Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website (shwyvalve.com). By accessing or using our site, you agree to the terms outlined below.
1. Website Address
Our official website address is: shwyvalve.com.
2. Comments
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data displayed in the comment form (e.g., your name, email address, comment content), as well as your IP address and browser user agent string. This information is used to help detect and prevent spam comments.
An anonymized string (known as a hash) generated from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to verify if you have a Gravatar account. For details on how Gravatar handles privacy, please refer to their Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if linked to Gravatar) will be publicly displayed alongside your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to our website, please avoid uploading images with embedded geolocation information (EXIF GPS data). Visitors to our site may download and extract this location data from the images.
4. Cookies
Cookies are small data files stored on your device to enhance your browsing experience. We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website URL in cookies. These cookies help you avoid re-entering the same information for future comments and remain valid for 1 year.
- Temporary Login Check Cookie: When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to verify if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
- Login & Display Preference Cookies: When you log in to your account, we set cookies to store your login status and screen display preferences. Login cookies expire after 2 days, while display preference cookies remain valid for 1 year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login status will be retained for 2 weeks. Logging out will remove the login-related cookies.
- Article Editing Cookie: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser to record the ID of the article you edited. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after 1 day.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from third-party websites. Interacting with this embedded content is equivalent to directly visiting the third-party site.
These third-party sites may collect your data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking tools, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content—including tracking such interactions if you are logged into an account on their platform. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party sites.
6. Who We Share Your Information With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the password reset email to ensure account security.
7. How Long We Retain Your Information
- Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata (e.g., timestamp, IP address) are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically approve future comments from you without placing them in the moderation queue.
- User Profiles: For registered users, we retain the personal information provided in your user profile (e.g., name, email address). You can view, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except for your username, which cannot be changed). Site administrators may also view and edit this information as needed.
8. Your Rights Over Your Information
If you have an account on our site or have previously left comments, you may:
- Request an export file of the personal data we hold about you (including all data you provided to us).
- Request the erasure of all personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
9. Where Your Information Is Sent
Visitor comments may be automatically scanned by a spam detection service to filter out malicious or irrelevant content.
