Privacy Policy

Introduction

At Sylvaia, we are committed to providing a safe and transparent experience for all our users. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data, as well as the technical details of our website operations.

Data We Collect & How We Use It

To improve your user experience and for technical purposes, we collect certain types of data.

  • Comments: When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data you provide in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string. This information is used to help detect and prevent spam. An anonymized string from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public.
  • Media: If you upload images to our website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as other visitors can download and extract this data from the images.
  • Cookies: Our site uses cookies to enhance your experience. These small data files are stored on your device.
    • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you can opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for your convenience. These last for one year.
    • Technical Cookies: We use temporary cookies for security and functionality, which contain no personal data and are discarded when you close your browser.
  • Embedded Content: Articles on this site may include embedded content from other websites (e.g., videos, images). This content behaves as if you have visited the other website directly. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use their own cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content.

How We Share Your Data

Your data is not shared with third parties except in specific, necessary cases. For example, visitor comments may be checked by an automated spam detection service. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments: We retain comments and their metadata indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
  • Registered Users: If you register on our website, we store the personal information you provide in your user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their data at any time (with the exception of their username). Our site administrators can also see and edit this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have a user account or have left comments, you have the right to request an exported file of your personal data that we hold. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This right does not apply to any data we are legally or administratively obligated to keep.

Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertisers

To support our content, we use Google AdSense to serve ads. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads to our users based on their visits to Sylvaia and other sites on the Internet. You can learn more about how Google uses data here.

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