1. Who We Are
At Axle Spindle Inc. (“we,” “us,” or “our”), we own and operate this website, https://axlespindle.com. We prioritize protecting our users’ privacy and ensuring the security of their personal information. Our Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal data we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your information.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
4. Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. 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.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a 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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
5. Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not share, sell, or trade your personal information to third parties. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. To edit your account information login to your at axlespindle.com/my-account/ and select “Account Details” from the side menu.
9. Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
10. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics collects information about your visit, including:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Operating system
- Referral URLs
- Pages viewed and the order in which those pages were viewed
- Date and time of your visit
- Time spent on individual pages
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this data and generate reports about website usage. This information helps us improve our website and understand trends in user behaviour.
Note: The data collected by Google Analytics is anonymized and does not directly identify you.
For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, you can visit Google’s privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
If you wish to opt-out of Google Analytics tracking, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.