Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://gccwala.com We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency about how your data is collected and used.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images available on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies last for one year and are for your convenience so that you do not have to re-enter your details when you leave another comment.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences:

  • Login cookies last for two days.
  • Screen options cookies last for one year.
  • If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, login cookies will be removed.
  • If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if you visited those websites directly. These sites may:

  • Collect data about you
  • Use cookies
  • Embed third-party tracking tools
  • Monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking interactions if you have an account and are logged in to that site.

Who We Share Your Data With If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
  • For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except changing their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided.

You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. 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.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this privacy policy at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Contact Information

For any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us: