Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://arts09.com

User Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information provided in the comment form along with your IP address and browser user agent to help detect spam. An anonymized version of your email (a hash) may also be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. You can review the Gravatar Privacy Policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy. Once approved, your profile picture may be displayed alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images or other media to our site, please avoid including embedded location data (such as EXIF GPS information). Visitors may download and extract any location data contained in the media.

Cookies and Login Data

Comments: If you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will remain for one year so that you don’t have to re-enter your details on subsequent visits.

Login: When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. Once logged in, cookies store your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days (or two weeks if you select “Remember Me”), and screen option cookies last for one year. When you log out, the login cookies are removed.

Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is saved in your browser that indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. This cookie expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Pages and posts on our website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites. This embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the other website directly. These external sites might collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content.

Data Sharing

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

Data Retention

Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to enable automatic recognition and approval of any follow-up comments.

User Profiles: For users who register on our website, the personal information provided is stored in your user profile. You may view, edit, or delete your personal data at any time (except your username), and website administrators have access to this information as well.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided. You can also ask us to erase your personal data. Please note that this does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Third-Party Data Processing

Visitor comments may be processed by automated spam detection services that check for spam and malicious content.