SecureBitsOnline.com is committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding any personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your data when you interact with our website.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://securebitsonline.com
2. Information We Collect
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information shown in the comment form along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized hash (created from your email address) may be sent to the Gravatar service to determine if you’re using it. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available.
Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible next to your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our site, avoid uploading photos with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract this data from your images.
3. Cookies
We use cookies to improve your browsing experience. Here’s how:
Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you can opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for future convenience. These cookies last for one year.
Login Cookies: When visiting our login page, a temporary cookie checks whether your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When logged in, we set cookies to save your login information and display preferences:
Login cookies last for 2 days.
Screen options cookies last for 1 year.
If “Remember Me” is selected, login will persist for 2 weeks.
Logging out removes these cookies.
If you edit or publish content, an additional cookie (without personal data) will be stored in your browser to indicate the post ID. It expires after 1 day.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on SecureBitsOnline.com may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Such content from external websites behaves exactly as if you visited those websites directly. These third-party sites may:
Collect data about you
Use cookies
Embed additional third-party tracking
Monitor your interaction with their content, especially if you’re logged in to their services
5. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for security verification.
6. How Long We Retain Your Data
Comments and metadata are stored indefinitely to automatically approve follow-up comments.
For registered users, we store the personal details they provide in their user profile.
Users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time (except username changes).
Site administrators can also view and edit user data.
7. Your Data Rights
If you have an account on SecureBitsOnline.com or have left comments, you can:
Request an exported file of the personal data we store about you
Request erasure of your personal data (excluding any data we must retain for legal, administrative, or security reasons)
To make a request, please contact us via:
📧 Email: info@securebitsonline.com
8. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be reviewed through an automated spam detection service to protect the integrity of our website.