Site information

Welcome to SkreaminSkull.com, where content, information, services, and products via the website www.skreaminskull.com and any other website, channel, application, mobile feature, and/or platform we operate (together, “Site”). In this Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”), the use of the words “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to the Skreamin Skull site. The words “user,” “you,” and “your” refer to entities or individuals that access and/or use the Site.

This Privacy Policy does not alter in any way the Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”) or any other agreement you may have with us, and are hereby incorporated into the Terms.

This Site is committed to protecting your personal information; your privacy is of utmost importance to us.

Personal data collected and why

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

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.

Analytics

Google Analytics

This site has an integrated component (plugin) that allows it to work with Google Analytics. Please note thtat the anonymization function of IP address on this blog has been enabled.

Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics involves the process of gathering, collection and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analytics service collects data on which website a data subject has come to a website from (so-called referrers), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for which period of time a subpage was viewed. A web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and for the cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The operator of the Google Analytics is as follows:

Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google might transfer the personal information collected via this technical procedure to third parties.

IP anonymization is activated on our blog. The IP address that you are visiting us from will be shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or other states in agreement with the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by a Google server in the USA. On behalf of the operator of the website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and to provide further services related to website and internet use to us. The IP address transferred through your browser to Google Analytics will not be combined with other data held by Google.

In addition, this website uses the Analytics feature UserID to track interaction data. This User ID will be additionally anonymized and encrypted and will not be linked with other data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible.

You may prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of our website by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about your website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics.

A cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via your Internet browser software or other software programs.

Further information and Google‘s applicable privacy regulations can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/ The following link provides a further explanation of Google Analytics https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/.

Our website also uses Google Analytics performance reports relating to demographics and interests and reports on Google Display Network impressions. You can disable Google Analytics for display advertising and customize the ads on the Google Display Network by visiting the ad settings at this link: https://adssettings.google.com.

Who your data is shared with

Your personal data is not shared with anyone

Data Retention

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.

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.

Contact information

If you have any privacy-specific concerns, please get in touch by sending and email to [email protected]

COPPA

COPPA Compliance/Children’s Privacy. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) is a law created to protect the privacy of children under the age of 13. This site does not target children, and is not intended to be used by children without involvement and approval of a parent or guardian. If you are under the age of 18 years of age, you should have the consent of your parent or legal guardian before using this site. Only if you are a subscriber over the age of 18 may you grant access to the Site to your minor children or those for whom you are guardian or responsible (“child”) and, by doing so, you agree that (a) SkreaminSkull may provide services to and collect personal information provided by your minor child and (b) you and your child will be bound by and comply with this Privacy Policy and the Company Terms. You may withdraw your consent by notifying us in writing at [email protected]. Company does not knowingly collect personal information from minor children without such consent. As noted, you provide consent by registering your child for the Site and, in that case, will only use the information associated with such account to provide the services and as outlined in this Privacy Policy. You may review the personal information your child has supplied to us and modify or correct it and, upon your written request and subject to the caveat below, we will delete the personal information your child has provided to us. We will delete your child’s personal information (and yours) when your subscription ends. We will never request personal information from your child in any of our public posting areas and we will not require your child to provide more personal information than is necessary to provide the services you have authorized your child to use. PLEASE REMIND YOUR CHILD NEVER TO PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SERVICE OR ANY OTHER SITE WITHOUT FIRST GETTING YOUR CONSENT. If at any time Company learns that a child under the age of 13 has submitted personal information to its online sites, we will take all reasonable measures necessary to remove such information from Company’s databases and not use such information for any purpose except where necessary to protect the safety of the child or others or as required by law.

FERPA Compliance. With regard to school-based activities, COPPA allows teachers and school administrators to act in the stead of parents to provide consent for the collection of personal information from children. Schools should always notify parents about these activities. For more information on parental rights with respect to a child’s educational record under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA“), please visit the FERPA site at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html.

How your data is protected

All reasonable security measures have been implemented such as encryption, hardening of our servers and application of the principle of least privilege are used to safeguard the personally identifiable information you provide us.

Data breach procedures

Unauthorized access to, unauthorized acquisition of, or accidental release of personal information that compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of the personal identifiable information (PII) constitutes a data breach.

  • Reasonable attempt shall be made to notify clients whose PII has been compromised or released without authorization.
  • The Executive Director or designee will notify the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy (OCVA) within 24 hours of identification of the data breach.
  • Concurrent to the actions outlined above, steps shall be taken to restore data, reinforce security and to return all systems to full operation as soon as possible.