Who we are
Our website is The Solo Chapter: 50 and Beyond, an online lifestyle magazine for women over 50 who are living independently.
Our website address is https://thesolochapter50andbeyond.com.
For questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle personal information, please contact us at hello@thesolochapter50andbeyond.com.
Contact Form
When you contact us through our website’s contact form, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, and message. We use this information to read and respond to your inquiry and handle any necessary follow-up. Contact form submissions are delivered to us by email and may be processed by our website and email service providers. We do not use contact form submissions for marketing without your consent.
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
Images published on The Solo Chapter: 50 and Beyond are selected and uploaded by the website administrator. We take care to avoid including unnecessary personal or location information in images. Visitors should be aware that images available online may be downloaded or saved by others.
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.
When website administrators log in to manage The Solo Chapter: 50 and Beyond, WordPress uses cookies to remember login information and screen display preferences. These cookies help authorized administrators manage the website and are not required for visitors simply reading our articles.
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
We use third-party service providers to help operate and maintain our website, including website hosting and email delivery services. These providers may process personal information as needed to provide their services.
If you contact us through our contact form, the information you submit is delivered to us by email. We do not sell personal information submitted through our contact form.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
Messages submitted through our contact form may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, manage follow-up correspondence, and maintain appropriate business records. We periodically review stored correspondence and delete personal information when it is no longer needed, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
What rights you have over your data
If you have left a comment or contacted us through our website, 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. To make a request regarding your personal information, please email us at hello@thesolochapter50andbeyond.com.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments are processed through our WordPress website and held for manual approval before publication. Comment information may also be processed by our website hosting provider as part of operating and maintaining the site.