Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. By using our services, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy.

2. Information We Collect

  • Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor IP address, and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.
  • Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the site.

3. Third-Party Service Providers

We partner with professional service providers to ensure the security, performance, and analysis of our website.

  • Cloudflare: We use Cloudflare for web security and performance optimization. Cloudflare may process your IP address and traffic data to detect threats and accelerate content delivery. Privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to monitor and analyze web traffic. This service uses cookies to collect data such as browser type and page views, which helps us improve user experience. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience.

  • Essential Cookies: Set by Cloudflare (for example security tokens) to protect the site. These are necessary for the website to function.
  • Analytical Cookies: Set by Google Analytics to help understand visitor behavior. You may opt out via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name and email in cookies for convenience.

5. Data Retention

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for follow-up recognition.
  • User Profiles: For users that register on our website, we store the personal information provided in the user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their information at any time.
  • Analytics Data: Google Analytics data is retained for 14 months before being automatically deleted.

6. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase personal data, excluding data we are obliged to keep for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

7. Regional Disclosures

  • United States (CCPA/CPRA): We do not sell your personal information. We comply with U.S. privacy standards regarding data access and deletion requests.
  • European Union (GDPR): Data processing is based on legitimate interests (security and site improvement). If we are unable to fulfill specific local regulatory requirements, access to services in that region may be restricted or terminated.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact: webmaster@caho.cc