Who We Are
Our website address is: https://goodafrican.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible publicly in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter this information on subsequent comments. 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.
Upon logging in, we will set up cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen option cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out will remove the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same as if the visitor had visited that other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the 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
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and automatically approve any follow-up comments. For users registered on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except they cannot change their username. Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, excluding data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.