privacy policy
PLEASE READ THIS STATEMENT CAREFULLY
Pittsburgh Tub Club respects the privacy of every individual who visits our website. this PRIVACY POLICY outlines the information Pittsburgh Tub Club may collect and how we may use that information.
POLICY ITEMS
Pittsburgh Tub Club will not collect any personally identifiable information about you (e.g., your name, address, telephone number or email address (“personal data”) through our websites unless you have provided it to us voluntarily. if you do not want your personal data collected, please do not submit it to us. when you do provide us with personal data, we may use that information in the following ways, unless stated otherwise: we may store and process that information for our business purposes, including to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services. we do not now and do not intend to sell, rent or market personal data about you to third parties.
in some cases, we may automatically (i.e., not via registration) collect technical information when you connect to our site that is not personally identifiable. examples of this type of information include the type of internet browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using, the domain name of the website from which you linked to our site, your ip address, and the page you requested.
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.
CONTACT FORMS AND COOKIES
when you view our website, we may store some information on your computer. this information will be in the form of a “cookie” or similar file and can help us in many ways. for example, cookies allow us to tailor a website to better match your interests and preferences. with most internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. please refer to your browser instructions or your technical support team to learn more about these functions.
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.
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.
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.
