At Purely Budgeted (https://www.purelybudgeted.com), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This policy outlines what data we collect, how it’s used, and your rights as a user of our website.
1. Who We Are
Purely Budgeted is a personal finance and budgeting platform that provides free resources, blog content, and digital products to help individuals and families manage their money with clarity and confidence.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website (e.g., through comments or forms), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site.
4. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to:
- Remember user preferences
- Track analytics data (e.g., pages visited, time on site)
- Improve user experience
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies will last for one year.
You can control or disable cookies in your browser settings at any time.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, blog posts). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content—including tracking your interaction if you are logged in to that website.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. However, your data may be shared with third-party services we use to operate the website:
- Google Analytics (for performance tracking)
- Email marketing platforms
- Anti-spam plugins (to protect our site from abuse)
These providers are under strict confidentiality obligations and may only process your data in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
- If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- If you subscribe to our newsletter, we retain your email address until you unsubscribe.
- Contact form submissions are kept for up to 12 months for customer service purposes and are not used for marketing unless you’ve opted in.
8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, or submitted forms, you can request to:
- Receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction or deletion of that data
- Withdraw your consent for data usage
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Additionally, form submissions or email opt-ins may be routed through third-party services like email marketing platforms or analytics tools that process data in accordance with GDPR and CCPA regulations.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for legal or regulatory reasons.