Last updated: [November 2025]
At Vinnie’s Healing Touch, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website or use our services.
Who we are
Vinnie’s Healing Touch provides holistic and energy-healing services, including Reiki and distance healing sessions.
Our website address is: https://vinnieshealingtouch.com
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a “hash”) may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After approval, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images that include embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from images.
Cookies
We may use cookies for the following purposes:
1. Comments
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
2. Login
If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
If you log in:
- Login cookies last for 2 days
- Screen options cookies last for 1 year
- If “Remember Me” is selected, login persists for 2 weeks
- Logging out removes all login cookies
3. Editing Content
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is saved in your browser. It contains the post ID of the article you edited and expires in 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from external websites.
Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the external website directly.
These websites may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies
- Embed third-party tracking
- Monitor your interaction with their content
This may include tracking if you are logged in to their platform.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email sent to you.
How long we retain your data
Comments: Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-ups automatically.
User Accounts: If you create an account, we store the personal information you provide in your user profile.
Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
You can view, edit, or delete your information at any time (except your username).
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request:
- An exported file of the personal data we hold about you
- Deletion of your personal data
This does not include data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To request account or data removal, please contact: [[email protected]]
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked using automated spam-detection services.