This Privacy Statement for Children applies to individuals under 13 (U.S.) or 16 (EU) visiting julianakarlo.com. We are committed to protecting children’s privacy online.

Data Collection for Children:

  1. We do not knowingly collect personal information (e.g., names, emails, IP addresses) from children under 13 (U.S., per COPPA) or 16 (EU, per GDPR Article 8) via comments or forms unless with verifiable parental consent. If comments are submitted by children, we collect only the commenter’s name, email address (hidden), website URL (optional), comment content, IP address, and browser/user agent for spam prevention and moderation, per WordPress settings. This data may be shared with third parties like Akismet (for spam, with Automattic and potentially others) and Google (via Analytics, if enabled, for analytics purposes, collecting IP addresses, device data, and timestamps), but we block tracking for DNT/GPC-enabled users or children unless parental consent is verified, per COPPA §312.5 and GDPR Article 8.

Data Collection Break-Down:

  1. Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the commenter’s name, email address (hidden for privacy), website URL (optional, often blank), comment content, IP address, and browser/user agent for spam prevention and moderation. This data is stored in our WordPress database and may be shared with third parties like Akismet (for spam filtering, with Automattic and potentially others) and Google (via Google Analytics, for analytics purposes, collecting IP addresses, device data, and timestamps), per their privacy policies. Users can opt-out via our cookie banner, Do Not Track, or Global Privacy Control, per GDPR and CCPA.
  2. Third-Party Data Sharing: We use Google Analytics (via Yoast SEO) to track site interactions, which may include comment submissions, collecting IP addresses, device data, and timestamps. We also use Akismet for spam protection, sharing comment data with Automattic and potentially other third parties. Users can opt-out via our cookie banner or privacy preferences, per GDPR Article 28 and CCPA §1798.135.

Parental Consent:

  1. Parents can review, delete, or refuse data collection by contacting us at messalina@julianakarlo.com. We use email verification to verify parental consent, per COPPA §312.5. Consent isn’t required for public comments displayed on our site, as these are optional and anonymized (e.g., names can be pseudonyms, emails hidden), per COPPA, but we do not maintain public directories of children’s data.

Data Sharing:

  1. We do not knowingly share children’s data with third parties unless with verifiable parental consent, per COPPA §312.5 and GDPR Article 8. If shared, it’s only with service providers like Akismet (for spam filtering, under strict data processing agreements with Automattic) and Google (via Google Analytics, if enabled, for analytics purposes, with user consent via our cookie banner and respecting Do Not Track/Global Privacy Control), per GDPR Article 28 and CCPA §1798.135.

Contact Details:

  1. Contact us at messalina@julianakarlo.com per COPPA §312.4.

User Rights:

  1. Children or parents can request data access, deletion, or correction via messalina@julianakarlo.com, per GDPR Article 17/18 and CCPA, if applicable.