Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is EarthriseGuide.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing transparency about how we handle your information.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent. This helps us detect and prevent spam.

Additionally, an anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you use it. You can find Gravatar’s privacy policy here: Automattic Privacy Policy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to EarthriseGuide.com, please avoid including location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract this information from images.

Cookies

• If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to enter the details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
• A temporary cookie is set on the login page to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and disappears when you close your browser.
• When you log in:
  • Several cookies are set to save your login details and display preferences.
  • Login cookies last two days.
  • Screen options cookies last one year.
  • If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.
  • If you log out, login cookies will be removed.
• If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves just as it would if you visited the external website directly. These external sites may:

• Collect data about you
• Use cookies
• Embed third-party tracking
• Monitor your interaction with their content (especially if you are logged in to their site)

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 and their metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
• For registered users (if any), personal information provided in their user profile is stored. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames cannot be changed). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request:

1. An exported file containing the personal data we hold about you.
2. The erasure of personal data we hold about you (excluding data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes).

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be screened through an automated spam detection service to maintain site integrity.