeriy Benidze and may be referred to on this page as “He”, “They”, “His”, “Our”, or “Owner”. This website represents an individual, and is not affiliated with any organizations or government bodies. Our website address is: https://valeriybenidze.com and https://img.valeriybenidze.com.
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.
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.
Contact forms
This website uses the Ninja Forms WordPress plugin and may be subject to their privacy policy.
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.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
This site may use Google Analytics.
Who we share your data with
Your data is not purposely shared with any 3rd parties. Your data may be stored by a 3rd party such as a CRM or Email Marketing software, and subject to their privacy policy in addition to ours.
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 can also see and edit that information.
Users that register on our website, use our contact forms, or submit data by any means may be added to the owner’s permanent contact list. If added to a contact list, a double opt-in message will be sent to the User’s email address requesting permission to retain their data for the purpose of business or marketing outreach.
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 an automated spam detection service. Any Data provided with express permission may be imported to the owner’s HubSpot, or Constant Contact accounts. We do not sell your data to 3rd parties.
Your contact information
We reserve the right to use your provided contact information for Sales, Business, or Marketing outreach. Your information can and may be stored in external databases owned and operated by the Owner, such as a CRM or Email Marketing software. All data stored for Sales, Business, or Marketing outreach will receive a double opt-in notice if an Email address is provided.
Additional information
How we protect your data
This website is secured with SHA-256 SSL Encryption. User Data under GDPR regulation will be removed from any non compliant servers and transferred to EU compliant web hosting for storage.
What data breach procedures we have in place
This website is secured by GoDaddy Managed WordPress web hosting. Security breach procedures are handled by GoDaddy and can be reviewed on their privacy policy.
What third parties we receive data from
We do not receive data from 3rd parties.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Users may be added to email campaigns by the owner of this site for the sole purpose of sales, marketing, establishing partnerships, contracting, or permanent employment.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
This Site is fully compliant with Can-Spam, CASL, and GDPR.