Who we are
Chimney Star is committed to maintaining your privacy and ensuring the protection of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect and how it is used and protected.
Our website address is: https://chimney-star.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our website, 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, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter your details for another comment. These cookies last one year.
A temporary cookie is set when you visit our login page 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 set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies are removed.
An additional cookie is saved when you edit or publish an article, indicating 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, etc.) from other websites, behaving as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for recognition and approval of follow-up comments. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their information (except username changes). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided. You can also request erasure of personal data we hold about you, excluding any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
