Privacy Policy for The Secret Society Garba
At https://thesecretsocietygarba.com, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://thesecretsocietygarba.com. We are committed to protecting your personal information and providing transparency about how we handle your data.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) of your email may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images you upload.
Cookies
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If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
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If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
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When you log in, cookies are used to save login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep you logged in for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
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Editing or publishing an article saves an additional cookie with the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the source website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
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Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.
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For registered users, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase your personal data. This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
By using our website, you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.