Privacy Policy & Cookies Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: Acorn Clearprint

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 anonymised string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: Automattic Privacy Policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images containing embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images published on the site.

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 provided for your convenience so that you do not need to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies will remain for one year.

If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, several cookies will be set to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply records the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, and articles. Embedded content from external websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited the external website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, particularly if you have an account and are logged into those websites.

Who We Share Your Data With

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 allows us to recognise and automatically approve follow-up comments rather than holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if applicable), we also store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username. Website administrators can also access and edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.

You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

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