Duraflame is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website, located at /.
Information We Collect:
- Comments: When you leave comments on our site, we collect the information you provide in the comment form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help detect spam. Additionally, an anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may 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/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment.
- Media: Uploading images to our website is possible. However, we recommend avoiding images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as website visitors can download and extract this information.
- Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address, 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 options cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends your login persistence for two weeks. Login cookies are removed when you log out. Editing or publishing an article saves an additional cookie in your browser, which only contains the post ID of the edited article and no personal data. This cookie expires after one day.
How We Use Your Information:
The information we collect is used to:
- Improve our website and services
- Respond to comments and inquiries
- Prevent spam and enhance website security
Data Sharing and Third-Party Access:
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties except when required by law or for spam detection purposes.
Embedded Content:
Articles on our site may include embedded content from other websites. This content behaves as if you visited 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:
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow for automatic approval of subsequent comments. Additionally, for registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profiles.
Your Rights:
You have the right to request an exported file of your personal information or request the erasure of your personal data. This excludes any data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Security:
We take steps to secure your personal information; however, 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 about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
By using our website, you consent to this Privacy Policy.