Privacy Policy

What personal data do we collect and why?

  • Comments: When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the information you provide in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser details to help detect spam. We may also create an anonymous string from your email (called a hash) to check if you’re using the Gravatar service. If you are, your profile picture will show next to your comment. You can read Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

  • Media: If you upload images to our site, avoid uploading images with location data (like EXIF GPS) included, as visitors can download and access this information.

  • Contact Forms: If you contact us through our contact form, we may store your information to reply to you or communicate in the future.

Cookies

  • What are cookies? Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your computer by a website. We use them to track your use of our site and recognize you when you return.

  • Types of cookies we use:

    • Session Cookies: These are temporary and disappear when you leave the site. They help identify your visit.
    • Persistent Cookies: These stay on your computer until you delete them. They allow us to recognize you when you return to our site, so you don’t have to log in again.

  • If you leave a comment: You can choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies. This makes it easier to comment again later. These cookies last for a year.

  • If you have an account: When you log in, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. We also set cookies to save your login details and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days or more, and screen preferences cookies last for a year. If you choose “Remember Me,” your login will stay for two weeks. Logging out will remove the login cookies.

We use cookies to:

  • Track affiliates.
  • Identify and categorize the web pages that led you to our site and observe how you browse.
  • Provide features like online orders and cache those orders.
  • Store analytics about your behavior on the site.

We use third-party services to analyze how the site is used for statistical purposes. This involves collecting anonymous data such as the number of visits, country, browser, time of visit, etc. The technical information we collect includes:

  • IP addresses.
  • The type of computer or mobile device you’re using.
  • Operating system version.
  • Mobile device identifiers like MAC Address, Identifier For Advertising (IDFA), and International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI).
  • Browser type and language.
  • Referring and exit pages and URLs.
  • Platform type.
  • The number of clicks on a page or feature.
  • Domain names.
  • Landing pages, pages viewed, and the order of those pages.
  • The amount of time spent on specific pages.

Web log files are stored indefinitely and used to manage the site. This information is only accessible to authorized persons.

If you don’t accept cookies, some parts of the site may not work properly for you.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may include embedded content like videos, images, or articles. This content behaves as if you visited the other website directly. These websites might collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you’re logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Facebook Pixel, and some other to understand how our site is used.

Who We Share Your Data With

We may share your personal information with our sellers, service providers, lawyers, or accountants if needed.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its details are kept indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve any future comments automatically. For registered users, we store the personal information in their user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information anytime (except their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. You can also ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you, except for data we need to keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

  • You can change your personal information anytime through your profile settings.
  • You are responsible for keeping your username and password secure.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How We Protect Your Data

We respect your privacy and do not share your personal information with others.

Third Parties We Receive Data From

We use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, and a few other trusted third-party scripts to collect data about our visitors and website users.

Regulatory Disclosures

We may share your personal information with our sellers, service providers, lawyers, or accountants if needed.

If we make any changes to our privacy policy, we will post them on this page.