Privacy Policy & Terms

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://annamakesit.com. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and handle your personal data when you visit our website.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check 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 will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from images posted on the site. To protect your privacy, we recommend removing EXIF data before uploading.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter your details when leaving 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 will be discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display preferences:

Login cookies last for two days.
Screen options cookies last for one year.
If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks.
When you log out, 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 one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited those websites directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to their website. Please review the privacy policies of those websites for more information.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

We may also share data with third-party services to improve our website, including spam detection and analytics services. Any such sharing will comply with applicable data protection laws.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided 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 view and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request 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 data we are obliged to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, which may involve transferring data to servers located outside your country. We ensure that any such transfers comply with applicable data protection regulations.

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us, and we will take steps to remove it.

How We Protect Your Data

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption, firewalls, and secure servers.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any updates will be posted on this page, and we encourage you to review this policy periodically.