Privacy Page – Version 1 (05/23/2026)
Who we are
Our website address is: https://meierhomediy.com
Pages:
“Home” – Home Page – ‘The Meier’s Home Do It Yourself Page’ – Contains the Header and Footer that is inherited by all pages created (https://meierhomediy.com)
Header – “’About’ ‘Contact’ ‘Home’ ‘ My DIY Projects’ ‘My Blogs’ ‘My Affiliates’ ‘Site Releases’”
Footer – Has three sections
Quick Links: My Affiliates, My Blogs, Site Releases
Privacy: Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, Contact Us
Social: Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Pinterest
Privacy Policies for Word Press and Social Networks
Word Press (wordpress.com)
https://automattic.com/privacy/
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
https://about.instagram.com/data-policy
https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/privacy
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
About – Page (https://meierhomediy.com/about/)
The About Page saves no Data, but includes the Default Header and Footer inherited from the Home Page.
Contact – Page (https://meierhomediy.com/contact/)
The Contact Page has the contact form information (name, email, and message). Also includes the Default Header and Footer inherited from the Home Page.
My Affiliates – Page (https://meierhomediy.com/my-affiliates/)
Contains information about my Amazon Affiliation. Also includes the Default Header and Footer inherited from the Home Page.
My DIY Projects – Page (https://meierhomediy.com/my-diy-projects/)
Years of images with photos from all the different projects, starting in 2006. Each project has four images and the last one for each project has a link to Youtube. When completed, there will be a short video for each project and the link will take you to the corresponding Youtube video. Also includes the Default Header and Footer inherited from the Home Page.
My Blogs – Page (https://meierhomediy.com/my-new-blog/)
This page has three possible selection items. The first selection item starts with a Categories List that is stored on the site. There is no personal information stored here; only related to looking for Blogs. The second selection allows the user to Search for information in a Blog title that has been published on the site. The third possible selection allows a user to Subscribe with an email. Once the user selects a specific list of blogs from the Categories list or the Search , they can select a specific Blog. Once selected, user can scroll down through the image and can share the Blog to social Media, and can choose to like it. Scroll further and you can leave a comment. (Comment Info, visitors IP, browser user agent), You can edit a comment and the Name, email, URL, and Comment are used for Akismet to scan for problems. Also includes the Default Header and Footer inherited from the Home Page.
Privacy Policy – Page (https://meierhomediy.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=286&action=edit) Not published quite yet.
All the information on this page. Also includes the Default Header and Footer inherited from the Home Page.
Site Releases – Page (https://meierhomediy.com/site-releases/)
Some comments about on-going changes to the site. The Site Releases Page saves no Data, but includes the Default Header and Footer inherited from the Home Page.
Affiliate Disclosure
Our site Contains affiliate links to Amazon.
When visitors click those links, Amazon may use cookies to track purchases for commission purposes.
Amazon’s own privacy policy governs data collected on their site.
As part of the Amazon Associates Program in the Privacy Policy and near affiliate links on all posts the specific line will appear “As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.”
More details about this agreement may be found at Operating Agreement.
Amazon Privacy Notice
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GX7NJQ4ZB8MHFRNJ
What Personal data we collect and why we collect it
This site does not collect and retain any sensitive personal data. No Age, Social Security Numbers, or address information are stored. Also no health related information is stored. Personal Data may be generated from technical processes such as contact forms, comments, cookies, analytics, and third party embeds. By default WordPress does not collect any personal data about visitors, and only collects data shown on a User Profile of Registered users. (If used). However some plugins may collect personal data.
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. The Comments are on the ‘My Blogs – Page’
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. There is a way to use Windows to remove the GPS Data. There are other methods with third party tools that may work also.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site your name, email address and website may be saved 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 choose not to use cookies in your browser, then sections of the site may not work correctly.
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.
Contact forms
When visitors submit a contact form on the site, that information (name, email, and message) is typically stored in the WordPress Database as a “Feedback” Entry. Contact information will be kept until there is a request to remove it. The information is not submitted for marketing purposes.
Analytics
By default WordPress does not collect any analytics data. However, many web hosting accounts collect some anonymous analytics data.
Jetpack automatically collects analytics through its built-in Stats module on your WordPress.com website.
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection does collect some data to perform spam filtering — it scans comment and form submission content (like IP addresses, email addresses, and URLs) and sends it to Akismet’s servers to check against known spam patterns.
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. (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Pinterest)
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 do not store a password. By default WordPress does not share any personal data with anyone.
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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Akismet
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet Anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).