Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

About Us

Our website can be found at: https://arapearls.com/.

Personal Data Collection and Why We Collect It

Comments

When you leave comments on our site, we collect the information you provide in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string, to help prevent spam. 

An anonymized version of your email address might be used by the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. Once approved, your profile picture will be visible alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the site, please avoid using images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Users can download and extract location data from the shared images on the website.  

Contact Forms

Cookies

When you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. This means you won’t need to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies are valid for one year.

When you log in, we use cookies to manage your login session and screen display preferences. Login cookies are active for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login session will persist for two weeks. Cookies associated with your login will be removed when you log out.

If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will store the post ID of the article you just worked on, expiring after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Our articles may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from other websites. Interacting with embedded content from other sites will be treated as if you visited those sites directly, which may lead to data collection, cookie use, or additional tracking by those third parties.

Data Sharing

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

Data Retention

We retain comments and their metadata indefinitely. For users who are registered, we keep the personal information provided in their user profiles.

Note: Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (note that usernames cannot be changed). Site administrators also have access to and can edit this information.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data, including any information you have provided. 

You can also ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you, excluding the data required to keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Data Processing

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