The goal of FactsAndPhysio.com is to provide information and education on common musculoskeletal conditions and evidence-based strategies to live a healthier life. Visiting our site should be a positive, informational experience. Because of that we do everything in our power to protect your privacy.
Who we are
If you would like to read more about Facts and Physio’s origins, please visit our about page.
In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Facts and Physio.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and 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, please 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.
Contact forms
If you fill out a contact form on FactsAndPhysio.com or linked email sign-up form, we only collect the information that you enter into the form. This information is sent to us by email, and we retain that information for so long as it takes us to respond to your purpose for contacting us.
Email addresses, names, and other information entered in a contact form is only used to respond to you. We never sell information from contact forms (or any information for that matter) to any third parties.
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 14 months.
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.
Analytics
Like most websites, we use Google Analytics to assess the number of visitors that reach the website and general demographic information (among other non-identifying information). This non-identifying information is tracked automatically by Google Analytics and is used to understand how we can improve the user experience on FactsAndPhysio.com.
If you wish to opt out of Google Analytics so that none of your personal information is collected and stored by Google Analytics, you can download and install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on here. For more information on how Google collects and uses your data, you can access the Google Privacy Policy here.
Who we share your data with
We do no sell or share your 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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Additional information
FactsAndPhysio.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. We also participate in affiliate programs with Rogue.com and other sites. We may be compensated for referring traffic and business to these companies.
What third parties we receive data from
As stated above, we receive data from Google Analytics regarding some of the behaviors of our site’s visitors. We also receive information from the affiliate programs that we belong to. This information includes the number of orders submitted after clicking one of our affiliate links, the cost of products in the order, and if orders were returned. We do not receive any identifying or personal information from these sites/programs.