Privacy & Disclosure

Transparency matters. Below you can find the affiliate disclosure and a full privacy notice for basslove.co.

Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting Bass Love.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://basslove.co.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. Their privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After comment approval, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Media

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

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last one year.

If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, several cookies will save your login information and screen preferences. Login cookies last two days; screen option cookies last one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie with the post ID will be stored. This contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content behaves as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.

These third-party sites may collect data, use cookies, track interaction, or monitor usage (including if you’re logged in to that third-party service).

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 so follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically.

For users who register on the website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their information at any time (except username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data, including anything you’ve provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold, except data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

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