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Privacy Policy – Our website address is: http://growandupdate.com.. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in a secure and responsible manner.
About Privacy Policy
Comments Privacy Policy
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information entered in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This data helps us detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string (also known as a hash) generated from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media Privacy Policy
If you upload images to the site, please ensure that location data (EXIF GPS) is not embedded in the files. Visitors to the website may download and extract any location data from images posted on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you won’t have to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies will last for one year.
When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. It doesn’t contain personal data and is discarded once you close your browser.
Upon logging in, several cookies will be set to remember your login credentials and display preferences. Login cookies last two days, while display preference cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will extend your login to two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie includes no personal information and simply records the post ID of the article. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Such embedded content from other websites behaves just as if you had visited those sites directly.
These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content — especially if you have an account and are logged into those platforms.
Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email to ensure account security.
Data Retention
If you leave a comment, it and its metadata are retained indefinitely to help us recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
If you register an account, we store the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your personal information anytime (except for your username). Site administrators can also access and modify this data.
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 may also request deletion of your personal data. However, this excludes data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security reasons.
Data Transfer
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to help maintain the integrity of the site.
