At SPD Breitenbach, we are committed to protecting your personal information and ensuring a safe browsing experience. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have regarding your information.
Who We Are
Our official website is SPD Breitenbach.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information submitted in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent details. This helps us detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized hash created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service has its own privacy policy.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if enabled) becomes publicly visible in connection with your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website, please avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location information from such images.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance convenience and functionality.
- If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies. These remain for one year.
- When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain personal data and is removed when you close your browser.
- When you log in, several cookies are set to store your login information and display preferences.
- Login cookies last for two days.
- Display preference cookies last for one year.
- Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login active for two weeks.
- Logging out removes all login cookies.
- If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie contains only the post ID of the article you edited and expires after one day.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content behaves the same as if you visited the external website directly.
These external websites may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies
- Include third-party tracking
- Monitor your interaction with the embedded content (especially if you are logged in on their site)
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the password reset email for security verification.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.
- For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user 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 when required.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you may request:
- A copy of the personal data we hold about you
- The deletion of any personal data we store about you
This does not include data we must retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be scanned through an automated spam detection system to ensure website safety and quality.