When visitors leave comments on our 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 string created from your email address (a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy. After your comment is approved, your profile picture may become visible to the public.
Media
If you upload images to our site, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may download and extract location data from website images.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies — for convenience — so you don’t have to re-enter details. These cookies last for one year.
When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Upon logging in, several cookies are saved for your login info and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, screen option cookies for one year. If “Remember Me” is selected, your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
If you edit or publish a product or post, a cookie is stored in your browser noting the ID of the content — it expires in one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles or product pages may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, etc.). Such content behaves the same as if you visit the source website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, or embed third-party tracking tools — especially if you’re logged in to their services.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for verification.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to identify and approve future comments automatically.
If you register on our site, we store the personal information provided in your user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal data anytime (except username). Site administrators can also access and edit this data.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account or have left comments on our site, you can request an exported file of your personal data we store. You can also request that we delete your personal data — excluding data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be reviewed via an automated spam detection system.
Thank you for trusting Embroidered Thoughts (ETS) with your data.
Who we are
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://embroideredthoughts.com.
Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
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
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Thank you for trusting Embroidered Thoughts (ETS) with your data
