Privacy Policy

At Ayurvihar, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and the rights you have regarding your information.

Comments

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

An anonymized string created from your email address (a “hash”) may be shared with the Gravatar service to determine if you use it. You can review Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images containing embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may download and extract this location data from uploaded images.

Cookies

• If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These exist for your convenience so you don’t need to re-enter your details next time. These cookies last for one year.

• If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when your browser closes.

• When you log in, we create cookies to store your login information and screen display preferences.

  • Login cookies last two days.

  • Screen option cookies last one year.

  • If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks.

  • Logging out removes these cookies.

• When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. It contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited the external site directly.

These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content — including tracking it if you are logged in to their site.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention

• Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.

• For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their profile.

  • All users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time (except the username).

  • Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your Rights

If you have an account on Ayurvihar or have left comments, you may request:

• An exported file of the personal data we hold about you

• Deletion of any personal data we hold about you

This excludes information we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website

• Improve, personalize, and expand our services

• Understand and analyze how visitors use our site

• Develop new features, services, and functionality

• Communicate with you directly or through partners for customer service, updates, marketing, and promotions

• Send emails or calls as needed

• