Privacy Policy

📍 Who We Are

Our website: goodgum.info
We’re a team that values transparency, clarity—and yes, cookies 🍪

💬 Comments

When you leave a comment:

  • We collect the content you post
  • We capture your IP address and browser info to detect spam
  • If you use Gravatar, an anonymized version of your email (a hash) may be sent to Gravatar to display your avatar
    ➤ Gravatar Privacy Policy

Once approved, your comment goes public—including your profile image (if available).

🖼️ Media

Uploading images?
👉 Avoid embedding location data (EXIF GPS), since anyone can extract that information from uploaded photos.

🍪 Cookies (Not the edible kind…)

  • If you leave a comment — we may save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last one year.
  • Visiting the login page? We’ll set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies.
  • When you log in, we store cookies to:
  • Save login info — for 2 days (or 2 weeks if you choose “Remember Me”)
  • Store screen preferences — for 1 year
  • Track article edits — by post ID (lasts 1 day)

🌐 Embedded Content

Articles may include embedded items (videos, images, etc.):
Such content may:

  • Collect data
  • Use cookies
  • Add third-party tracking
  • Monitor your interaction—especially if you’re logged into that external site

🔗 Who We Share Data With

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

⏳ Data Retention

  • Comments and their metadata — stored indefinitely
  • Registered users’ data — kept until edited or deleted (except usernames, which cannot be changed)

🧾 Your Data Rights

You may:

  • Request a file with your personal data
  • Ask us to delete your data

Exceptions: We may keep data required for legal, security, or administrative reasons.

🔍 Where Data Is Sent

Comments may be checked via an automated anti-spam detection service.

🔒 Just so you know—we don’t sell your data, track your every move, or ask for your credit card… at least not today