Privacy Policy



Who We Are Our website address is: https://thecommonroomblog.com.

Comments When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect data from the comments form, including the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection. An anonymized hash of your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service.

Media Avoid uploading images with embedded location data. Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.

Cookies

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
  • On the login page, a temporary cookie checks if your browser accepts cookies and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • Logging in sets cookies to save login and display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. “Remember Me” extends login for two weeks.
  • Editing or publishing an article saves a cookie with no personal data for 1 day.

Embedded Content Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited those sites and may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions.

Data Sharing If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.

Data Retention Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely. User profile information for registered users is stored. Users can see, edit, or delete their data, except for their username.

Your Rights If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your data and request data erasure, excluding data retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

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