Who we are
Your privacy is very important to us. At The Unclouded Path we have a few fundamental principles that we follow:
- We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.
- We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
- We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of our site.
Our website address is: https://theuncloudedpath.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Like most website operators, The Unclouded Path collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Unclouded Path’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how its visitors use its website. From time to time, The Unclouded Path may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Certain visitors to The Unclouded Path choose to interact with The Unclouded Path in ways that require The Unclouded Path to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that The Unclouded Path gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who comment on our blog to provide a username and email address. For those who wish to contact The Unclouded Path via email, we collect their emails. In each case, The Unclouded Path collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with The Unclouded Path. The Unclouded Path does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Comments
The Unclouded Path collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for users leaving comments on our blogs. The Unclouded Path only discloses commenters’ IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenters’ IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.
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
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Unclouded Path uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of the website, and their website access preferences. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using theuncloudedpath.com, with the drawback that certain website features may not function properly without the aid of 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.
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
The Unclouded Path may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to the website. For instance, The Unclouded Path may monitor the most popular posts. The Unclouded Path may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, The Unclouded Path does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
The Unclouded Path uses Google Analytics. Its data usage and privacy policies can be found at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Who we share your data with
The Unclouded Path discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on The Unclouded Path’s behalf or to provide services available on its website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using theuncloudedpath.com, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Unclouded Path will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Unclouded Path discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when The Unclouded Path believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Unclouded Path, third parties, or the public at large. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. The Unclouded Path takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
If you have any questions, send them to yue@theuncloudedpath.com.
Additional information
Ads
Ads appearing on The Unclouded Path are managed by our advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time an ad is clicked. This information allows the advertiser to, among other things, track sales that resulted from the ad. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by The Unclouded Path and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. Refer to their website to view their privacy policies.
Business Transfers
If The Unclouded Path, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that The Unclouded Path goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of The Unclouded Path may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Unclouded Path may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at its sole discretion. The Unclouded Path encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.