Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: http://vanillabn.com. Vanilla Bay Noir, operated by Vanilla Bay Noir, is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit and interact with our website.

2. Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps us with spam detection and improves site security.

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

3. Media

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

4. Cookies

• Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience, so you do not have to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies will last for one year.
• Login Cookies: When you visit our login page, we 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.
• Persistent Login Cookies: When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one 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.
• Post Edit Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

5. 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 visited the other website directly.

These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content. This includes tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

6. Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not share your personal data with third parties beyond what is necessary to fulfill our services to you or as required by law.

7. 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, rather than holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (excluding username changes). Website administrators also have the ability to view and edit this information.

8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on our 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, except data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

9. Where Your Data Is Sent

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

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we will notify you of significant changes by email or through a notice on our website. Your continued use of our site after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Vanilla Bay Noir
Contact@vanillabn.com