Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.m5hosting.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. Contact forms

Any data entered into any contact form on this website is sent insecurely to a specified email address and it’s contents could possibly be read by someone other than the unintended recipient.

  1. 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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

  1. 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

  1. Analytics

We use Google Analytics to measure our website’s performance but do not track or log IP addresses.

Who we share your data with

If you register to our programs or mailing list, your data is shared with MailChimp solely to maintain and segment our mailing list.

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. If you register to our programs or mailing list, your data is shared with MailChimp solely to maintain and segment our mailing list.

Our contact information

M5 Hosting Inc. 10601 Tierrasanta Blvd, #G-135 San Diego, CA 92124.

How we protect your data

This website is running the best and latest security add-ons which always keep the website in the most secure state, at all times. Such secure protection features I use, but not limited to are: Daily database backups in a secure location with very limited admin access.

What data breach procedures we have in place

I would notify you promptly, to the extent permitted by law, upon receiving an inquiry or complaint from a Data Subject or Supervisory Authority relating to this website of the Personal Data in question.

What third parties we receive data from

The Gravatar service would send a user specified gravatar (avatar) icon image to our database if any email supplied during this websites registration or by leaving a comment on this website also. If you use Paypal as a method of payment for any goods, services or donations. Your transaction ID, record, confirmation are sent from Paypal to our website for payment verification and completion.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

No automated decision making or user profiling takes place on this website.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

The terms of this policy shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California and the laws of the United State of America applicable therein, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California with respect to any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this policy. Specifically modified and amended in this policy, all of the terms, provisions and requirements contained in the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and govern this Policy. If any provision of the Policy is held illegal or unenforceable in a judicial proceeding, such provision shall be severed and shall be inoperative, and the remainder of this policy shall remain operative and binding on the parties.