Identity of Website Operator
The operator of the website located at https://certified-excellence.com (hereinafter referred to as “our website”) provides this Privacy Policy to inform users of our policies and practices regarding data collection, use, and sharing.
Collection of Information and Use of Cookies
Our website collects specific data from users, particularly when a user leaves comments. This includes information provided in the comment form, the user’s IP address, and browser user agent string, which assists in spam detection.
A hashed version of your email address may be utilized by the Gravatar service to determine if you are a registered user. The details on Gravatar’s privacy practices can be found at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile image becomes publicly available alongside your comment.
Users who upload images to our website should refrain from including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Website visitors can download and extract location data from such images.
Regarding cookies, our website employs them to enhance user experience. Should you leave a comment on our website, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies, which simplifies future comment postings. These cookies are retained for one year.
Additionally, our website sets a temporary cookie to check for cookie acceptance by your browser upon visiting our login page. This cookie contains no personal data and is dismissed once the browser is closed.
When you log in, we implement various cookies to save your login details and display preferences. If you choose the “Remember Me” option, your login persists for two weeks. Upon logging out, these cookies are removed. Cookies are also utilized when you edit or publish an article, identifying the edited article’s post ID and expiring after one day.
Our website also incorporates cookies from external services such as Facebook, Google, Pinterest, and TikTok to facilitate various site functionalities and user interactions.
Embedded Content
Our website may display embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles), which behaves identically to how it would on the originating website. These sites may gather data about you, utilize cookies, and monitor your engagement with the embedded content, especially if you have an account with them and are logged in.
Data Sharing
Your IP address may be communicated if you undertake a password reset request.
Data Retention
Comments and their associated metadata are kept indefinitely for recognition and automatic approval of follow-up comments. Users that register on our website have their provided personal information stored in their profile, which they can view, edit, or delete at any time (username changes are not permitted). Website administrators can also access and modify this information.
User Rights
Registered users or those that have left comments can request an export of their personal data stored by our website. Users can also demand deletion of their personal data, with the exception of data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Transmission
Comments from visitors may be verified using an automated spam detection service.
