Who we are

Our website address is: http://www.harmonyfoodscapes.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

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.

Media

If you upload images to the website, 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.

Contact forms

Any information submitted via our contact form is used by us to answer your inquiry.  We keep contact form submissions on our server for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.

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.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

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.

Analytics

We utilize Google Analytics in order to get a better understanding of our visitors.  The data collected includes, geographic and demographic data. Personal data is not collected.

Advertising and FTC Affiliate Disclosure

Harmony Foodscapes earns money by participating in affiliate programs, such as Amazon Associates. This means we may receive a small commission when you purchase a product from our link, at no additional cost to you. Many of the links on this website (as well as those in our email newsletter and social channels) may earn affiliate commissions. When you see product links on this blog, please assume they are affiliate links. We attempt to include a line noting that in every email or blog post that includes them.

Please note that we wholly believe in the products we highlight and trust their quality and usefulness.

The aforementioned affiliate links pay the hosting fees that keep this site up and running and help keep the flow of free content, so thanks for your support!

Copyright disclaimer

Any photos not credited to an outside source have been taken by Harmony Foodscapes and are rights protected. All photos that aren’t taken by Harmony Foodscapes are credited and linked to their outside sources and are believed to be in the public domain and readily available on the Internet (published according to the U.S. Copyright Fair Use Act, title 17, U.S. Code). Harmony Foodscapes reserves the right to remove, replace, or move any images or content without prior announcement.  All design graphics and downloadable products are protected.  Sharing purchased designs or products with others who have not paid for them is a violation of copyright.

Who we share your data with

The information you give to us will be only used for our purposes and to give you the best, most informative experience.  We do not sell your data.

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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Additional information

For additional questions, please contact us at val at harmonyfoodscapes.com.