This privacy policy explains how valentecreates.com collects and uses any personal information you provide when using this site. This is a personal blog and creative portfolio. We collect only the minimum information necessary and will never sell or misuse your data.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://valentecreates.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact Form
When you use the contact form on this site, we collect your name, email address and the content of your message. This information is used solely to respond to your enquiry and is not stored beyond that purpose.
Email Newsletter Subscriptions:
If you choose to subscribe to updates from this site, we collect your name and email address for the sole purpose of sending you occasional updates about new posts, artwork and news. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email. We will never share your email address with third parties.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Embedded content from other websites
This site embeds YouTube videos. YouTube is operated by Google and their privacy policy applies to any interaction with embedded videos.
This site uses WordPress standard cookies.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. Contact form submissions are used only to respond to your enquiry. If you sign up for email updates, your name and email address are stored with Mailchimp, our email newsletter provider. You can view Mailchimp’s privacy policy at mailchimp.com/legal/privacy. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What rights you have over your data
If you have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.