Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.WAIFEM.org.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.

Cookies

  • Leaving a Comment: If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies. This helps you avoid typing this information again next time you comment. These cookies stay on your device for one year.
  • Visiting the Login Page: When you visit our login page, we use a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie doesn’t hold any personal information and is deleted when you close your browser.
  • Logging In: When you log in, we use cookies to remember your login details and how you like your screen set up. These login cookies last for two days. If you choose “Remember Me,” you will stay logged in for two weeks. If you log out, these cookies are deleted.
  • Editing or Publishing Articles: If you edit or publish an article, another cookie is saved on your browser. This cookie only notes the article you worked on and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Embedded Content: Sometimes, our articles might have videos, images, or other content from other websites. When you view this content, it’s like visiting those other websites directly.

Data Collection: The other websites can collect information about you, use cookies, and track your activity. They may also track what you do with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to their site.

Who We Share Your Data With

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

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments: When you leave a comment, we keep your comment and its details forever. This helps us automatically recognize and approve any replies you make in the future without needing to check them manually.

Registered Users: If you sign up on our site, we save the personal information you give us in your profile. You can view, update, or delete your information whenever you like, but you can’t change your username. The site administrators can also view and update your information.

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.