Who We Are
Welcome to Tahoe Tree Care! You can find us online at https://tahoetreecare.com.
Comments
When you leave a comment on our website, we collect the information displayed in the comment form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.
If you use an email address to comment, we may send it through an anonymized process (creating a hash) to check if you are registered with the Gravatar service, enhancing your user profile visibility upon comment approval. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our site, please avoid images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as other visitors can download and extract such data from the images.
Cookies
- Commenting: If you leave a comment, you can opt-in to store your name, email, and website in cookies, enhancing your convenience by not needing to refill your details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.
- Login: On visiting our login page, we use a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies, which does not store personal data and is deleted upon closing your browser. Additional cookies are used upon logging in to save your login details and display preferences, with login cookies lasting two days and screen options cookies for a year. If you opt for “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Upon logging out, these cookies are removed.
- Editing/Publishing: Cookies are set when you edit or publish an article indicating the post ID, with no personal data included, expiring after one day.
Embedded Content
Other websites’ embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) is treated as if you have visited those websites directly. They may collect data, use cookies, and monitor your interactions with embedded content, particularly if you have an account and are logged into those websites.
Analytics and Advertising
We utilize Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to understand how our visitors engage with our website. We also intend to use Google Ads for advertising purposes. This data helps us improve our services and website experience.
Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.
Data Retention
Your comments and its metadata are retained indefinitely for follow-up comment auto-approval without moderation hold. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in your user profile. You can edit or delete your personal information anytime, except for username changes, which are uneditable. Administrators can view and edit your information as necessary.
Your Rights
You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided. You may also request the deletion of your personal data, excluding data we are mandated to retain for administrative, legal, or security obligations.
Data Handling
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Us
For any privacy-specific concerns, please email us at [email protected].