Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.thesistertribe.nl

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 check 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.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set 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, several cookies will be set to save your login information and your screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. When you log out, the login cookies are removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article. It expires after one day.

Statistics

We use Burst Statistics to gain insight into how visitors use our website.
Burst is a privacy-friendly analytics tool that stores statistical data locally on our own server and does not share data with third parties.

Burst Statistics does not track users across websites and does not use cookies for profiling or marketing purposes. The collected data is used solely to improve the performance and content of the website.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site do not include embedded content from external websites such as videos or social media feeds.

Our website may contain links to external platforms such as Instagram. These links only redirect visitors to the external website and do not load embedded content or tracking cookies.

Who we share your data with

We do not share personal data with third parties, except where necessary for technical or security reasons.

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. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.

For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except the 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 to receive 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. This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.