Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.housenumbers.co.za
Comments
When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. Additionally, we may provide an anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can find the Gravatar service privacy policy here: [https://automattic.com/privacy/](https://automattic.com/privacy/). After we approve your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the website. Therefore, ensure your images do not contain sensitive information.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you can opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Moreover, if you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. When you log out of your account, we will remove the login cookies.
Furthermore, if you edit or publish an article, we will save an additional cookie in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited the other website. Consequently, these websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, we will include your IP address in the reset email. Thus, your information is used solely for the purpose of security and account recovery.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, we retain the comment and its metadata indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Moreover, website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. Additionally, you can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data
We may check visitor comments through an automated spam detection service. Consequently, your comments are scrutinised to prevent spam and maintain the integrity of our site.