At BEAUTURAL (/), we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our website.
Information We Collect
We collect information in a few different ways:
- Comments: When you leave comments on our site, we record the data shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser details to help detect spam. Additionally, an anonymized string generated from your email address might be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. You can find the Gravatar service’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment after it’s approved.
- Media: Uploading images to our website is possible. We recommend avoiding images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as website visitors can potentially download and extract this information.
- Cookies: If you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies expire after one year. We also use cookies to remember your login information and screen display preferences when you log in. Login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for a year. Choosing “Remember Me” at login keeps you logged in for two weeks. Login cookies are removed once you log out. Editing or publishing an article saves an additional cookie, containing only the post ID of the article you edited, and it expires after one day.
How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is used for various purposes, including:
- Improving our website and services
- Responding to your comments and inquiries
- Preventing spam and enhancing security on our website
Data Sharing and Third-Party Access
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties except in the following instances:
- When required by law
- For spam detection purposes
Embedded Content
Articles on our website may contain embedded content from other websites. This content behaves as if you’re visiting the original website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.
Data Retention
We retain comments and their metadata indefinitely to enable automatic approval of subsequent comments. For registered users, we store the personal information they provide in their user profiles.
Your Rights
You have the right to request an exported file of your personal data or ask for its erasure. This excludes any data we’re legally obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Security
We implement security measures to protect your personal information. However, it’s important to remember that no internet transmission method is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Please review it regularly for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
By using our website, you consent to this Privacy Policy.