Privacy Policy

Refined Insights

At Refined Insights, I value your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit byrefinement.com

Information Collected

Personal information that you voluntarily provide (e.g., name, email address, and information shared through comments or contact forms) is collected. Some information, like your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent on site, referring website are collected automatically. I also occasionally use affiliate links which may set cookies to track purchases and clicks. These cookies help me earn a small commission at no cost to you.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site I 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

If you leave a comment on my 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.

Cookies are used to improve your browsing experience. You may disable cookies in your browser settings, but some features may not work as intended.

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 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.

How Your Data is Shared

I do not sell or rent your personal data. However, your data may be shared with trusted third-party tools (e.g., email delivery platforms or spam detection services) for necessary site functions.

How Long Your Data is Retained

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.

I retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you 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.

If you’re located in the European Union, United Kingdom, or certain U.S. states, you may have the rights to access the personal data I hold, request correction or deletion, withdraw consent at any time, and opt out of email communications via the “unsubscribe” link. To exercise your rights, contact me at hello@byrefinement.com.

Where Your Data is Sent

Comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Children’s Policy

This site is not intended for children under 16, and I do not knowingly collect or store personal information from children. If I become aware that I have collected data from someone under the age of 16 without proper consent, I will delete it promptly.

Updates to This Policy

I may update this policy occasionally. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact me at:

hello@byrefinement.com