Last Updated: 19 September 2024
Civil and Structural Engineering (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we collect, how we use and protect that information, and your rights regarding your personal data in accordance with the latest Google and WordPress guidelines.
Who we are
Suggested text: Our website address is: http://civilandstructuralengineering.com/about-us/
Comments
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: 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.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information collected in the following ways:
- To provide, operate, and maintain our website.
- To improve user experience and analyze website traffic.
- To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries and sending newsletters or promotional materials (if you have opted in).
- To process payments and transactions, if applicable.
- To comply with legal obligations and prevent fraudulent activities.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
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.
Types of Cookies We Use:
Advertising and Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used to show you ads that are relevant to you. We may use third-party services like Google AdSense to display these ads.
Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the functioning of the website, such as enabling you to navigate pages and access secure areas.
Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting data on user behavior. This data is anonymized and aggregated to improve website performance.
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.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: 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.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. For example:
- Information related to your account or subscription is kept as long as your account remains active.
- Automatically collected data (e.g., cookies, analytics data) is retained for a reasonable period to perform analysis and improve our services.
Security of Your Information
We take the security of your personal information seriously. We use industry-standard measures, such as SSL encryption, to protect your data from unauthorized access, disclosure, or alteration. However, no transmission of data over the internet is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the website following any updates constitutes your acceptance of the new terms.