Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy for L1WebTips.com

Who We Are

L1WebTips.com is dedicated to providing insightful web tips and resources. Our website address is: https://l1webtips.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect the data entered in the comments form along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent for spam detection.

Additionally, an anonymized hash created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar privacy policy can be found here. Approved comments display your profile picture publicly in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on our website.

Cookies

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last one year.
  • A temporary cookie is set on the login page to determine browser cookie acceptance. It contains no personal data and is discarded upon closing the browser.
  • Login cookies last two days, screen option cookies last one year, and “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
  • Editing or publishing an article sets a cookie containing the post ID. It expires in one day.

Embedded Content

Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles), which behaves as if you visited the originating site. Such sites may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions, especially if you are logged in.

Data Sharing

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

Data Retention

  • Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely for automatic approval of future comments.
  • Registered users’ data is stored in their profile. Users can view, edit, or delete personal data (excluding usernames). Website administrators can also access and edit user information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold, including any data you’ve provided. You may also request erasure of personal data, excluding data we must retain for legal, security, or administrative purposes.

Where Your Data Goes

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