This page explains how Dams of the World uses and stores any information you provide through your use of this website. This policy is effective from February 18, 2024. By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and will never sell your data.
Dams of the World may update this privacy policy occasionally and will post any changes on this page. You can reference this page periodically to review any changes to the policy in the future.
Contact Form
Dams of the World is a free content site. The website only collects personally identifiable information, such as names and email addresses, when they are manually entered into the site through a contact form or comment.
When you fill out a contact form on this website, Dams of the World receives your email address in order to reply to you. Your email address will only be used to respond to your message(s). It will not be used for promotional materials unless you opt in to receiving promotional emails separately.
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.
Cookies
This website uses cookies, which allow the site to analyze visitor traffic, recognize returning users, and track affiliate sales.
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.
Dams of the World also uses traffic log cookies to identify the pages users visit. This allows us to analyze website traffic data and improve the website and its content accordingly. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Many web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can normally adjust your browser settings to reject certain cookies if you prefer.
Affiliate Program Participation
Dams of the World may engage in affiliate marketing, which means we may earn a commission (at no cost to the user) when a visitor uses an affiliate link on this website. If you click on a link to an affiliate partner, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales. You may read more about our use of affiliate links in our Affiliate Disclosures and Disclaimers.
Analytics
Dams of the World uses Google Analytics to keep track of how many people visit the website. This data is anonymous.
Data Retention
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.
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
We will never sell your data. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service called Wordfence. You can read Wordfence’s privacy policy here: https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure and have put into place suitable procedures to safeguard and secure the information collected by the website. However, please keep in mind that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure.
Links to other websites and embedded content
This website may contain links to other websites. Dams of the World has no control over the content or policies of other websites. Once you use a link to leave this website, we cannot be responsible for the protection of information provided to third-party sites.
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.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 18, 2024 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.
Dams of the World reserves the right to update or change this Privacy Policy at any time, and it is recommended that you review this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the website after modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.