1. Who We Are
Welcome to GardenSource (“we,” “our,” or “us”). Our website address is: http://gardensource.site.
We are a gardening resource dedicated to providing expert advice, planting guides, and product reviews. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see 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 is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
4. Cookies & Tracking
Standard Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Login Cookies: 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.
Affiliate Cookies (Amazon Associates)
GardenSource participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
When you click on a link to an Amazon product on our site, a specialized cookie is placed on your browser to track the referral. This cookie typically lasts for 24 hours and allows us to earn a small commission if you make a purchase. This process does not collect personal information like your name or email address.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos from YouTube, images from Instagram, 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 with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
6. Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
7. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. However, certain data may be shared in the following instances:
- Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
- Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
8. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
9. 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
10. Contact Us
If you have any specific questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
- Email: umerhayiatofficial@gmail.com
- Website: http://gardensource.site
