Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 17, 2025

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://iv-carpentry.com.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our 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 (a “hash”) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website could download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last one year.
Visiting our login page will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded once you close your browser.
When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will last two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie (with no personal data) saves the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited those other websites; they may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with their content.

Analytics

We may use analytics tools to help us understand how visitors use our site in order to improve our services.

We do not share your personal data with third parties except as necessary for service functionality (for example, spam detection via automated tools).

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
For registered users (if any), we store the personal information provided in user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (username changes are not permitted). Website administrators can also see 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. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except for data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your Contact Information

If you have questions or concerns about your privacy, please contact us using the information provided on our website.

Additional Information

How We Protect Your Data

We implement safety measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure.

Data Breach Procedures

If a data breach occurs, we will take appropriate measures to notify affected users and comply with relevant legal requirements.

Third Parties We Receive Data From

We may receive information about you from third-party services, such as analytics providers.

Automated Decision Making or Profiling

We do not use your data for automated decision making or profiling.

Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements

We comply with applicable data protection laws and regulations.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact-me@iv-carpentry.com