Peekapoo World Privacy Policy
Welcome to Peekapoo World’s Privacy Policy
Your privacy is of paramount importance to us at Peekapoo World (peekapooworld.com). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we handle your data and your rights concerning it.
1. Data We Collect and Why
Comments: When you leave comments on Peekapoo World, we collect the data displayed in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you use it (Gravatar service privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/). Upon comment approval, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media: We advise against uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) to the website. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on Peekapoo World.
Cookies: Peekapoo World uses cookies to enhance your experience:
- If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don’t have to refill them for future comments. These cookies last for one year.
- Temporary cookies are set upon visiting our login page to check if your browser accepts cookies, and these are discarded once you close your browser.
- Login and screen options cookies are set when you log in, lasting two days and one year, respectively. “Remember Me” option extends login persistence to two weeks.
- Editing or publishing an article sets a cookie in your browser, indicating the post ID of the article you edited. This cookie expires after one day.
Embedded Content: Articles on Peekapoo World may include embedded content from other websites. Such embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the other website, which may collect your data, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
2. Data Retention and Your Rights
Data Retention: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for automatic follow-up comment recognition. For registered users, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can manage their personal information anytime (except username changes). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
Your Rights: As a user of Peekapoo World, you can request an exported file of your personal data we hold, including any data you’ve provided us. You can also request the erasure of your personal data, excluding data we’re obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact Us
For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, please reach out to us via our contact page.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website.
Thank you for being a part of Peekapoo World!