Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://vasterbottenssapa.se.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are registered there. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that include GPS location data in their EXIF data. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our website, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website address in cookies. This is for your convenience, so that you do not have to fill in your details again the next time you write a comment. These cookies last for one year.

If you have an account and log in to this website, we will create a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personally identifiable information and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also create several cookies to save your login information and your screen layout choices. Login cookies last for two days, and layout-option cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember me”, your cookie will remain for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It lasts for one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this website may include embedded content (for example, videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to the website in question.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

How long we retain your data

If you write a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except that they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account or have left any comments on this website, you can request an export file containing the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Additional information

How we protect your information

What procedures we have in place for data breaches

Which third parties we receive data from

What automated decision-making and/or profiling we do with user data

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements