Effective date: 9/16/25
At Gracie Mae’s Designs, accessible from https://graciemaesdesigns.com, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have regarding your information.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://graciemaesdesigns.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
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 at https://automattic.com/privacy/ . After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be 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 site can download and extract location data from images.
Cookies
- If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter details again. These cookies last for one year.
- If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- When you log in, we set several cookies to save login information and display preferences. Login cookies last two days, screen option cookies last one year, and if you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
- If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. It includes no personal data and simply records the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves exactly 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 the embedded content, including tracking if you are logged in to that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- For registered users, we store personal information in their user profiles. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on our site, or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided. You can also request that we erase your personal data.
This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at:
Email: graciemaesdesign25@gmail.com