yellowHEAD Privacy Policy
About Us
Welcome to yellowHEAD’s online platform, accessible at https://www.yellowhead.com. At yellowHEAD, we take privacy and data protection seriously. Here’s an overview of the personal data we collect and the reasons behind it:
Comments
When visitors engage with our website by leaving comments, we collect the information provided in the comments form. Additionally, we capture the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection. We may also use an anonymized string generated from your email address (known as a hash) to check if you are using the Gravatar service, as described in their privacy policy available here. After your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public within the context of your comment.
Media
If you choose to upload images to our website, please ensure that they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as this information can be downloaded and extracted by visitors.
Contact Forms
Cookies
When you leave a comment on our site, you have the option to opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are designed for your convenience, allowing you to avoid re-entering your details when posting additional comments. These cookies remain valid for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we establish several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies persist for two days, while screen options cookies remain valid for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.
When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie may be stored in your browser, containing no personal data and solely indicating the post ID of the edited article. This cookie expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from other websites. This embedded content behaves in the same way as if you had visited the other website directly. These external websites may collect data about you, employ cookies, include additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to their platform.
Analytics
We may collect and analyze data to improve our services and user experience.
Data Sharing
We do not share your data with third parties without your explicit consent.
Data Retention
If you leave a comment, your comment and its associated metadata are retained indefinitely for administrative purposes, including the automatic approval of follow-up comments.
For registered users on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. Users have the ability to view, edit, or delete their personal data at any time (except for the username, which cannot be changed). Website administrators also have access to and can edit this information.
Your Rights
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of your personal data that we hold, including any information you have provided. You may also request the deletion of any personal data we hold about you, excluding data that we are legally obligated to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Handling
Visitor comments may be subject to automated spam detection.
Contact Information
For inquiries or requests related to your personal data, please contact us using the provided contact information.
Additional Information
Our data protection measures, data breach procedures, third-party data sources, and any automated decision-making processes or user data profiling are in accordance with industry regulations and disclosure requirements.
