Note: This policy was updated on April 11, 2022.
Who we are
We are Myrick Multimedia, LLC, parent company of sites like Polk Today, Paulding Today, Polk Sports Wire, Kevin the Editor and others that might not be listed here at the moment.
Our website addresses covered by this policy include but is not limited to:
- https://myrickmultimedia.com
- https://www.polktoday.com
- https://www.pauldingtoday.com
- https://www.polksportswire.com
- https://kevintheeditor.com
This policy herein is effective for all items on this website.
Additionally, cookies from the use of Google Analytics AdSense may be generated from a visit to this website, or by leaving a comment or interacting with any part of a Myrick Multimedia website that includes Google advertising.
Their parent companies — Alphabet, Inc., — is responsible for the data gathered via their use, and is further described herein about what Myrick Multimedia, LLC does with the batch data made available via the use of Google Analytics and Google AdSense products.
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.
Other social media platforms utilized by Myrick Multimedia products may also utilize cookies when leaving comments or shares.
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.
Additionally, Myrick Multimedia websites may store other data generated on photos, audio, video and other files provided or downloaded from social media platforms that may add tracking data or other metadata to media that is further downloaded from Myrick Multimedia websites.
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.
Additionally, because Myrick Multimedia websites include the use of Google AdSense, users of the website also may have data tracked by Alphabet, Inc. That data — including information generated via the use of Google Analytics for tracking data about visitors of Myrick Multimedia properties — is stored by Alphabet, Inc., is only accessible through their services, and is not shared directly with any third-party services who we utilize.
Data generated and stored by the use of Google Analytics may be used in providing information to businesses or individuals who seek to directly purchase advertising on Myrick Multimedia properties.
The data available to Myrick Multimedia shared to advertising clients in this manner is limited to describing groups of users and are restricted to how many users are visiting the site by age group, gender, and general geographic location (limited to cities, regions and states,) and limited interests (users are looking for dog toys, for instance.)
Data is only available to paying customers of Myrick Multimedia upon written request, and is available only for the amount of time that Alphabet, Inc., makes it available.
Collection policies of Alphabet, Inc., are not those of Myrick Multimedia, LLC.
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 any of 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.
Here are some other ways in which Myrick Multimedia retains data, of note:
Newsletter email addresses
Myrick Multimedia has in the past, present and future offered free newsletter items to users of our properties, and in the process some personal data such as names and e-mail addresses are collected in the process.
We do store this data on our remote servers, but do not share these contact details with any third parties.
We do reserve the right to use the email addresses collected via Myrick Multimedia newsletters to promote internal opportunities for business purposes, such as promotion of items we sale through our TeePublic store, of other Myrick Multimedia properties, or advertising specials and campaigns.
Kevin The Editor Membership data
Membership data on Kevin the Editor available to Myrick Multimedia is limited to name, email address, login information, date of membership, last login used, comments left on the site, and other personal information required to complete payment via PayPal, who holds private financial data about the transaction under their control. Additionally, Paypal, Inc., is responsible for the use of your financial transaction data on a monthly basis when subscription costs go through.
Myrick Multimedia, LLC. does not provide this membership data to any third parties at any time for any use commercial or otherwise.
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.
User accounts may be disabled on many of the Myrick Multimedia properties as a security measure.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Google Analytics and Google AdSense data collected via those services are sent to Alphabet, Inc.