1. Introduction
At Carissa’s Delights, we are committed to protecting your privacy. Our website address is: https://carissasdelights.co.za. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data.
2. Comments
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify if you are using it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment. You can view the Gravatar privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images hosted on the site.
4. Cookies
- Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These last for one year and are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again.
- Login: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login info (lasting two days) and screen display choices (lasting one year). If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks.
- Editing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie indicating the post ID is saved in your browser. It expires after 1 day.
5. Embedded Content
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). This content behaves exactly as if you visited the other website directly. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you are logged into their services.
6. Data Retention
- Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- Registered Users: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
7. Your Rights
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. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
8. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.