Privacy Policy

Website: https://darkblue-duck-236723.hostingersite.com
Effective Date: June 26, 2025

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://darkblue-duck-236723.hostingersite.com. Buddify is a digital platform designed to connect users for community experiences, events, and wellness initiatives.

Comments

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

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you’re using it. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location information from such images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we set cookies to save your login and screen preferences. Login cookies last two days; screen option cookies last a year. If you select “Remember Me”, login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will store the post ID of the article you just edited. This cookie contains no personal data and expires in one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the third-party website directly. These sites may collect your data, use cookies, and track your interaction.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email. We do not sell your personal data.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for follow-up and moderation purposes.

For users who register on our site (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time (except username). Site administrators can also access and edit this data.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data. You can also ask us to delete any data we hold about you, excluding data we must retain for legal, security, or administrative reasons.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Your data may also be processed by third-party services used for hosting, analytics, or email delivery, in compliance with applicable data protection regulations.