Privacy Policy for GardeningRise.com
Welcome to GardeningRise.com! Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your information.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://gardeningrise.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form (name, email address, and comment text), along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. We do this to help detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service (https://automattic.com/privacy/) to see if you are using it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if you have one associated with Gravatar) will be visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website (for example, in a blog post or a comment), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
Cookies
- Commenter Cookies:
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter your details the next time you leave a comment. They will last for one year. - Login/Editor Cookies:
If you visit our login page (for site administrators), a temporary cookie may be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Additionally, if you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website directly.
These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content—
including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged into that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not share your personal data with any third parties, except as necessary for spam detection or to ensure proper website functionality (for example, Gravatar for comments and spam-filtering services).
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically rather than holding them for moderation.
If you register for an account (e.g., as a site contributor), profile information will be stored for as long as your account is active. You can request account deletion at any time, which will remove your profile information from our active database (though certain logs or archives may persist for legal, administrative, or security reasons).
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have left comments on the site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
If you have an account or have published content, you can request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (e.g., Akismet). No other third parties will receive personally identifiable information unless required by law or for security reasons.
