Privacy Policy

Who We Are
Our website address is: https://canadaroast.com.

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection purposes.

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

Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) in the files. Visitors to the website may download and extract any location data from uploaded images.

Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.

Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is removed when you close your browser.

When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, screen option cookies for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends login persistence to two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.

Editing or publishing an article creates an additional cookie in your browser that stores the post ID. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if the visitor visited the source website directly.

These external websites may collect data, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content, including if you are logged in to those websites.

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

Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow automatic recognition and approval of follow-up comments.

Registered users’ personal information is stored in their profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username. Website administrators can also access and edit this information.

Your Data Rights
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold, except for data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service.