Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.girlsmakethecity.com. We are committed to protecting your personal data and privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your information when you visit our website or interact with our services.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data entered in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (or hash) generated from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile picture (if applicable) will be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

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

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to enhance your user experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help the website recognize you on your next visit and personalize your experience. Here’s how we use cookies:

• Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so that you do not have to re-enter this information when leaving future comments. These cookies last for one year.
• Login: When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine 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 additional cookies to save your login information and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep you logged in for two weeks. Logging out will remove the login cookies.
• Publishing Articles: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser indicating the post ID of the article. This cookie does not contain personal data and expires after one day.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings, but doing so may affect your experience on the site.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, and articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor were visiting the other website directly. These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interactions if you are logged into that website.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites and encourage you to read their privacy policies.

Who we share your data with

• Password Reset: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with trusted third-party providers who help us operate our website, process payments, or deliver services to you. These providers are required to protect your data and may only use it for the purposes we specify.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your data when required by law or if we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.

How long we retain your data

• Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
• User Accounts: For registered users (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide 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.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you have the following rights:

• Access: You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
• Erasure: You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. Please note that this does not include any data we are obliged to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We may also store your data on servers outside your country of residence, depending on where our service providers are located.

Data Security

We are committed to ensuring that your personal data is secure. We implement reasonable physical, technical, and administrative security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Third-Party Links

Our website may include links to other websites, plugins, or services. If you click on third-party links, you may be redirected to their websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party sites, and we encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we discover that we have collected personal data from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we encourage you to review this policy regularly.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.