TERMS OF USE

This website, KatieRDale.com, and its content is owned by Katie Dale (“Company”, “I”, or “me”). Please read these Terms of Use carefully. I reserve the right to change these terms on the website at anytime without notice. By using this website and its contents, you (the readers and viewers of this website) are agreeing to the terms as they appear, whether or not you have read them. If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue the use of this website.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Every post on KatieRDale.com and BipolarBrave.com is written in my own words and contains my own thoughts and opinions. All images on KatieRDale.com are created by me, unless otherwise stated. All the materials on this website are copyrighted.

SITE CONTENT DISCLAIMER

The opinions expressed on KatieRDale.com and BipolarBrave.com are strictly my own and should not be construed as the opinion or policy of any physician or medical professional.

The content found on this blog is provided for informational purposes only. The purpose of this blog is to promote broader public understanding and knowledge of mental illness. It is general information that may not apply and it is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Never disregard medical advice or delay seeking medical care because of something you have read on or accessed through this website.

© 2021 Katie R. Dale

Who we are

Our website addresses are: https://katierdale.com and https://bipolarbrave.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

Contact form submissions are kept 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.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

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.

We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

Contact information

For privacy-specific concerns, please use the contact form.

Additional information

What third parties we receive data from

We do not receive data about users from third parties.