Privacy

 Privacy policy

This page outlines our privacy practices for visitors and users of CatalinELbooks.

Comments:

• When you leave a comment, we collect information from the comment form, your IP address, and browser details to help prevent spam.
• Your email address might be used to check if you have a Gravatar account (profile picture service).
• Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment.

Media:

• Uploading images? Please avoid embedded location data (GPS) in the photos. Visitors can potentially extract this data.

Cookies:

• Leaving a comment? You can choose to save your name, email, and website for convenience. These are stored for a year.
• We use temporary cookies to check if your browser accepts them (no personal data, deleted when you close the browser).
• Logged-in users have various cookies to remember their login information and preferences. These can last for 2 days (login) or 1 year (preferences). Choosing "Remember Me" extends your login to 2 weeks. Logging out removes them.
• Editing or publishing an article creates a temporary cookie for 1 day, specific to that article.

Embedded Content:

• CatalinELbooks may include content from other websites (videos, images, articles). These may collect data about you, use cookies, track your interaction, and utilize third-party tracking, especially if you're logged in to those websites.

Data Sharing:

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

Data Retention:

• Comments and their details are stored indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve future comments from you.
• Registered users have personal information stored in their profiles. This can be viewed, edited, or deleted by the user (except username). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.