Privacy Policy

At Printable Concrete, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website or engage with our services. By using our website or providing us with your personal information, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the information provided in the comments form, including the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us in detecting and preventing spam on our site.

To enhance your commenting experience, an anonymized string (hash) may be created from your email address and provided to the Gravatar service. This allows us to check if you have a Gravatar profile picture associated with your email address. Please refer to the Gravatar service privacy policy at [link to privacy policy] for more information. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

Regarding media content, if you upload images to our website, we recommend avoiding images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors to the website can download and extract location data from such images.

Cookies

To improve user convenience, we offer the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies if you leave a comment on our site. These cookies are stored for one year, eliminating the need to re-enter your details for subsequent comments. Additionally, when you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we establish several cookies to store your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies remain active for two days, while screen options cookies are stored for one year. Selecting the “Remember Me” option extends your login persistence to two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you recently edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Our articles may include embedded content from other websites, such as videos, images, or articles. This embedded content functions in the same way as if you were visiting the other website. These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. If you have an account and are logged in to the external website, your interaction with the embedded content may be tracked.

Who we share your data with

We value your privacy and will not share your data except in specific circumstances. When requesting a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.

How long we retain your data

We retain your comment and its associated metadata indefinitely to facilitate the automatic approval of any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue. 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, with the exception of the username. Website administrators also have access to view and edit this information.

What rights you have over your data

You have certain rights over your data. If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file containing the personal data we hold about you, including any information you have provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. However, please note that this does not include data we are obliged to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be automatically checked through a spam detection service to ensure a safe and secure browsing experience.