Privacy Policy
Welcome to https://metadata.blog (the ”Site”).We understand that privacy online is important to visitors to our site. This statement governs our privacy policies with respect to both anonymous and registered visitors to our site.
”Visitors”
refers to any person or service which sends requests to the site, whether via web protocols (http, https, etc.) or more generally, any TCP/IP requests.
”Registered Visitors”
refers to visitors who have registered an email address via The site registration page. Registration with a valid email address is required if you wish to submit a comment on a post.
”Anonymous Visitors”
refers to visitors who either
(a) have not registered an account (using an email address), or
(b) are not currently logged into the site via any account at the time of their visit.
For users who have registered and are logged in, a message including your user name will be displayed in the upper right corner of your browser tab.
”Personally Identifiable Information”
(also known as PII) refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, financial profiles, social security number, and credit card information. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.
What Personally Identifiable Information is collected and how is it used?
From All Visitors
Collection:
metadata.blog may collect information from any TCP/IP requests to the site (and specifically from any web requests), including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs and browser types. Depending on your method of internet access, your IP address may remain constant over time, allowing us to track repeated requests from the same individual.
Usage:
Such request information is necessary both to respond to such requests, and to track and prevent attempts to interfere with the operation of the site or to violate the the site\’s Terms of Use. It may be used to ignore or block future requests from the same IP address or range, or with similar characteristics.
From anyone sending email to accounts associated with https://metadata.blog
Collection:
The header information (including source email address), the content of any email, as well as any attachments or links, sent to any address at metadata.blog will be stored in an email mailbox associated with that address.
Usage:
This information may be used to respond to the email (e.g. answering questions or addressing concerns raised in the email), and to look up whether someone has registered an account at metadata.blog using that email address. If such an account is found, further information collected from the account’s profile page may be used as described in the next section.
From Users Who Choose to Register an Account
Collection:
If you choose to register an account with metadata.blog, you will be required to give a valid email address. A registration message will be sent to that email, with an assigned user-name and link to choose a password. When you first login, you will be taken to a Profile page, where you can specify additional information.
The profile form requests (but does not require) additional personally identifiable information, specifically
- First and Last Name
- Website
- Biographical Information
- A link to a Profile Picture associated with your email address, as registered at the Third Party Website gravatar.com
Finally, a registered user must specify a nickname (the assigned user name is used by default), and choose a Display Name from among the following fields:
- your assigned username,
- your first name (if specified),
- your last name (if specified),
- your nickname
A registered user can return to the Profile Page by logging in using their assigned username and chosen password, and can review, update, or delete any information previously collected on the profile page (except for the assigned username).
Usage:
Information which a registered user has supplied via the Profile Page may be used in the following ways
- metadata.blog may send bulk messages to registered email addresses with information of potential interest to the user. metadata.blog may personalize these messages using additional information (including Personally Identifiable Information) from the profile (such as first or last name). Such email will always contain a link allowing the user to opt out of some or all future bulk email mailings.
- If metadata.blog receives email from a visitor, we will check if the source email address has an associated registered account, and to look up any comments or articles that user has submitted, as well as any information supplied on the Profile Page. This information may be used to respond questions in the email, or to fulfill any requests made in the email (in accordance with metadata.blog’s Terms of Use), such as correcting errors in specific comments and/or articles, or deleting such content in whole or in part.
- If the user submits comments on a blog post at metadata.blog, information (including Personally Identifiable Information) from the user’s profile may be displayed along with the comments, as described more specifically in the following section.
From Users Who Submit a Comment to the site
If you choose to submit a comment on a post at metadata.blog, any information in that comment will be saved and transmitted to metadata.blog and its administrators. It will also be displayed (pending approval) in the comments section on the post webpage, along with the Display Name chosen in the user profile, and any profile picture specified in the profile. Additional Biographical Information from the user’s profile may also be displayed along with the comment, or via a link to a separate page.
Please note that comments and associated information are visible to both registered and anonymous visitors to metadata.blog. Users are encouraged to consider the privacy implications of such display before choosing a Display Name, profile picture, or Biographical Information, especially if they contain personally identifiable information.
Users who submit a comment are strongly discouraged from including any Personally Identifiable Information in the body of their comments. Users who do include PII in comments may ask for this information (or the entire comment) to be removed as described below.
From Users Who Submit a Post for publication on the site
(Note: at this time metadata.blog is not accepting outside posts, but the policy below will apply if and when it does)
If you choose to submit a post for publication, the owner or employees of metadata.blog will review content in that post for accuracy, style, profanity, harassment, threats or calls for violence, as well as for consistency with our Terms of Use. The source email address from any such post may be used to look up information from any account registered at metadata.blog registered using that address. The editors will look for and attempt to remove any PII from the body of the post itself. However, users who submit a post are strongly discouraged from including any PII in the body of their post. Users who do include PII in the post may ask for this information (or the entire post) to be removed as described below, either prior to or subsequent to publication.
metadata.blog will use the content of the submission, as well as the email address from which you submit a post, and any information with any associated registered account, to communicate with the author regarding the post.
