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Effective July 15, 2025 Stratford News Network (“Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website at http://stratfordnewsnetwork.com (the “Site”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Site, including:
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, email address, IP address, phone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline.
NON PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Site, browser type, time zone setting, operating system, device type, and usage details.
INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE US:
This includes information you provide when filling out forms on our Site (e.g., newsletter, signup, comment sections, contact submissions), or when you communicate with us via email or otherwise.
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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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 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.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including personal information:
- To present our Site and its contents to you;
- To provide you with requested services, newsletters, or responses;
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
- To notify you about changes to our Site, services or policies;
- To improve the content, functionality, and useability of our Site;
- For internal analytics and research purposes;
- For security, fraud prevention, and legal compliance;
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information;
- With your consent, where required.
3. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide described in this policy:
- To our subsidiaries and affiliates;
- To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (e.g., hosting, analytics, newsletter management) and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential;
- To comply with any other court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Stratford News Network, our users or others;
- In the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or sale of assets.
4. TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES & COOKIES
Our Site uses cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities over time and across different websites. You can set your browser to refuse all or some cookies. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.
5. THIRD- PARTY LINKS
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites, services or content. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing them with your information.
6. DATA RETENTION
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When no longer needed, we securely delete or anonymize it.
7. YOUR RIGHTS
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights:
- Access to your personal information;
- Correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- Deletion of your personal data (“Right to be Forgotten”);
- Objection to processing or limitation of use;
- Data portability of your information to another service;
- Opt-out of marketing communications at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at:
privacy@stratfordnewsnetwork.com
8. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS— CCPA NOTICE
If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know what personal data we collect, the right to request deletion, and the right to opt out of the sale of personal data (note: we do NOT sell your data).
For CCPA—related requests, email:
ccpa@stratfordnewsnetwork.com
9. SECURITY
We implement industry-standard measures to secure your personal data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
10. CHILDRENS PRIVACY
Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal data from a child under 13, we will delete such information from our records.
11. INTENTIONAL USERS
If you are accessing the Site from outside the United States, you acknowledge and agree that your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States. By using the Site, you consent to such transfer and processing.
12. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. All changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Effective Date.” You are responsible for periodically visiting our Site and this policy to check for any changes.
13. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact us at:
STRATFORD NEWS NETWORK
Attn: Privacy Compliance Officer
414 E Loop 281 Ste. 17
Longview TX 75605
Email: privacy@kristinstratfordnewsnetwork.com
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