Who we are
Hey there! Our website is: https://tiregate.ca.
Comments
When you drop a comment on our site, we gather the info you fill out in the comments form, plus your IP address and browser details to help keep the spam out.
We might create an anonymized string from your email (that's a fancy way to say hash) to check if you're using Gravatar. You can check out the Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment gets the thumbs up, your profile pic will be shown to everyone who sees your comment.
Media
If you're uploading images to the site, it's best to steer clear of images that have location data (like EXIF GPS) attached. Visitors can easily grab and check out any location info from images on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment here, you can choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies. It's just to make things easier for you so you don’t have to fill your details out again next time. These cookies stick around for a year.
If you swing by our login page, we’ll set a brief cookie to check if your browser does cookies. This cookie has zero personal info and gets tossed when you close your browser.
When you log in, we’ll set up a few cookies to remember your login info and your display preferences. Login cookies last two days, and display option cookies will be around for a year. If you choose "Remember Me", you'll stay logged in for two weeks. If you log out, those login cookies go bye-bye.
Editing or publishing an article? We’ll drop an extra cookie in your browser. This cookie doesn’t hold any personal info and just tells us the post ID of the article you edited. It expires in a day.
Embedded content from other websites
Some articles here might have embedded content (like videos, images, articles, etc.). This content acts just like you’re visiting the original website.
These sites may collect info about you, use cookies, add tracking from third parties, and keep an eye on how you interact with that embedded content, especially if you're logged into their site.
Who we share your data with
If you ask for a password reset, your IP address will pop up in the email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, we keep it and its details forever. This way, we can spot and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of putting them in a holding pattern.
For anyone who signs up on our site, we keep the personal info they give us in their profile. All users can check, update, or delete their info anytime (except for changing their username). Website admins can also see and tweak that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account here or have left comments, you can ask for a file of the personal data we have about you, including anything you've shared with us. You can also request the erasure of any personal data we hold about you, but we have to keep some data for admin, legal, or security reasons.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments might go through an automated spam check service.
