Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for BilitonNews.co

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://bilitonnews.co.

2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with 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 can be found 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 uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms
When you submit a contact form, we collect personal information such as your name, email address, and message. This data is used to respond to your inquiry and is stored for communication purposes.

Cookies

  • If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience so that you do not need to fill in your details again when you leave 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 is 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 choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If 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, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics
We use third-party services such as Google Analytics to track and analyze the use of our website. This allows us to improve the user experience.

3. Who We Share Your Data With

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

4. How Long We Retain Your Data

  • If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
  • 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 changing their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

5. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive 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, with certain exceptions for data we need to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

6. Where We Send Your Data

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

7. How We Protect Your Data

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction.

8. What Data Breach Procedures We Have in Place

In the event of a data breach, we will promptly notify affected users and take the necessary steps to rectify the breach and mitigate its impact.

9. What Third Parties We Receive Data From

We may receive user data from third-party services such as social media, analytics platforms, and advertising partners. We ensure that third-party providers comply with relevant privacy regulations.

10. What Automated Decision-Making and/or Profiling We Do With User Data

We do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling that significantly impacts you. Any data collection is intended to improve your experience on our website.

11. Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements

We comply with relevant industry regulatory requirements for data protection, including GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) where applicable.