Privacy Policy of All Purpose Cookies
Introduction Welcome to All Purpose Cookies! Our primary website address is: https://allpurposecookies.com.
Comments When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent string to combat spam.
To determine if you use Gravatar, an anonymized string (hash) may be created from your email address. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be found here. Upon comment approval, your profile picture becomes publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media We advise against uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) to the website. Visitors can download and extract such location data from images on our site.
Cookies We use cookies to enhance your experience:
- If you comment on our site, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies, avoiding the need to re-enter this information for future comments. These cookies last one year.
- A temporary cookie checks if your browser accepts cookies upon visiting our login page. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Upon login, we set cookies to save your login info and display preferences. Login cookies last two days, while display choice cookies last a year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends your login duration to two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
- Editing or publishing an article sets a cookie in your browser, holding no personal data, and indicating the post ID of your edited article. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content Articles on our site may feature embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Such content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited those websites directly.
These websites might collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged into those sites.
Data Sharing Your IP address is included in password reset emails, should you request a password reset.
Data Retention We indefinitely retain comments and their metadata to recognize and automatically approve any follow-up comments. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their profiles. Users can modify or delete their information at any time (username changes are not permissible). Administrators can also view and edit this information.
Your Rights If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data held by us, including any data you provided. You may also request the erasure of your personal data, with the exception of data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Transmission Visitor comments may be screened through an automated spam detection service.