Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://birdspikes.net.au

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

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 detect and prevent spam.

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

Media
If you upload images to the website, please ensure the images do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may download and extract location data from such images.

Cookies

  • If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience and will last for one year.
  • If you have an account and log in to this site, a temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • Upon login, several cookies will be set to save your login information and screen preferences. Login cookies last two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out will remove these cookies.
  • If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved. This cookie includes no personal data and 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 as if the visitor has directly visited the external site.

These websites may:

  • Collect data about you
  • Use cookies
  • Embed additional third-party tracking
  • Monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your activity if you are logged into their website

Analytics

We may use analytics tools to monitor website traffic and user behavior to enhance user experience.

Who We Share Your Data With

Your data will not be shared with third parties, except where necessary for:

  • Compliance with legal obligations
  • Administrative purposes
  • Security measures

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically without manual moderation.
  • For registered users, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (excluding their username). Website administrators also have access to edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request:

  1. An exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including the data you have provided.
  2. The deletion of any personal data we hold, except for data we are legally required to retain for administrative or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact Information

For privacy-related concerns or to request data, please contact our team at:
theteam@customersupport.care