Privacy
Read our Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use, and protect your data, including comments, media, cookies, and embedded content.
Who We Are
✔ Our website address is: https://atharvafoundation.org.
Comments
✔ When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect:
- Data shown in the comments form
- Visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string (for spam detection).
- We create an anonymized string (hash) from your email and share it with the Gravatar service to check it.
- The Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
- Once we approve your comment, your profile picture becomes publicly visible in the comment section.
Media
- Uploaded images, ensure they do not include embedded location data.
- Visitors can download and extract location data from images.
Cookies
- When you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience.
- These cookies last for one year.
When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. - This cookie contains no personal data and disappears when you close the browser.
When you log in, we create multiple cookies:
- Login cookies (last for two days)
- Screen display options cookies (last for one year)
- If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks.
- When you edit or publish an article, we save an additional cookie with the post ID. It 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 functions as if you visited the original site.
- These websites may Collect data about you, Use cookies, Embed third-party tracking.
- Monitor your interactions, especially if you are logged in to their site.
Who We Share Your Data With
✔ When you request a password reset, we include your IP address in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- We retain comments and their metadata indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- For registered users, we store personal profile information:
- You can view, edit, or delete your personal data (except your username).
- Website administrators can also access and edit user profiles.
Your Rights Over Your Data
✔ If you have an account or have left comments, you can request:
- An exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
- The deletion of any personal data (excluding data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes).
Where Your Data Is Sent
✔ Our automated spam detection service checks visitor comments.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.