PRIVACY POLICY
Who am I?
My name is Mercedes Marie Ward. My website is www.mercedesward.com.
What personal data do I collect and why do I collect it?
I am committed to protecting your privacy online. I do not sell your information to anyone. I treat it as if it were the information of a friend or colleague—because that is what it is.
If you contact me through the site’s Contact Form, I will save your name and email address for future correspondence as appropriate. Since the Contact Form is for building collaborative partnerships and working together, realistically I will “look you up” on the internet to learn more about you and your organization through any “web presence” (e.g., LinkedIn profile, Twitter profile, website, journal publications, etc.)—and I will reply to your message via email. At that point, our correspondence will be via email and subject to all the norms of interpersonal communication among colleagues. If you are concerned about the privacy of my email provider, Gmail, see Google’s Privacy Policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
My website is hosted by Weebly and I use Weebly Analytics, which in turn may use Google Analytics and other third-party analytics service providers. I use this for basic information about site traffic (i.e., number of visitors, number page views). Weebly’s Privacy Policy—see link below—explains how it collects information about a website’s customers. Currently the site is not set up for any business transactions, but if you contact me through the Contact Form, Weebly has your information too.
If you contact me through the site’s Contact Form, I will save your name and email address for future correspondence as appropriate. Since the Contact Form is for building collaborative partnerships and working together, realistically I will “look you up” on the internet to learn more about you and your organization through any “web presence” (e.g., LinkedIn profile, Twitter profile, website, journal publications, etc.)—and I will reply to your message via email. At that point, our correspondence will be via email and subject to all the norms of interpersonal communication among colleagues. If you are concerned about the privacy of my email provider, Gmail, see Google’s Privacy Policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
My website is hosted by Weebly and I use Weebly Analytics, which in turn may use Google Analytics and other third-party analytics service providers. I use this for basic information about site traffic (i.e., number of visitors, number page views). Weebly’s Privacy Policy—see link below—explains how it collects information about a website’s customers. Currently the site is not set up for any business transactions, but if you contact me through the Contact Form, Weebly has your information too.
What personal information does Weebly collect?
Please see Weebly’s privacy policy for more details about how they collect and store your information, including any information collected by them when you submit information through the Contact Form.
Weebly’s Privacy Policy is available here: https://www.weebly.com/privacy.
Weebly’s Privacy Policy is available here: https://www.weebly.com/privacy.
What about cookies?
Weebly Analytics uses cookies. I use the information from Weebly Analytics to have a sense for website traffic. However, if you have any concerns at all about privacy, please do not accept any cookies when the pop-up asks about this. This is especially the case if you are based in countries where the General Data Protection Regulation is in effect. If you do accept cookies and proceed, then that will be taken as your consent with Weebly’s Privacy Policy.
Links to external sites
My website uses some links to external websites. These are not affiliate links. This means that I do not earn any commission when you click on these links and make a purchase. When you click on an external link, you will be leaving my site and going to another site that is subject to its own privacy policy.
Deletion of personal information
If you have any concerns or would like to request that I delete the information you submitted through the Contact Form, please let me know.
Privacy Policy - Version 1.0.
Please note that this Privacy Policy will be updated as needed.
Please note that this Privacy Policy will be updated as needed.