Privacy Policy

Who are we?

The address of our website is: https://www.matts-guitar-shop.com/

Comments

When you leave a comment on our site, the data entered in the comment form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent, are collected to help us detect spam comments.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible publicly next to your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the site, we recommend avoiding uploading images that contain EXIF GPS location data. Visitors to your site can download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you will be offered to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you don’t have to fill in these details again when you leave another comment later. These cookies expire after one year.

If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie will be created to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and will be discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. The login cookie lasts for two days, and the screen option cookie lasts for one year. If you select “Remember me,” your login cookie will persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookie will be removed.

When you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data; it simply indicates the ID of the post you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking tools, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in on their site.

How we use and share your personal data

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

Data retention periods

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve subsequent comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our site (if any), we also store the personal data they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Site administrators can also view and edit that information.

Your data rights

If you have an account or have left comments on the site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request the deletion of your personal data. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.