Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for NewWorlds.com

1. Who We Are

Welcome to NewWorlds.com. Throughout this policy, the terms “we”, “our”, and “us” refer to NewWorlds.com. You can visit our main website at https://newworlds.com.

2. Data Collection

  • Comments: When you leave comments, we collect the details you provide, your IP address, and browser information for spam detection. If you use Gravatar, an anonymized string from your email (a hash) may be sent to check its availability. After approval, your Gravatar profile image becomes public. You can review the Gravatar privacy policy here.
  • Media: If you upload images, ensure they don’t contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as other visitors might extract this.
  • Cookies:
    • If you comment, you may opt for your name, email, and site to be saved in cookies, ensuring easier future commenting. These last a year.
    • Logging in sets a cookie determining browser cookie acceptance, discarded upon browser closure, and cookies retaining login and screen choices. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login for two weeks; otherwise, the login cookies last two days, and screen options last a year.
    • Editing or publishing an article creates a cookie marking the post ID, expiring after one day.
  • Embedded Content: Articles might contain embedded content (e.g., videos) from other sites. Interacting with it is equivalent to visiting the source site, which might track your engagement, especially if logged into that site.

3. Data Sharing

  • General: Password reset requests involve sharing your IP in the reset email.
  • Google Customer Reviews: To enrich your experience, we might share your email with Google Customer Reviews post-purchase, given your consent, for survey purposes. Google’s use of this data is solely for the survey and does not encompass advertising or sharing. For details, review Google’s Privacy Policy.

4. Data Retention

  • Comments and their metadata remain indefinitely, facilitating automatic approval of relevant follow-ups.
  • Registered users have their provided data stored in their profile. They can view, edit, or delete this (but not alter usernames). Site administrators can also access this data.

5. Your Rights Over Data

If you’ve interacted with our site, you can:

  • Request a data file of your stored personal details.
  • Ask for erasure of this data. Exceptions apply for data retained due to administrative, legal, or security reasons.

6. Data Protection

Automated systems might scan visitor comments for spam.