Privacy

Your privacy is critically important to you, and Peer Reviewed thinks it's important too.

• Your data is your property.
• Peer Reviewed tries to collect as little of your data as possible through the normal use of this site.

Below is this site's Privacy Policy, which incorporates and clarifies these principles.

What This Policy Covers

Peer Reviewed is a website created to share information with you, not to share information about you. This Privacy Policy applies to information that I collect about you when you use my website (peerreviewed.io).

Throughout this Privacy Policy I'll refer to the website, mailing list, and any other services and offerings as “Services.” Below I explain how Peer Reviewed collects, uses, and shares information about you, along with the choices that you have with respect to that information.

Information Collected

Peer Reviewed only collects data about you if there is a good reason to do so–for example, to provide our Services, to communicate with you, or to make our Services better. Peer Reviewed collects data in two ways: when you willing provide data to us and automatically through operating our Services. Let’s go over the information that we collect.

Information You Provide to Peer Reviewed

It’s probably no surprise that Peer Reviewed collects information that you provide willingly. The amount and type of information depends on the context and how the site uses the information. Here are some examples:

• Communications Directly With Peer Reviewed: You might choose to provide Peer Reviewed with data when you sign up for the site's mailing list or send a message to me via the site's email block.

Information Collected Automatically

Peer Reviewed also collects some information automatically:

• Log Data: Like most online service providers, this site collects information that web browsers, mobile devices, and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, IP address, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of access.
• Location Data: We may determine the approximate location of your device from your IP address. We collect and use this information to, for example, calculate how many people visit our Services from certain geographic regions.
• Data from Cookies & Other Technologies: A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Peer Reviewed uses cookies to help us identify and track visitors, usage, and access preferences for our Services. Cookies will not be used to serve you targeted advertisements on our site or in our emails. I think targeted ads are gross. User's can choose to opt out of cookies being stored on their device by declining to consent using the cookie banner when you first visit the site. If you do choose to consent, you will allow cookies for 30 days until you are reprompted for consent. Want to change your mind? Delete your browser's cookies and reload the site to decline consent instead.

How And Why We Use Information

Purposes for Using Information

Peer Reviewed uses your data as mentioned above and for the purposes listed below:

• To provide Services–for example, to keep this site up and running, and to send you new articles if you have subscribed to the site's mailing list;
• To further develop and improve Services–for example, learning what topics are most interesting to readers;
• To monitor and analyze trends and better understand how users interact with this site, which helps to improve the Services Peer Reviewed provides;

Legal Basis for Collecting and Using Information

A note here for those in the European Union about Peer Reviewed's legal grounds for processing information about you under EU data protection laws, which is that the use of your information is based on the grounds that: (1) The use is necessary in order to fulfill commitments to you under the Terms of Service or other agreements with you or is necessary to administer your account--for example, in order to enable access to this site on your device or charge you for a payment; or (2) The use is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation; or (3) The use is necessary in order to protect your vital interests or those of another person; or (4) Peer Reviewed has a legitimate interest in using your information--for example, to provide and update Peer Reviewed's Services, to improve Services so that you have a better user experience, to safeguard Peer Reviewed's Services, to communicate with you, to measure, gauge, and improve the effectiveness of advertising, and better understand user retention and attrition, to monitor and prevent any problems with Services, and to personalize your experience; or (5) You have given Peer Reviewed your consent--for example before we place certain cookies on your device and access and analyze them later on, as described in the Cookie section above.

Sharing Information

How Your Information Is Shared

Peer Reviewed does not sell users’ data (your data is your property). Peer Reviewed shares some of the data you provide in the limited circumstances spelled out below and with appropriate safeguards on your privacy:

• Third Party Vendors: Peer Reviewed may share information about you with third party vendors who need to know information about you in order to provide their services to this site, or to provide their services to you or your site. This group includes:
  • Squarespace, who hosts this site (Squarespace Privacy Policy).
  • MailChimp, who handles our emails to those who opt in (MailChimp Privacy Policy).

• As Required by Law: Peer Reviewed may disclose information about you in response to a subpoena or court order.

Information Shared Publicly

Information that you choose to make public is–you guessed it–disclosed publicly. If you choose to submit a question or comment regarding a topic on this site, it is possible that your comment will be published in a response. This may include a first name or username, depending on the route of submission.

Choices

You have several choices available when it comes to information about you:

• Limit the Information that You Provide: If you have an account on this site, you can choose not to provide the optional account information, profile information, and transaction and billing information. Please keep in mind that if you do not provide this information, certain Services–for example, paid, premium themes–may not be accessible.
• Do Not Opt Into Electronic Communications: If you choose to join Peer Reviewed's mailing list (or send a direct email), you will have opted in to receiving communications. Just liked you can opt in, you may opt of any and all electronic communications.
• Decline the Use of Cookies on this Site: When you first visit this site, you have an opportunity to consent to the use of cookies on the site. Simply decline the use of cookies on Peer Reviewed and cookies will not be saved in your browser.

Your Rights

If you are located in certain countries, including those that fall under the scope of the European General Data Protection Regulation (AKA the “GDPR”), data protection laws give you rights with respect to your personal data, subject to any exemptions provided by the law, including the rights to:

• Request access to your personal data;
• Request correction or deletion of your personal data;
• Object to the use and processing of your personal data;
• Request that Peer Reviewed limits use and processing of your personal data; and
• Request portability of your personal data.

You can usually access, correct, or delete your personal data using your account settings and tools, but if you aren’t able to do that, or you would like to contact me about one of the other rights, scroll down to Contact Info to, well, find out how to contact me. EU individuals also have the right to make a complaint to a government supervisory authority.

Contact Info

If you have a question about this Privacy and Cookie Policy, or you would like to contact me about any of the rights mentioned in the Your Rights section above, please see the Contact Page.

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Transferring Information

This site is available around the world. By accessing or using the Services you consent to the processing, transfer, and storage of information in countries which may have rights and protections that are different from those in your home country.

Ads and Analytics Services Provided by Others

Peer Reviewed uses Squarespace's analytics provided by Squarespace to see what topics most interest readers. This policy does not apply to any third-parties or Squarespace.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Peer Reviewed may change the Privacy Policy from time to time. Peer Reviewed encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy.

Credit

This policy is adapted from the Automattic Privacy Policy which is made available under a Creative Commons Sharealike license.