Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Welcome to The Thriving Homemaker! We can be found at our website address: https://thethrivinghomemaker.com.

Comments

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

An anonymized string, generated from your email address (referred to as a hash), might be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you have a Gravatar account. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is accessible at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public within the context of your comment.

Media

If you choose to upload images to our website, please refrain from uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to our site can download and extract any location data from the images on our website.

Cookies

If you decide to leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience, so you won’t need to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies will remain active for one year.

For those visiting our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to verify whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded upon closing your browser.

When you log in, we will also establish several cookies to preserve your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies persist for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account removes the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and merely indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may include embedded content such as videos, images, articles, and more. Embedded content from other websites functions in the same manner as if you had visited the other website directly.

These external websites may collect data about you, employ cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

Should you request a password reset; your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

When you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This is done to enable automatic recognition and approval of subsequent comments without requiring them to be placed in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users have the ability to view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (excluding their username, which cannot be altered). Website administrators also have access to view and edit this information.

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file containing the personal data we hold about you. This includes any data you have shared with us. Additionally, you have the right to request the erasure of any personal data we have collected, excluding data we are obligated to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may undergo an automated spam detection service for review.