Privacy Policy for weareansel.com
At weareansel.com, we are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. By using our site, you agree to the terms laid out in this policy.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://weareansel.com.
This site is owned and operated by Christian McLeod and the Ansel team.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized hash of your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public.
Media
If you upload images to our website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may be able to download and extract this data from uploaded images.
Cookies
Comments: If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience and last for one year.
Login Page: We use a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie doesn’t store any personal information and is discarded when you close your browser.
Login Details:
- When you log in, we set cookies to save your login credentials and screen display settings.
- Login cookies last for two days; screen options cookies last for one year.
- If you select “Remember Me,” your login remains active for two weeks.
- Logging out removes login cookies.
Editing/Publishing Content: If you edit or publish content, a cookie with the post ID is stored in your browser. It contains no personal data and expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, or articles). Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the source website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, especially if you are logged into those external platforms.
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
Comments: Comments and metadata are stored indefinitely so that we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
User Profiles: If you register on our site, we store the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your personal info at any time (username changes not allowed). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments on weareansel.com, you can request:
- An exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
- That we erase any personal data we hold.
This does not include data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security reasons.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be filtered through an automated spam detection service.
