Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.fredrickaccounting.com

 

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.

 

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience.

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.

 

Third-Party Analytics and Tracking

We use Google Analytics and the Facebook (Meta) Pixel on this website to help us understand how visitors use our site and to measure the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.

  • Google Analytics collects information such as how you arrived at our site, which pages you visit, how long you stay, and what actions you take.
  • The Facebook Pixel helps us track conversions, optimize ad campaigns, and reach audiences similar to our website visitors.

These tools may collect data including your IP address, device information, browser type, and pages visited. This data is used for statistical and analytical purposes only. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by visiting: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/. You can also manage your ad preferences through Facebook’s settings.

 

Cloudflare

This website uses Cloudflare, a content delivery network (CDN) and security service. Cloudflare helps protect the site from malicious traffic, improves loading speeds, and enhances overall security. When you visit our website, Cloudflare may log your IP address, browser type, operating system, and other technical information for security and performance purposes. Cloudflare’s privacy policy can be found here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

 

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.

 

Who we share your data with

We do not sell your personal data. However, we may share anonymized or aggregated data with third parties for analytics and advertising purposes. Specifically, we share certain data with Google (via Google Analytics) and Meta (via Facebook Pixel) as described above.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

 

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.