Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy – Caitlin Watson

Who we are

Our website address is: https://caitlinwatson.com.
We provide tools, articles, and guides about colors, color mixing, codes, and combinations.

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 string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the site, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from uploaded images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. It is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, cookies are used to save your login info and display choices. Login cookies last 2 days; screen option cookies last 1 year. If you select “Remember Me,” login persists for 2 weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved (no personal data included). It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the other site directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

Comments and metadata are kept indefinitely to recognize and auto-approve future comments.
For users who register on our site, we store personal info in their profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal info at any time (except username). Site admins can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data, or request deletion of personal data. This excludes data we are required to keep for legal or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

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