Who are we?

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

Comments

When you leave a comment on our site, the data entered in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent, are collected to help us detect unwanted comments.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the site, we recommend avoiding uploading images containing GPS location data in the EXIF metadata. Visitors to your site can download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so that you do not have to re-enter this information when you leave another comment later. These cookies expire after one year.

When you visit the login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain personal data and will be automatically deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. The login cookie lasts for two days, the screen option cookie lasts for one year. If you select "Remember Me", your login cookie will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookie will be removed.

An additional cookie will be saved in your browser when you edit or publish a post. This cookie does not include any personal data, it simply indicates the ID of the post you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking tools, and monitor your interactions with embedded content if you have an account and are logged into their website.

Use and sharing of your personal data

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

Data retention periods

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.

For accounts registered on our site (if any), we also store the personal information provided in their profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also see and modify this information.

Your rights regarding your data

If you have an account or have left comments on the site, you can request to receive a file containing all the personal data we have about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request the deletion of personal data about you. This does not include data stored for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

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