Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.armhealth.blog/. We are more than a health blog, but also a health advocacy, research, and education consulting organization.
We encourage you to be cautious in what you share about personal health information of yourself or others. Privacy and confidentiality of such information can only be maintained through authorized methods, such as password protected portals. This site does not require any user to have a password.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Personal data collected will include information you share in any post, IP address, and user agent string for spam detection.
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.
All comments must be approved by an administrator or moderator before being posted. Any indication of self-promotion, including websites, names, or email addressed that indicate a business will be deleted. Such posts will have a modified name, e.g. Healthcare Organization, or “Anonymous.” ONLY English comments will be approved.
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.
Contact Forms
We do not use contact forms on this website. Individuals are encouraged to contact us via listed methods such as email, telephone, or post office box.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
Analytics
Currently we are not using analytics but may in the future. Be aware of when this policy was last updated.
Who we share your data with
Although we do not directly share data with any particular organization, this website was built using Blue Host and WordPress and thus through their software may have access to data you share.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This may in the future allow us to 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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
At this time all comments are screened by a moderator, which means it may take time for your comment to be displayed on the website.
Your contact information
Please note email and IP address are collected as part of all comments. This information is not posted and is currently being used for spam detection. IP addresses and posted medial with location identification embedded could increase your risk of being identified and or located.
Additional information
How we protect your data
Email and IP addresses are not published. We do not sell these addresses or personal information to third parties. Identifiable businesses and websites noted in posts may be deleted or edited to generic locations or posted as “Anonymous” by website administrators and moderators.
What data breach procedures we have in place
Data breaches will be addressed via contacting the affected individuals.
What third parties we receive data from
Blue Host and WordPress are used to create and manage this site. They may provide us with additional information and assistance upon lawful request.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
As noted previously, decisions to post content are made by the website administrators and moderators. Individuals making posts under business names or including self-promoting information will have their posts modified. All posts not written in English will be deleted. We do not translate these posts.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
If this is an emergency dial 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
No information shared should be considered personal healthcare advice. Consult your provider for an individualized plan.
FERPA and HIPPA laws will be applied as necessary.
Updated 09/27/2023.