Privacy Policy

At RichardRiviere.com, one of our biggest priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This page documents the types of information collected and recorded at https://richardriviere.com and how they’re used.

Log Files

All website hosting companies (they enable websites to be published online) use log files to log visitors to a website. The information collected by these files includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and sometimes the number of clicks. None of this information is personally identifiable. Instead, it is used for analyzing trends, administering the website, tracking users’ anonymous movement on the site, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

A ‘cookie’ is a file containing an identifier (a random string of characters) sent by a web server to a web browser and then stored by that browser. Cookies do not contain any personal information.

Like almost all websites, RichardRiviere.com uses cookies. They are used to store information, including visitors’ preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accesses or visits. This information is used to improve the user experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use utilizing cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create usage reports. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Essential

Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.

NameDescriptionDuration
wpconsent_preferencesThis cookie is used to store the user's cookie consent preferences.30 days

Google reCAPTCHA

Google reCAPTCHA helps protect websites from spam and abuse by verifying user interactions through challenges.

NameDescriptionDuration
_GRECAPTCHAGoogle reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.179 days

Statistics

Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a powerful tool that tracks and analyzes website traffic for informed marketing decisions.

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NameDescriptionDuration
_galiUsed by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked30 seconds
_ga_ID used to identify users2 years
_gidID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity24 hours
_gatUsed to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager1 minute
__utmbUsed to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.30 minutes after last activity
__utmcUsed only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.End of session (browser)
__utmzContains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server6 months after last activity
__utmvContains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.2 years after last activity
__utmxUsed to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.18 months
_gaID used to identify users2 years
_gac_Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.90 days
__utmaID used to identify users and sessions2 years after last activity
__utmtUsed to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests10 minutes

Marketing

Marketing cookies are used to follow visitors to websites. The intention is to show ads that are relevant and engaging to the individual user.

Google Maps

Google Maps is a web mapping service providing satellite imagery, real-time navigation, and location-based information.

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NameDescriptionDuration
OGPCThese cookies are used by Google to store user preferences and information while viewing Google mapped pages.1 month
OGPThis cookie is used by Google to activate and track the Google Maps functionality.2 months

For more general information on cookies, please read the “What Are Cookies?” article on the Privacy Policy Online website.

Here is how to disable cookies in different internet browsers:

Comments

When visitors leave comments on this website, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with 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

If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages, together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ to maintain information received online, by mail, and by telephone. This also applies when you register for our website, sign up through any of our forms using your email address or make a purchase on this website.

Email Policy

We are committed to keeping your email address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties and will not disclose your email address to any third parties unless legally compelled to do so. That is, if we believe that the law requires it for the protection of our legal rights or when compelled by a court or other governmental entity to do so.

We will maintain the information you send via email in accordance with applicable federal law.

In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all e-mails sent from our organization will clearly state who the e-mail is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all email messages sent to our subscription lists will contain concise information on how to remove yourself from our mailing list so that you receive no further email communication from us.

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 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.

By default, the ThirstyAffiliates plugin collects visitors’ IP addresses every time they click an affiliate link as part of the statistics information. By checking this, the IP address collection will be disabled, but other information will still be saved.

Social sharing 

This website may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button), which let you share actions you take on our we