Privacy Policy
This document contains the privacy practices for VietNguyen.info website (the “Site”).
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, we collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Site’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how the Site’s visitors use the website. From time to time, the Site may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
The Site also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for users leaving comments on our blogs. The Site only discloses commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to VietNguyen.info choose to interact with the Site in ways that require the Site to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that the Site gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who comment on our blog to provide their name and email address. Those who wish to receive the Site’s updates via email, we collect their name and email. In each case, the Site collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with the Site. The Site does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
The Site may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, the Site may monitor the most popular pages on the Site by the Google Analytics service or use spam screened by the Akismet service to help identify spam. We do not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
The Site discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on the Site’s behalf or to provide services available at the Site, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using the Site, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Site will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Site discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when the Site believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of the Site, third parties or the public at large.
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.
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.
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.
What rights you have over your data
If you have 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.
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 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.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, the Site may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in the Site’s sole discretion. The Site encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
