Empathy Archive – Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Empathy Archive (“the Platform”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we collect, how we use, share, and protect that information, and your rights regarding your data.
2. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://empathyarchive.com.
3. Information We Collect
- 3.1. No Personal Data Collected: Empathy Archive does not collect any personally identifiable information (PII) from users, except as outlined below. We strongly advise users to avoid including any real names, addresses, or other PII in the audio content they submit.
- 3.2. Metadata Collection: We collect non-identifiable metadata associated with the audio content for research purposes. This metadata includes age, race, gender, ethnicity, theme, and location information limited to city and state.
- 3.3. Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with 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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- 3.4. 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.
- 3.5. 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 one day.
4. 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.
5. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
6. How Long We Retain Your Data
- 6.1. Comments: 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.
- 6.2. User Profiles: For users that register on our website (if any), we 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.
7. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
- 7.1. Data Access and Portability: 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.
- 7.2. Data Erasure: 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.
- 7.3. Objection and Restriction: You have the right to object to or request the restriction of processing your personal data under certain circumstances.
8. Where Your Data Is Sent
- 8.1. Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
- 8.2. Third-Party Services: Data such as IP addresses and user-agent strings may be shared with third-party services (e.g., Gravatar) as described in this policy.
9. Data Security
- 9.1. Security Measures: We implement reasonable security measures to protect the data collected through the Platform. However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.
- 9.2. User Responsibility: Users are responsible for ensuring that their submissions do not contain PII. Empathy Archive is not liable for any unauthorized access to or disclosure of PII resulting from user submissions.
10. Community Interaction
- 10.1. Social Media Engagement: As part of the Platform’s social media component, users may interact with other users, share audio content, and participate in discussions. Users must adhere to the community guidelines, which prohibit harmful, offensive, or illegal content.
- 10.2. Content Monitoring: Empathy Archive reserves the right to monitor user interactions and content submissions to ensure compliance with the community guidelines and these Terms. Any content that violates these guidelines may be removed at the sole discretion of Empathy Archive.
11. 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.
12. Changes to Privacy Policy
- 12.1. Policy Updates: Empathy Archive reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time, with or without notice. Your continued use of the Platform after any such changes shall constitute your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
13. Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us