Effective Date: 01.11.2024
Welcome to BAunplugged! This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our site. By using BAunplugged, you agree to the practices outlined here.
Who we are
Business Analysis unplugged is a blog dedicated to providing practical insights and solutions to common challenges in IT projects, particularly from a business analyst’s perspective. Our website address is: https://www.baunplugged.com.
For the purposes of data protection laws, Business Analysis unplugged is the “data controller” of your personal data. You can contact us regarding data protection concerns at info@baunplugged.com.
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
We process personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: When you voluntarily provide information, such as when subscribing to our newsletter or leaving comments.
- Legitimate Interests: To improve our website’s functionality and protect the website from spam and abuse.
Newsletter Subscription
If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, we will collect your email address solely for the purpose of sending you updates about new blog posts and relevant content on BAunplugged. We will only send you emails with your consent, and you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails or contacting us directly.
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.
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.
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 you don’t have to fill in your details again when leaving 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.
For more details about our use of cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
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 data with third-party services for purposes of spam detection and website analytics. These third parties only receive the minimum amount of data necessary to perform their functions in compliance with GDPR.
International Data Transfers
We may transfer personal data outside the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) when working with third-party service providers. In such cases, we ensure that adequate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses, are in place to protect your data.
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 newsletter subscribers, we retain your email address until you choose to unsubscribe or request deletion.
Your Rights Over Your Data
Under GDPR, users in the EU have the following rights regarding their personal data:
- Objection: You can object to the processing of your data under certain circumstances.
- Access: You can request to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification: You can ask us to update or correct any inaccurate data.
- Erasure: You can request that we delete your data, except for data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
- Restriction of Processing: You can ask us to restrict the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
- Data Portability: You can request to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@baunplugged.
Automated Decision-Making and Profiling
We do not use automated decision-making or profiling on this website that could significantly affect your rights.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We also use website analytics to understand usage patterns, though this data is anonymized and aggregated to protect user privacy.