Introduction
Welcome to The Homecare Directory! At https://thehomecaredirectory.com, we are committed to providing you with a comprehensive resource for homecare services and facilities dedicated to helping seniors live independently and with dignity. We understand the importance of safeguarding your privacy and are dedicated to ensuring your personal information is handled carefully and transparently.
This privacy policy aims to clarify how we collect, use, and protect your data when you interact with our website. Your trust is paramount to us, and we want you to feel confident that your information is secure and used responsibly.
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy practices. If you have any questions or concerns about how we handle your data, we encourage you to contact us using the contact information provided in this policy. Your privacy matters to us, and we are here to address any inquiries you may have.
Thank you for choosing The Homecare Directory as your resource for homecare services, and for trusting us to respect and protect your privacy.
Who we are
Our website address is https://thehomecaredirectory.com.
Our current physical address is 912 W Atlanta Ct, Broken Arrow, Ok 784012
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the following data:
- Data from Comments Form: This includes the information provided by the commenter in the comments form, such as their name, email address (if provided), and website (if provided).
- IP Address: We also collect the visitor’s IP address. This helps us with spam detection and ensuring the security of our website.
- Browser User Agent String: We collect the user agent string of the commenter’s browser. This information helps us understand the technology used to access our site and further enhances our spam detection capabilities.
Additionally, we utilize the Akismet Anti-Spam service to safeguard the integrity of our website and comments section. Here’s some important information about Akismet:
Akismet Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. Akismet is the most powerful anti-spam service for the web. Akismet works by checking all your comments against our constantly-growing global spam database to remove irrelevant, malicious content before it gets published and damages your site’s credibility.
Akismet gets increasingly effective over time: the more it learns, the more it protects. Its algorithms are continuously learning from content marked as spam across websites, so it more accurately detects and removes spam from sites in the future.
When Akismet is enabled on your site, only the personal data needed to carry out Akismet’s core function of protecting your site against comment spam is collected from commenters on your site. We do not sell the data you send to the Akismet service, and we do not keep it for long. We have short retention periods of between two weeks and ninety days for the vast majority of our spam-related data, at which point it is automatically deleted from our databases. Anyone can opt-out of all long-term tracking for the very small subset of data we do keep longer by using our contact form. For more information, please visit the Automattic Privacy Notice.
We want to assure you that your data is handled with care and respect. If you have any concerns about this data collection or wish to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, please refer to the relevant sections in this privacy policy or contact us using the provided contact information.
Additionally, we value your feedback and may occasionally use the provided contact information to reach out to commenters for the purpose of improving our website and better understanding your needs. Rest assured that we will not add you to any marketing lists unless you expressly request to be added by emailing and asking for such or if you join a list by signing up, which is covered in a later section of this privacy policy.
We appreciate your engagement and trust you place in us when leaving comments on our website. Your privacy and user experience are of utmost importance to us.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please be mindful of the following:
- Embedded Location Data: 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.
- Use of Images for Service or Facility Listings: If you are making a posting as a service or facility provider on our website, you are giving us express consent to use the photos you upload for any purposes related to your listing. This may include displaying the images publicly on our website to showcase your services or facilities. You can read more about these policies in our Terms of Use.
- Caution for Other Uploads: For users uploading images for purposes other than service or facility listings, please exercise caution about what you upload. Keep in mind that any images you upload may be displayed publicly on our website. Therefore, ensuring that the content you upload aligns with our website’s guidelines and your privacy preferences is essential.
We respect your privacy choices and your right to control your images’ use. If you have any concerns or questions regarding using images on our website, please do not hesitate to contact us using the contact information provided in this privacy policy. Your satisfaction and confidence in handling your data are paramount to us.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your user experience. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you interact with our website. They serve various purposes, such as improving website functionality and providing a more personalized browsing experience. Below, we explain the types of cookies we use and their respective durations:
- Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience, allowing you to avoid filling in your details each time you leave a comment. These cookies will be stored for one year.
- Login Page Cookies: When you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This temporary cookie contains no personal data and is automatically discarded when you close your browser.
- Login Cookies: When you log in to your account, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies are stored for two days, while screen options cookies are retained for one year. If you select the “Remember Me” option during login, your login information will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.
- Article Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and is used to indicate the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
By using our website, you consent to the use of these cookies as described above. You have the option to manage and delete cookies in your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may impact certain features and functionalities of our website.
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please do not hesitate to contact us using the provided contact information. Your privacy and user experience are important to us, and we are committed to ensuring that your data is handled with care and transparency.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as YouTube videos and advertisements. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
Please be aware that these embedded content providers may collect data about you, utilize cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This includes tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that particular website.
Currently, we embed YouTube videos and advertisements from our advertising provider. In the future, we may introduce additional embedded content, such as ads from third-party providers. When we do so, we will update this privacy policy to reflect any changes in our data collection and handling practices.
If you have any concerns or questions about embedded content on our website, please feel free to contact us using the provided contact information. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to providing transparency about how embedded content may affect your online experience.
Who we share your data with
We may collaborate with third-party advertising partners, such as Ezoic, to display advertisements on our website. These partners may collect and use data about your interactions with the advertisements displayed on our site. Please review their respective privacy policies for more information about how they handle your data:
While we strive to work with trusted and reputable advertising partners, we recommend that you also review the privacy policies of these third parties to understand how they collect, use, and protect your data.
By using our website, you acknowledge and consent to the sharing of your data with our advertising partners for the purpose of displaying relevant advertisements to you. If you have any questions or concerns about how your data is shared or handled, please do not hesitate to contact us using the provided contact information. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to providing transparency about how third-party advertising may affect your online experience.
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. However, please note that this right to erasure 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.
Contact Us
Feel free to write a letter to The Homecare Directory
912 W Atlanta Ct, Broken Arrow, Ok 784012
Or email using support at this website’s domain name.