Last Updated: November 4, 2024

Who We Are

At Zhuri Reads, your privacy is a serious matter. Please read this Privacy Policy along with the Terms and Conditions page to understand how your information is collected, used, and stored. By using Zhuri Reads, you consent to this Privacy Policy and agree to the stated terms.

Blog Name: Zhuri Reads

Blog Owner: Zhuri W.

Blog URL: https://zhurireads.com

The Personal Data We Collect and Why it is Collected

Information is collected from your browser whenever you visit Zhuri Reads. This may include information such as your IP address, browser types, the blog posts and pages you visit, and other statistics.

While using Zhuri Reads, you may be asked for personal information when you:

  • Subscribe to the blog
  • Comment on a blog post
  • Contact the blog owner using the Contact Form

The personal information collected includes your name and email address.

Zhuri Reads takes the security of your data seriously and employs reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

Comments

When you leave comments on Zhuri Reads, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your 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. 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 Zhuri Reads, 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 Zhuri Reads, 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 one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Blog posts on Zhuri Reads may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites for reference. Embedded content from external websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the referenced 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.

Zhuri Reads is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies of any site they visit.

Analytics

Zhuri Reads uses Google Analytics to better understand how users interact with the website. Google Analytics helps us track and analyse the following information:

  • Number of Visitors: To monitor the total number of users accessing Zhuri Reads.
  • Geographical Location: To determine where our visitors are accessing the blog from.
  • Page Activity: To see which pages are being viewed and how users navigate through the website.

Google Analytics collects this information using cookies and similar technologies. The data gathered is aggregated and anonymised, meaning it does not identify individual users. This information helps us understand user preferences and improve our content and overall user experience.

Opting Out

If you prefer not to be tracked by Google Analytics, you can opt out by installed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which prevents your data from being used.

For more information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms.

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.

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 your Data is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection

All information and content on this website are intended for individuals over the age of 18. Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using this website. Zhuri Reads does not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior parental or guardian consent. If you believe any personal information has been collected from someone under the age of 13 without parental or guardian consent, please contact us to have that information deleted.

International Users

Zhuri Reads is based in Jamaica, and by using this site, you agree that your information may be transferred and processed in this country according to Jamaican law. If you are accessing the site from outside Jamaica, please be aware that your data may be subject to different data protection standards.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Zhuri Reads reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. By continuing to use this blog after these changes have been posted, you agree to the revised policy.

Contact

If you have any concerns regarding privacy on Zhuri Reads, please contact me at zhurireads@gmail.com.