Effective Date: August 25, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Unfolding Grace (“Website”). This Website is owned and operated by Kimberly Rodriguez (“Owner,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit Unfolding Grace, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
2. Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:
- Personal Data You Provide to Us: When you register for an account, leave a comment, or contact us directly, we may collect personal information such as your name and email address.
- Usage Data Collected Automatically: As you navigate through the site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This includes:
- Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, and the pages you access.
- Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
- This data is collected primarily through Google Analytics and embedded WordPress software.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.
- Why we use them: Cookies help us analyze web traffic, remember your preferences (like your login information), and serve relevant advertisements.
- Third-Party Cookies: Services like Google Analytics and Google AdSense use cookies to perform their services.
- Your Choice: You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.
4. Financial Data and Payment Processing
When you make a donation through our Website, your financial information is processed by a secure third-party payment processor, such as PayPal or Stripe. We do not collect, see, or store your full credit card number or other sensitive financial data on our servers. The information you provide is subject to the privacy policy of the third-party payment processor, and we encourage you to review their policy. We only receive information necessary to confirm the donation, such as your name, email, and the donation amount.
5. How We Use Your Information
We use the information that we collect about you or that you provide to us for the following purposes:
- To present our Website and its contents to you.
- To manage your account, allowing you to leave comments and save (“archive”) favorite blog posts.
- To analyze user behavior and traffic to improve our content, determine which topics are most popular, and enhance the overall user experience.
- To provide you with information or advertising relating to our content and services.
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
6. Advertising
Our Website uses third-party advertising companies to serve minimal ads when you visit the site. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
- Google AdSense & WordAds: We use Google AdSense and WordPress’s WordAds plugin. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
- Opting Out: Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
7. Disclosure of Your Information
We are committed to maintaining your trust, and we want you to understand when and with whom we may share the information we collect.
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors and service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as Google (for analytics and advertising).
- For Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
- We Do Not Sell Your Data: We will not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third parties for their marketing purposes.
8. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.1
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your 2personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at unfoldinggrace1@gmail.com.
9. Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take steps to remove that information from our servers.
11. Links to Other Websites
Our Website may contain links to other websites 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.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at: unfoldinggrace1@gmail.com.
