PRIVACY POLICY

Good Job!  You actually checked this little bastard out.
ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT ABOUT YOUR DATA.

Who we are: Our website address is: https://soulfriendcollective.com. It is run by goodTimes [gT_I] of soulFriend_Collective. all contact through contact@soulfriendcollective.com
What personal data we collect and why we collect it: Currently, this portal (soulfriendcollective.com) will only collect information entered in the contact-us area. The data will only be used and kept to contact the user as requested and accepted when pressing the “ARE YOU SURE” button found at https://soulfriendcollective.com/contact-us. By default WordPress does not collect any personal data about visitors, and only collects the data shown on the User Profile screen from registered users.
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.
Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (metadata like EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. “””I recommend mat2, written in python to remove metadata https://pypi.org/project/mat2/”””
Contact forms: This portal uses WPForms to collect contact information when a user requests so. WPForms privacy policy can be found at https://wpforms.com/privacy-policy/
Cookies: This portal prefers not to  use cookies. WordPress however???
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: This portal does not use an analytics package at the moment. 
Who we share your data with: This portal does not share data with any parties outside of WordPress . 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 we send your data: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information: For privacy concerns, contact@soulfriendcollective.com, please use subject PRIVACY
Additional information
How we protect your data: Any contact data we keep will be stored encrypted offline.
What data breach procedures we have in place: Data is secured with no express guarantee. You are responsible for what you put online. “””This is the most important rule you need to remember. My hope is to protect your data, but it is yours and yours alone, and just like any secret, it stops being one the moment you let it out to someone else.”””