The basics
The data held on this website is only accessible for members of this community of practice. Members willfully join this group and must be approved by the Steering Committee/Chair. Full name, contact information (email and phone numbers), sex, title, organization, picture, and short bio is what the website stores. All usernames and passwords are only known to their users. Before entering this information, all members can accept or reject the terms of agreement. This data is secured through Cloudflare, Inc. This information and the associated account will remain on the website until it is manually deleted by the user or the website manager. Any changes in this policy or aspects of data storage and management will be relayed to METIP members. If a member has any questions about the privacy policy please contact metiponline@gmail.com.
Some more technical specifics
Our website (https://metip.net) is built using the WordPress CMS. The following information gives you specifics about how the website functions and what information may be collected while you are navigating the site. All of these technical details follow the overarching guidelines of the basics detailed above.
Caching
This site utilizes caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from LiteSpeed Cache. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator, but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary.
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. 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.
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.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
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.
Data Privacy
For all users that register on our website, 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, but cannot see user passwords.
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.
Our site is regularly backed up using UpdraftPlus (Data Protection and Privacy)
Embedded Content from Other Sites
Different pages 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.
Currently, the most relevant embedded content is YouTube, as we used their unlisted and private video options to host and embed our recordings. YouTube’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Media
If you upload images (such as your profile picture) 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.