Privacy Policy of Parrot Coffee

This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we collect, the purposes for which we collect it, and how we handle and safeguard it to ensure your privacy is maintained.

1. Identity and Contact Details:

Website: Parrot Coffee

2. Information Collection and Usage:

We collect and utilize personal data to enhance your experience on our website and to provide the services you request. Here’s a breakdown of the data we collect and why:

• Comments: When you leave comments, we collect the data displayed in the comments form along with your IP address and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection. Should you choose to utilize the Gravatar service, an anonymized string generated from your email address may be sent to Gravatar. Following comment approval, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.
• Media: If you upload images, it’s advisable to avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors can download and extract this location data from images on the website.
• Contact Forms and Cookies: Should you leave a comment, you have the option to save your name, email, and website in cookies for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies remain for one year.
• Login: On visiting our login page, a temporary cookie is set to ascertain your browser’s cookie acceptance, which is discarded upon closing your browser. Additional cookies are set to save your login info and screen display choices upon logging in.
• Article Editing or Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie indicating the post ID of the recently edited article is saved in your browser, expiring after 1 day.
• Embedded Content: Our articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Such embedded content from other websites behaves as if you have visited those websites, which may collect data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you are logged in to that website.
• Analytics: We utilize Google Analytics to understand how our website is being used and to improve user experience. Google Analytics collects anonymous data such as your IP address, browser type, and the pages you visit on our website. We do not share this data with third parties.

3. Data Sharing and Retention:

• Data Sharing: We do not share your personal data with any third parties.
• Data Retention: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, we store the personal info provided in their user profile, which they can view, edit, or delete at any time (username changes are not permitted).

4. Your Rights:

You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you or to request its deletion, except for data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

5. Data Transfers:

Visitor comments may be verified via an automated spam detection service.

6. Changes to This Policy:

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

7. Third-Party Links:

Our website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such websites. We advise you to read the privacy policies of these websites before providing any personal information.

8. Security Measures:

We employ a variety of security measures to safeguard your personal data, including SSL encryption, secure servers, and firewalls. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security, and we recommend that you use caution when submitting personal information online.

9. Contacting Us:

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].