If a submission is accepted for publication, we will also use the email address to verify that the author has warranted their rights to the submitted material per our Terms of Use, to share any edits made to the post and to confirm that the author grants metadata.blog permission to publish the post in that edited form. The author may request deletion of their post and all associated comments as described under the section on Copyright in our Terms of Use.
What organizations are collecting the information?
In addition to our direct collection of information, we may use third party vendors (such as credit card companies, clearinghouses and banks) to provide services via metadata.blog. Such Third Party Vendors may collect additional information from our Visitors. We do not control how these third parties use such information, but we do ask them to disclose how they use personal information provided to them from Visitors. Some of these third parties may be intermediaries that act solely as links in the distribution chain, and do not store, retain, or use the information given to them.
With whom may the information may be shared?
Personally Identifiable Information may be displayed to any visitors, whether anonymous or registered, accompanying comments submitted regarding a blog post, as detailed above.
Personally Identifiable Information may be shared with the owner and any employees of metadata.blog for use in administering this web site, in moderating and editing posts or comments, and in responding to comments submitted to metadata.blog or email sent to addresses associated with this domain, as described in detail above.
In addition, Personally Identifiable Information may be shared with partners or Third Party Vendors, as described below.
How is Personally Identifiable Information stored?
Personally Identifiable Information collected by metadata.blog is securely stored. Access to such information is restricted to the owner and any employees of metadata.blog, or Third Parties as specified above. Owner/employee access is controlled by strong passwords and 2-factor authentication, and any Third Parties will be contractually required to use equivalent protection.
What choices are available to Visitors regarding collection, use and distribution of the information?
Visitors may opt out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by us and/or our vendors and affiliated agencies by responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting us at .
Apart from the required email address, registered visitors may omit or limit any additional personally identified information when creating or updating their Profile Page. Registered users may also request
(a) deletion of all or specific comments submitted by said user,
(b) deletion of articles (and associated comments) submitted from their accounts, or
(c) deletion of their account including any Personally Identifiable Information previous submitted under the Profile Page.
To exercise any of these options, please send email to comments at metadata.blog
Are Cookies Used on the Site?
Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. We may use Cookies to remember previously expressed preferences of Visitors to our site and to customize the site per those preferences. We may also use Cookies to identify a registered user of the site, and customize the site per their Profile. We may also use Cookies for security purposes to protect our registered users. For example, if a Registered Customer is logged on, we may automatically log that user off if they do not interact with the site for a sufficient interval of time.
How does metadata.blog use login information?
metadata.blog uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track a user’s movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.
What partners or service providers have access to Personally Identifiable Information from Visitors and/or Authorized Customers on the Site?
metadata.blog may enter into and will continue to enter into partnerships and other affiliations with a number of vendors. Such vendors may collect Personally Identifiable Information themselves. metadata.blog may share usernames of registered users with such vendors, and may share additional Personally Identifiable Information if such information is required for such vendors to perform the services for which metadata.blog contracts them. Our privacy policy does not cover their collection or use of this information.
Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with law.
We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order or subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of our Visitors and Registered Users.
How does the Site keep Personally Identifiable Information secure?
All of our employees are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our Visitors and Authorized Customers is only accessible to a limited number of qualified employees who are given a password in order to gain access to the information.
Such owner/employee access is controlled by strong passwords and 2-factor authentication, and any Third Parties will be contractually required to use equivalent protection.
We audit our security systems and processes on a regular basis.
metadata.blog does not intentionally collect any sensitive IDs, such as credit card numbers or social security numbers, and users should not share such information in any comment or post, or in email to any metadata.blog address.
While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications and databases are subject to errors, tampering and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Visitors or Registered Users for any such occurrences.
How can Visitors correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?
Registered visitors who have supplied Personally Identified Information via their Profile page may log in and modify any Personally Identifiable Information on that page.
In the event a user is unable to remove PII via this mechanism (e.g. if the user has lost access to their account or to the underlying email address), may contact metadata.blog at with requests to correct or remove the PII.
Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site?
We provide Visitors and Registered Users Authorized Customers with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site’s database by contacting . However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor’s entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.
Also note that for legal reasons, metadata.blog may need to retain email addresses and some email correspondence related to any requests to correct or remove information. Any information retained for these purposes will be stored only in email mailbox, and not as part of the website or underlying database(s), and access to such correspondence will be restricted to those who need to handle legal matters.
What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes?
We will let our Visitors and Authorized Customers know about changes to our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Site. However, if we are changing our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a Visitor or Registered User has previously requested not be disclosed, we will contact such Visitor or Registered User to allow that individual to prevent such disclosure.
Links:
https://metadata.blog contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.