Privacy Policy and Disclosure

Who We Are and Disclosure

As the owner of Luke Knows ( “we”, “us”, or “our”) your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy describes what information we collect through lukeknows.com and how we disclose that information. The privacy policy and disclosure will be updated to stay current with relevant laws. Your continued use of this website signifies your continuing consent to be bound by this privacy policy.

The perspectives and opinions on this blog are solely the owner(s) of Luke Knows. If we recommend a product, service, or idea, that product/service/idea was highly recommended based on our knowledge or experience. For specific questions and/or specifications with recommended products or services please verify with the manufacturer or provider.

This website is for informational purposes only and does not provide medical advice or recommendations. You should always seek the care of a medical professional or qualified healthcare provider for recommendations, questions, diagnosis, and treatment. Never delay seeing your healthcare provider if you have questions or concerns about your health as the material provided on this website is for informational purposes only.

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.

Contact Forms

At this time we do not have a subscribe option. The only way to contact us is via email at [email protected].

Cookies

There are strictly necessary, functionality, performance cookies, and advertising/tracking cookies. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and allow us to see how visitors move around the site. Cookies also help with personalization, analysis, advertising, and security. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. Without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable. You can decline cookies at any time other than strictly necessary 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 (if any), 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 (if able), 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.

Cookies in use:

1.Termly-Used to record visitor views with a consent banner. Cookies expire in 1 year. View Termly’s privacy Policy.

2. Google Analytics-See analytics section for more details. Google analytics uses multiple cookies. Some cookies expire in 1 year, 11 months, and 29 days, some in 2 years, and other cookies expire after a session. View Google Analytics privacy policy.

If you have any questions about our cookie policy please email us at [email protected].

Analytics

We use Google Analytics which is a service that tracks, records, and gives reports about the websites traffic via cookies. For example it records the URL of the page, time of day, device used, etc. The information that we collect is anonymized and sent to Google Analytics for analysis. Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on visitor interactions on this website. Users may disable cookies or delete any individual cookie. In addition, Google Analytics supports an optional browser add-on that – once installed and enabled – disables measurement by Google Analytics for any site a user visits. Note that this add-on only disables Google Analytics measurement. Google Analytics also collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to provide and protect the security of the service, and to give website owners a sense of which country, state, or city in the world their users come from (also known as “IP geolocation”). See this page for Google Analytics security and usage of data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245. To learn more about how Google Analytics gathers and processes data please visit the link. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7318509?hl=en. Here is the link to googles privacy policy https://policies.google.com/privacy. Cookies will expire in 1 year 11 months and 29 days.

Affiliate Marketing Participation

Our website may be associated with several affiliate marking programs. Affiliate marketing embeds tracking links into the website. If you click a link a cookie will be placed on your browser for purchasing and commission purposes. This means that we may receive commission on a click of a link or purchase of an item. As an Amazon Associate affiliate the customized links will place cookies on your browser to track referrals to their site. This gives them the information they need to give commission to us on these sales.

At Luke knows, we only endorse products that we believe are helpful or beneficial. These partnerships do not change our recommendations.

As a Ceres Chiller affiliate, Honest Company Affiliate, Share A Sale, Audenticity, CJ, and an Amazon Associate affiliate, I earn commission on qualifying purchases.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, YouTube, Pinterest, wordpress.org, 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 will never rent, sell or lease your personal data to a third person party.

We may however share your data with service providers, application development, site hosting, maintenance, data analysis, infrastructure provision, IT services, customer service, email delivery services, payment processing, marketing, analytics, and enforcement of our terms of service agreement and other agreements.

We may share your data with other users of the site to identify you to anyone to whom you send messages or make comments through the services, persons or entities with whom you consent to have your personal data shared, third parties in order to prevent damage to our property (tangible and intangible), for safety reasons, or to collect amounts owed to us, merchants and payment processors, and third parties as we believe necessary or appropriate, in any manner permitted under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence.

We do this to comply with legal process, respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence, enforce our terms of service agreement and other agreements, protect our operations, protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others, and allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

How Long Do 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.

Google Analytics data is retained for 1 year, 11 months, and 29 days. Our contact forms and comments cookies are held for one year. We will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law.

What Rights Do 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.

Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of interest based advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http:www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Third parties have access to your data as noted within this agreement.

Users under 16 Years of age

Our services are not directed to and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age or 16. If we become aware that a child under the age of 16 has provided us with personal data without your consent, please contact us at [email protected]. By using the services, you are representing to us that you are not under the age of 16.

Protection Over Personal Data

We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into account the nature of the personal data and risks involved in processing that information.

We will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law.

Sensitive Information

Please do not submit any sensitive personal information to the website. Some examples of sensitive personal information are racial or ethnic origin, political opinions or associations, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, criminal record, and health information. If you voluntarily give this information it will be subject to this privacy policy.

Additional Rights

If you reside in the EEA, UK, and Canada you may have additional rights such as access to your personal data, the ability to get a copy of your personal information, the right to have us erase or delete your personal data, make sure your personal data is accurate, and the right to have concerns addressed with a supervisory authority in your country of residence if your data is misused.

If you are a resident in California you have specific privacy rights. You are able to get without charge information about which third party companies we disclosed your personal information to (if any). The names and addresses over the past calendar year will be shared with you. If you are 18 years old and are a resident of California you have the right to have your information deleted. Email us at [email protected] to get your information removed (include the associated email address with the account and a declaration that you live in California). Not all data may be completely removed from all of our systems.