Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://raisingbarbells.com.

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.

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 visit our login page, 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.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

What data of yours will I be collecting: 

– Any information you voluntarily provide me with:

 This information you provide me with may be your e-mail address, name, billing info, etc. This information is collected to ensure that I can properly send you the newsletter, offers and any products you may buy from me or any information I may need to make your experience with Raising Barbells the best it can be.

– Any information automatically collected about you:

This information may include any information this is stored by the use of cookies and other session tools. This kind of information may be your IP address, your shopping cart or any other information that cookies may collect. This information is used by us to improve the customers experience. When you look through Raising Barbell’s website and possibly buy an of the products, click on any of the links in the blog, cookies or tracking tools may be used.

– Any information that our third party partners may gather:

We have a few third party partners who may gather some of the information you voluntarily provide with us and some information that may be automatically collected from you. We will make sure that they only gather what is necessary and legal for them to have.

Analytics: We use Google Analytics to gather information and performance about our posts, products and all of the Raising Barbells website. You can always see their Privacy Policy. If you would like to opt-out of tracking by Google Analytics, please visit their Opt-Out page.

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 your data is sent

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