Who we are
We are The Depressed Duck, a website specialising in the discussion and management of depression. Our website address is: https://thedepressedduck.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 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.
Contact forms
We collect data including names and emails addresses if you a) sign up for our newsletter or b) contact us through a contact form.
If you’ve signed up for our newsletter, we will send you information regarding new posts, freebies, or other news using the name and email address you provided. We will not use your information for marketing purposes nor send them out to third party service providers, and we will only keep your information on file for as long as you stay subscribed.
If you want to stop receiving newsletters from us, you may unsubscribe by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the footer of all emails or send us an email telling us you wish to unsubscribe, and we will promptly delete your information.
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.
Google Analytics also uses cookies to collect and analyse visitor behaviour to this website.
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
We use Google Analytics to analyse how visitors interact with this site. In order to do that, Google Analytics uses cookies to collect standard internet log data and visitor behaviour in an anonymous form. This data will be kept for a period of 26 months before being discarded.
If you don’t want your data being tracked in this way, you may opt out here.
Who we share your data with
As of right now, we don’t share your personal information with anyone.
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.
For Google Analytics, we keep your data for 26 months. For newsletter sign ups, we keep your data for as long as you stay subscribed (you may unsubscribe anytime).
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.
We also use an email automation service provider to send out newsletters as well as Google Analytics to analyse user behaviour.
Your contact information
You may reach us at benita (at) thedepressedduck (dot) com.