Who we are
Our website address is: https://taichibasics.com.
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.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use Tai Chi Basics and to improve the website’s content, performance, and usability. Google Analytics may use first-party cookies and similar technologies to collect information such as pages visited, actions taken on the site, referral source, approximate geographic location, browser type, device type, operating system, and a unique identifier used to distinguish visitors and sessions.
Google Analytics 4 does not log or store individual IP addresses. Google may process information collected through Analytics according to its own privacy practices. We do not intentionally send Google Analytics names, email addresses, payment information, or other information that directly identifies an individual. You can learn more through Google’s privacy information for Analytics or use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
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
We may share limited information with service providers that help us host and operate the website, manage customer accounts and orders, process payments, analyze website use, prevent spam and fraud, deliver communications, and display advertising. These providers include services such as WooCommerce, Stripe, Google Analytics, automated spam-detection services, and the advertising providers identified elsewhere in this policy. Each provider processes information according to its applicable agreements and privacy policies.
We may also disclose information when required by law, when reasonably necessary to protect the security and legal rights of Tai Chi Basics or its users, or in connection with a sale, transfer, or reorganization of the website or business. If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the password-reset email.
E-Commerce and Payment Processing
WooCommerce
We use WooCommerce to operate our online store and manage customer accounts, purchases, subscriptions, and access to products and services. When you create an account or make a purchase, we may collect and store information such as your name, email address, billing address, telephone number, account information, products purchased, order history, and subscription status.
We use this information to process and fulfill orders, manage accounts and subscriptions, provide customer support, maintain transaction records, prevent fraud, and comply with applicable tax, accounting, and legal requirements. Information collected through WooCommerce may be shared with service providers, including Stripe, only when needed to process payments, complete transactions, provide requested services, or meet legal obligations. More information is available in the WooCommerce privacy documentation.
Stripe
We use Stripe as a third-party payment processor. When you make a purchase, information necessary to process and protect the transaction may be transmitted to Stripe. This information may include your name, email address, billing address, payment method information, transaction amount, and technical or device information used for authentication and fraud prevention.
Stripe processes this information to complete payments, prevent fraudulent transactions, provide payment-related services, and comply with applicable financial and legal requirements. Tai Chi Basics does not receive or store your complete credit or debit card number. Stripe handles payment information according to its own security practices and Privacy Policy.
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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.