Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Hospitality Showers handles information connected with website visits, comments, media uploads, cookies, embedded content, account activity, and privacy requests.
Who We Are
Hospitality Showers operates the website located at hospitalityshowers.com.
This policy applies to information collected through this website and explains how visitor-related data may be used to support website functionality, security, account access, comment moderation, and privacy-related requests.
Information We Collect
Certain information may be collected when visitors interact with the website, especially when using comment forms, uploading media, logging in, or managing website content.
Comments
When visitors submit comments, the website collects the details entered in the comment form. It may also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help identify and reduce spam.
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A privacy-safe version of the visitor’s email address, known as a hash, may be shared with the Gravatar service to check whether the visitor uses that service. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at automattic.com/privacy.
After a comment is approved, the commenter’s profile image may appear publicly next to the approved comment.
Media Uploads
Visitors who upload images should avoid including embedded location data, such as EXIF GPS information, in those files.
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Images uploaded to the website may be accessible to site visitors. If an image contains embedded location information, visitors may be able to download the image and extract that location data.
Cookies
The website may use cookies to improve visitor convenience, support login sessions, remember display preferences, and manage content editing activity.
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Comment Cookies
Visitors who leave a comment may choose to save their name, email address, and website in cookies. This makes future commenting easier because the same details do not need to be entered again. These cookies remain for one year.
Login Page Cookies
When a visitor reaches the login page, the website may set a temporary cookie to confirm whether the browser accepts cookies. This temporary cookie does not contain personal information and is removed when the browser is closed.
Login and Display Cookies
When a user logs in, cookies may be created to save login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies usually last for two days, while screen preference cookies may remain for one year.
Selecting “Remember Me” keeps the login active for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies from the browser.
Editing and Publishing Cookies
If a user edits or publishes an article, an additional browser cookie may be saved. This cookie does not include personal data. It only records the post ID of the article that was edited and expires after one day.
Who We Share Your Data With
Visitor information is only shared where needed for website functionality, security, or service-related processes described in this policy.
Password Reset Requests
If a user requests a password reset, the user’s IP address may be included in the reset email for security and account verification purposes.
How Long We Retain Your Data
Data retention depends on the type of interaction a visitor has with the website, such as commenting, registering, or maintaining a user profile.
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Comment Retention
Comments and their related metadata may be kept indefinitely. This allows follow-up comments to be recognized and approved more efficiently instead of being held in moderation each time.
Registered User Information
For registered users, the website stores the personal information provided in each user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except usernames cannot be changed.
Website administrators may also view and edit registered user profile information when required to manage the website.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Visitors with an account on this website, or visitors who have left comments, may request a copy of personal data held by the website.
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Data Export Requests
A visitor may request an exported file containing the personal data the website holds about them, including information they have provided.
Data Erasure Requests
A visitor may also request that personal data held by the website be erased.
Data erasure does not apply to information that must be retained for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be reviewed through an automated spam detection service to help protect the website and maintain comment quality.
Security and Moderation
Spam detection helps support a safer and cleaner website experience by reviewing comments before or during publication workflows.