Who we are
Our website address is: https://woodfordsun.com. The Woodford Sun is dedicated to keeping our readers informed while maintaining the privacy and security of visitors to our digital publication.
Comments
We leave comments off. But in circumstances when we turn commenting on and visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in automated spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. View the Gravatar Privacy Policy for details on their privacy practices. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from public images hosted on the site.
Cookies
Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience, avoiding the need to re-enter details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.
Account & Login Cookies: Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. Logging in sets up several cookies to save your login credentials and screen choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your session active for two weeks. Logging out clears all login cookies.
Editorial Cookies: Editing or publishing an article sets an additional cookie in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data, simply indicates the post ID of the edited article, and expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, and embedded articles). Embedded content from third-party websites behaves in the exact same manner as if the visitor visited the external site directly.
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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Data sharing
Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security verification.
Spam Prevention: Visitor comments are analyzed through an automated spam detection service.
Data Retention
Comments & Metadata: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically rather than held in a moderation queue.
User Accounts: For users who register on our website, personal information provided in their user profile is stored. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (username changes are restricted). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of 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 excludes any data we are obligated to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact Information
For privacy-related inquiries, account requests, or questions regarding The Woodford Sun privacy practices, please contact our administrative team via our office line or our online contact form.