Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is https://www.louise-mignault.com

What information we collect

We primarily use the information we collect on www.louise-mignault.com to communicate with you when you comment, fill out the contact form and when you sign up for email notifications of new posts on the website. Otherwise, you can use the website without disclosing any personal information.

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.

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. We are not responsible for the data that these websites collect, nor how they use your data. If you have any concerns about the collection and treatment of your data by these websites, please consult their Terms Of Service and Privacy Policies for further information.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Otherwise, we do not share your data.

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 who 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.

Terms & Conditions

The terms and conditions below govern your use of the www.louise-mignault.com website. By continuing to access the www.louise-mignault.com website you warrant that you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website. If you would like to contact us please do so through the website’s contact form.

Intellectual property rights

All posts/articles are the intellectual property of Louise Mignault (louise-mignault.com) or of credited guest authors.

How to use this website

Licence To Use This Website

You can view, download for caching purposes, and print pages from www.louise-mignault.com. However, the following conditions apply:

  • material from this website must not be republished in any form or be reproduced or stored on any other website or retrieval system without our express permission. If you would like permission to republish material from this website please contact us through the contact form on the website.
  • You must not copy, sell, resell or otherwise exploit our website for commercial purposes.
  • Material on our website must not be edited or modified in any way.

Unauthorized use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

Limitations Of Liability

All material on this website is given freely and without charge. Much of the content of this website is commentary and opinion and as such not we cannot guarantee its accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness, or suitability. We will however make every effort to ensure that the newsworthy information on our website is correct; however, we do not guarantee it.

The content on this website is subject to change without notice. We cannot be held liable with respect to any of the information provided. Your use of any information on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable.

From time to time, articles on this website may include links to other websites. These links do not signify an endorsement of these other websites but are provided for your convenience to contribute additional information and context. We have no responsibility, and cannot be held liable, for the content of the linked websites.

Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website are subject to the laws of Ontario, Canada.

Commenting

In an effort to open up a dialogue, we encourage respectful comments on our articles which can include respectful disagreement. Comments that are trolling, deliberate disinformation or hateful will be removed.

Guest writers

In an effort to open up a dialogue, we are also open to publishing occasional articles from guest writers. If you are interested in submitting one of your own articles or commentaries or linking an article on www.louise-mignault.com with an article from your own blog, please contact us through the contact form. Please note: we will credit guest writers and provide links to guest writers’ blogs when possible but we cannot protect guest writers’ copyright. If you believe that there has been copyright infringement on your material by one of our readers or by another website, it is up to you to protect your copyright.