Privacy Policy
Who we are
ArchiVault Consultants is committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring the responsible collection, usage, and protection of your personal information in accordance with the highest industry standards.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection. An anonymized string, created from the email address, may be provided to the Gravatar service to check for its usage. Our commitment to privacy aligns with industry standards, and we encourage you to review the Gravatar service privacy policy. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
When uploading images to our website, please refrain from including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to our site may download and extract location data from images for their use.
Cookies
When leaving a comment on our site, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website information in cookies for your convenience. These cookies, lasting for one year, eliminate the need to re-enter your details when leaving subsequent comments.
For visitors accessing our login page, a temporary cookie is set to assess cookie acceptance, containing no personal data and discarded upon browser closure. Upon login, additional cookies are established to store login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies persist for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. Choosing ‘Remember Me’ extends your login duration to two weeks.
Logging out removes login cookies. When editing or publishing an article, a non-personal data cookie noting the post ID is saved for one day in your browser.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on our site may contain embedded content, such as videos, images, or articles, which functions similarly to visiting the source website. These external sites may gather data about you, employ cookies, integrate additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content. This includes tracking if you have an account and are logged into that external website.
Who we share your data with
In the event of a password reset request, your IP address will be included in the reset email for verification purposes.
How long we retain your data
When you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate the automatic recognition and approval of any follow-up comments, eliminating the need for moderation. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users have the ability to view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for the username, which cannot be changed). Website administrators also have access to and the ability to edit this information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you’ve provided. You may also request the erasure of your personal data. However, this does not apply to any data we are obliged to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposeses.
Where your data is sent
To ensure a spam-free environment, visitor comments are subject to verification through an automated spam detection service.
