Who We Are
Dr. Monica Carrer, co-founder of The Everyday Peace Initiative (“us,” “we,” or “our”) operates The Everyday Peace Initiative website: https://everydaypeace.community (the “Service”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service.
We are committed to keeping your information as private as possible. We will not use or share your information except as described in this Privacy Policy.
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, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. 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). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images.
Forms While using our Service, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information, for example in the case of contact forms, including but not limited to:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Address
Cookies If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. 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. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies will be removed.
Additional cookies may be saved when you edit or publish an article, but these cookies do not contain personal data and expire after one day.
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 the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in.
Analytics We use Google Analytics via the Google Kit plugin to track website traffic and usage patterns. This helps us improve the user experience and understand how the website is being used. Additionally, we use Google Search Console for monitoring website performance in search engines.
Meta Pixel We will also install the Meta Pixel for tracking and improving marketing efforts. This may collect data on your website activity and interactions with our content.
Who We Share Your Data With We do not share your personal data with third parties unless required for the purpose of providing services, such as for Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, or other third-party service providers as outlined in this policy. We do not share your data for commercial purposes.
How Long We Retain Your Data Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, personal information provided in user profiles is stored indefinitely. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username. Administrators can also edit this information.
User-Generated Content The website allows users to create profiles and upload content in the ‘community’ section. Content uploaded in the ‘community’ section is visible to registered members. We advise users not to upload sensitive information. Users are responsible for the data they choose to share and may delete their personal data and close their account at any time. They may also create public content and are responsible for the data they choose to share publicly.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data If you have an account 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. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, excluding data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Additionally, data collected for analytics and marketing purposes may be shared with third-party services such as Google Analytics and Meta Pixel.
Service Providers We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate specific aspects of our Service, such as fixing bugs and technical issues. These service providers are given temporary, limited access to strictly for the purpose of performing these tasks on our behalf, and they are obligated not to use or disclose your data for any other purpose.
Apart from the services mentioned above, we do not share your personal data with third parties, except for data collected through Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and Meta Pixel for the purpose of website performance monitoring and marketing analytics.
Security While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure. We use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, but we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Payments We do not store payment information. Payments are processed securely through Stripe and PayPal gateways.
Your Contact Information If you have any questions, please contact us at: monica@