Effective Date: February 10, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to SierraGrandy.com (“the Website”). We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring the protection of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your data when you interact with our Website.
2. Information We Collect
We collect the following types of information:
2.1. Personal Information
Newsletter Subscription: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address to send you updates and relevant information.
Comments: If you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your 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. The Gravatar service’s 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.
2.2. Usage Information
We collect information about your interactions with the Website, including:
Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. 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 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, which includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited; it expires after one day.
Embedded Content: 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 you have 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.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
Communication: To send newsletters and respond to your inquiries.
Site Improvement: To analyze usage data and enhance the Website’s functionality and user experience.
Legal Obligations: To comply with legal requirements and protect our rights.
4. Data Sharing
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. However, we may share your information with:
Service Providers: Third-party service providers who assist us in managing and maintaining the Website, including hosting, analytics, and email communications.
Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal information as follows:
Comments: Indefinitely, to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Registered Users: 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.
6. Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
Access and Update: You may request access to or updates of your personal information by contacting us.
Deletion: You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, excluding any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
7. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Effective Date” at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal information.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: sierra@questifyyourlife.com
11. GDPR Rights
If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have specific rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:
Access: The right to request access to your data that we store and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.
Processing Restrictions: The right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.
Objection: The right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.
Withdrawal of Consent: To the extent that you provided consent to our processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.
Complaint: The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.
We require only the information that is reasonably required to provide services to you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of providing services to you.
12. California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including:
Disclosure: The right to request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
Deletion: The right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
Opt-Out: The right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell your personal information.
To exercise your California privacy rights, please contact us at: sierra@questifyyourlife.com
13. Third-Party Links
Our Website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
14. International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. By using our Website and providing your information, you consent to such transfers.
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), we will take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal data receives an adequate level of protection when transferred outside the EEA, in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
15. Dispute Resolution & Mediation
In the event of any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy or your use of the Website, the parties agree to first attempt to resolve the dispute through good faith negotiations. If the dispute cannot be resolved through direct negotiations, the parties agree to submit the matter to mediation before a neutral third-party mediator, to be mutually selected. Mediation will take place in Minnesota unless otherwise agreed by both parties. Each party shall bear its own costs related to mediation, except that the cost of the mediator shall be shared equally.
If mediation does not resolve the dispute, either party may pursue legal action in accordance with applicable laws. Nothing in this clause shall preclude either party from seeking injunctive relief or other equitable remedies when necessary to prevent irreparable harm.
16. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in legal requirements, our data practices, or the functionality of our Website. When we make changes, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the bottom of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal information. Your continued use of the Website after any modifications constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
17. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your rights, or how we handle your data, you may contact us at:
Email: sierra@questifyyourlife.com
We appreciate your trust and are committed to protecting your privacy.
Last Updated: February 10, 2025
