Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: http://smalltownmilton.com.au/

Comments

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

To check if you use Gravatar, an anonymized string created from your email address (often called a hash) may be sent to their service. You can find their privacy policy here: Gravatar Privacy Policy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be displayed publicly alongside it.

Media

If you upload images to our site, please avoid including images that have embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location information from any images uploaded.

Cookies

When you leave a comment, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. This means you won’t need to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies will remain active for one year.

A temporary cookie will be set when you visit our login page to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal information and will be deleted once you close your browser.

Upon logging in, additional cookies will be created to remember your login details and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen option cookies last for one year. If you choose the “Remember Me” option, your login will remain active for two weeks. Logging out will clear the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie only contains the post ID of the article you edited and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Sites

Our articles may include embedded content (like videos, images, and articles). This embedded content acts as if you visited the other website directly.

These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, integrate additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged into that site.

Data Sharing

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

Data Retention

When you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and automatically approve follow-up comments without holding them for moderation.

For users who register on our site, we retain the personal information provided in their user profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (though changing the username isn’t permitted). Website administrators can also access and modify this information.

Your Rights Regarding Your Data

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request a file of your personal data that we hold, including any information you’ve shared. You also have the right to request the deletion of any personal data we have about you, except for any data we need to keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Data Transmission

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