privacy policy – Welcome to Horrizon News ! We want you to know how we handle your information when you use our website [https://horrizonnews.com/]. By using our site, you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.
What Information We Collect
Personal Information:
When you visit our website, we might ask for your name, email, or other info you willingly share with us.
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the information you enter in the comment form. (privacy policy) Additionally, we may use a scrambled version of your email address (it’s like a secret code called a hash) to check if you have a Gravatar account. Gravatar is a service that shows a profile picture next to your comment. You can check their privacy policy here: Gravatar Privacy Policy. Once we approve your comment (privacy policy), your profile picture, if you have one, will be visible to the public along with your comment.
Non-Personal Information:
We also collect general data, like your IP address and the type of browser you’re using to help us spot and prevent spam. It helps us improve the site.
How We Use Your Information
We use your info to:
- Personalize your experience on our site.
- Make our site better by analyzing how people use it.
- Send you emails with news updates or other relevant info.
Sharing Your Information
We don’t sell or give away your personal info to others without your permission. (privacy policy) However, we might share non-personal info for statistical reasons.
Media Information
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Our site uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. You can turn off cookies in your browser settings, but it might affect certain features on our site.
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 so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will 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 will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Third-Party Links
Our site might have links to other websites. We’re not responsible for how they handle your privacy, so check their privacy policies too.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from (privacy policy) other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Security
We take steps to keep your personal info safe from unauthorized access or loss. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can 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 also 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). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this 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. 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.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We might update this policy now and then. Any changes will be effective right away once we post the updated policy.
Contact Us
Got questions? Reach out to us at [contact@horrizonnews.com].