Privacy Policy
Who We Are
Our Identity
Our website address is: https://www.dswmould.com
Our Transparency
This privacy policy explains in detail how we collect, use, and protect your data when you interact with our website.
Our Commitment
We’re dedicated to maintaining the confidentiality and security of your personal information while providing you with the best possible experience on our site.
COMMENTS & MEDIA
Media Uploads
If you upload images to our website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.
Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website, potentially compromising your privacy.
COOKIE USAGE
Comment Cookies
When leaving comments, you may opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
Editing Cookies
If you edit or publish content, an additional cookie saves the post ID of the article you edited. It contains no personal data and expires after 1 day.
Login Cookies
Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. With “Remember Me” selected, your login persists for two weeks.
Temporary Cookies
When visiting our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser
EMBEDDED CONTENT
VIDEOS
Embedded videos from external platforms may track your interactions, especially if you’re logged into those services.
TRACKING
These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions.
IMAGES
External images may load from third-party servers that can track your IP address and browsing patterns.
ARTICLES
Embedded articles may include their own tracking mechanisms from their original websites.
Data Sharing & Retention
Limited Sharing
We only share your data when necessary.
Indefinite Comment Retention
Comments and metadata are kept indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
Profile Information Storage
For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their profiles.
Password Reset Data
Your IP address will be included in password reset emails if you request one.
We retain comment data indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their profiles. If you request one, your IP address will be included in password reset emails.
Your Data Rights
Access Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of all personal data we hold about you, including any information you’ve provided to us.
Request Erasure
You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This doesn’t include data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Manage Your Information
All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
External Data Processing
Spam Detection Services
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. These services help us maintain the quality of our comment section by filtering out spam and malicious content.
Gravatar Service
We use Gravatar to display commenters’ profile pictures. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here:
https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Cookie Providers
Third-party services may store cookies on your device to enhance your experience, perform analytics, or deliver personalized content and advertisements.
Comment Data
When you leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) from your email may be provided to the Gravatar service. After comment approval, your profile picture becomes visible to the public.