Who We Are
Our website address is: https://thegrounding-shoes.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (also called a hash) may be created from your email address and provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. You can review Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment:
You may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page:
A temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
If you log in:
We set several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences.
- Login cookies last for two days.
- If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.
- Screen option cookies last for one year.
- Logging out will remove the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article:
An additional cookie will be stored in your browser. It contains no personal data—just the post ID of the article you edited—and 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 just as if you visited the external site.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including if you are logged in to those websites.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security verification purposes.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve any future comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can:
- View,
- Edit, or
- Delete their personal information at any time (except for their username).
Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request:
- An exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided.
- 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 reasons.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.