Privacy Policy
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://nationalriteofpassagecouncil.org
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect:
- Data shown in the comments form
- Visitor’s IP address
- Browser user agent string (to help with spam detection)
An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify your profile picture. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After comment approval, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
When uploading images to the website, we recommend:
- Avoiding images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS)
- Being aware that visitors can download and extract location data from uploaded images
Cookies
Comment-Related Cookies
- You may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies
- These cookies last for one year and are for convenience when leaving future comments
Login and Browser Cookies
- Temporary cookies are set to determine browser cookie acceptance
- Login cookies last for two days
- Screen options cookies last for a year
- If you select “Remember Me”, login persists for two weeks
- Logout removes login cookies
- Editing/publishing an article saves a cookie indicating the post ID, which expires after 1 day
Embedded Content
Articles may include embedded content from other websites. Such content behaves as if you’ve directly visited those websites. These external sites may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies
- Embed additional third-party tracking
- Monitor your interaction with the embedded content
Data Sharing
- If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email
Data Retention
- Comment and metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate automatic follow-up comment approval
- For registered users, personal profile information is stored
- Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information (except username)
- Website administrators can also view and edit this information
Your Data Rights
If you have an account or have left comments, you can:
- Request an exported file of your personal data
- Request erasure of your personal data
- Note: We may retain data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes
Data Processing
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact
For any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us through the website.