Privacy & Data Protection Policy

1. Data Controller Information

This website is operated by Jazila Traders. We are the data controller responsible for your personal information submitted through this site.

2. Commentary & Interaction

When you engage with our community by leaving comments, we collect the information you provide in the comments form, alongside your IP address and browser user agent string. This additional data is crucial for our robust security measures to help us identify and prevent spam.

To enhance transparency: an anonymized hash created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to verify if you have a profile. We adhere to Gravatar’s privacy policy, available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.

3. Media Uploads

For your safety and privacy, we strongly advise against uploading images to the website that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Please be aware that visitors to the website can download and potentially extract location data from images available on the site.

4. Our Use of Cookies

To create a seamless and personalized user experience, we utilize cookies:

• Comment Convenience: If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies. This eliminates the need to re-enter your details for future comments and lasts for one year.
• Login & Preferences: Our login process sets temporary cookies to determine browser cookie acceptance. Login information and screen display choices are stored in cookies for your convenience—lasting two days for login sessions, one year for screen options, and two weeks if you select “Remember Me.”
• Editor Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited, expiring after 1 day.

5. Embedded Content from Third-Party Platforms

Articles on our site may feature premium embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). This content behaves exactly as if you visited the source website.

These third-party platforms may:

• Collect data about you.

• Employ cookies.

• Integrate additional third-party tracking.

• Monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We recommend reviewing the respective privacy policies of these websites for further information.

6. Data Sharing & Disclosure

Your privacy is respected. We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. Your data is shared only in the following specific circumstances:

• Password Resets: For security purposes, if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

• Spam Detection: Visitor comments are routinely screened through an automated spam detection service to maintain the integrity of our platform.

7. Data Retention Periods

We retain your data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy:

• Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments, streamlining your experience instead of holding them for moderation.

• Registered Users: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (username changes are the exception). Website administrators also have access to see and edit this information.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

You maintain full control over your information. If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to:

• Receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.

• Request the erasure of any personal data we hold about you.

• This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

We are dedicated to upholding the highest standards of data privacy. This policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post any changes on this page and update the modification date above.

For any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact us.