Privacy Policy – Gary Bell Portraits

Who We Are

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

Comments

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

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here. After approval of a comment, your profile picture is visible publicly alongside your comment.

Media

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

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience so you do not need to re-enter details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.

When visiting our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

Login cookies save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days; screen options cookies last one year. If “Remember Me” is selected, login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies. Editing or publishing an article creates a cookie with the post ID; it expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the other website. These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions if you have an account and are logged in there.

Who We Share Your Data With

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

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, personal information is stored in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal data (except username). Administrators can also see and edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data or request that it be erased. This does not include data we must retain for legal, administrative, or security reasons.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.