Privacy Policy

At Shinty World, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal data when you visit or interact with our website.

🔎 Who We Are

Our website address is: https://shintyworld.com.
If you have any questions about this policy or your data, please contact us at:
📩 shintyworld@gmail.com

💬 Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

If you use Gravatar, an anonymised string (hash) of your email may be sent to their service. You can read their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy.
After approval, your profile picture may be publicly visible next to your comment.

📷 Media Uploads

If you upload images to the site, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may be able to download and extract location data from images on the website.

🍪 Cookies

We use cookies to improve your browsing experience. You can choose to accept or decline them.

  • Comment cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These last for 1 year for your convenience.
  • Login cookies: Set to remember your login for 2 days (or 2 weeks if “Remember Me” is selected).
  • Screen preferences: Saved for 1 year.
  • Post editing: A cookie storing the article ID is set when editing or publishing a post. It expires after 1 day.
  • Login page: A temporary cookie is used to check if your browser accepts cookies and is deleted when you close your browser.

🌐 Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. YouTube videos, Instagram images, etc.).
Embedded content behaves just as if you visited that website directly and may:

  • Collect data about you
  • Use cookies
  • Include third-party tracking
  • Monitor your interaction with their content

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external sites.

🔐 Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for security reasons.

We may also use third-party services (e.g. spam filters) to process user data in line with this policy.

⏳ How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments: Retained indefinitely, including metadata, to recognise and auto-approve follow-ups.
  • Registered users (if applicable): Personal info provided is stored in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your information at any time (except your username).
    Admins can also access and edit this data.

✅ Your Data Rights

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request:

  • An exported file of your personal data
  • That we delete any personal data we hold about you

This excludes data we are legally or administratively required to keep.

🌍 Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services to ensure site safety and performance.

📩 Contact Us

For questions or data requests, email:
shintyworld@gmail.com