Who we are
We value all who visit our website and have drafted this privacy policy for you to read if you have any concerns. This website is about health and it’s intended to be used for educational purposes only. It highlights the different foot pathologies, what they are, their symptoms, how they are diagnosed, risk factors, prognosis and how they can be treated. There is a strong focus on foot pain. We try to upload and update pages/posts as often as possible. Our website address is https://newmanfeet.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.
Social media
Various social media icons are embedded on this website to allow users if they so desire to share the content. You are under no obligation to share the content of this website.
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.
Google Analytics
We use Google analytics on this website to collected demographic statistical information about the use of this website. This means that we use cookies on your web browser to share information with Google. Please read Google’s private policy for more information on how they use your information.
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.
Our policy on children’s use
This website and the information therein along with any links or embedded videos or documents or services are not for children under the age of 16 years old. This is to comply with regulations. The information, diagnosis, symptoms, risk factors, prognosis and treatment options are based on research of an adult population and as such that’s the audience for which the educational information on this website is intended. Consent must be obtained from parents or registered guardians to use this website if you are under the age of 16 years old. We do not knowingly advertise to, sell to or collect any data or information from children under the age of 16 years old.
Who we share your data with
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 and in some cases by us before approval.