Who we are
Our website address is: https://spicerouteexpeditions.com. Spice Route Expeditions is dedicated to protecting your personal information and ensuring a secure travel experience for all users of our website and services.
Comments
When you leave a comment on our website, we collect the information you provide in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser’s user agent string to help prevent spam.
An anonymized string generated from your email address (known as a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you use it. Their privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile image (if any) becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website, avoid including location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can potentially download and extract this information from uploaded images.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website
If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded once you close your browser.
Login cookies are created when you sign in and last for two days; screen preference cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends your login for two weeks.
If you edit or publish content, a cookie is saved in your browser to track the post ID of the article, expiring after one day
Embedded content from other websites
Our website may feature embedded content (videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the external site directly and may collect data, use cookies, or monitor your interaction with that content including tracking your activity if you are logged into those sites.
Password Reset
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email to ensure security.
How long we retain your data
Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments. If user registration is available, we retain any personal profile information users provide. Registered users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time (except username). Website administrators also have access to modify this information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we delete any personal data we possess, except data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be examined by an automated spam detection service to maintain website integrity and prevent abuse.
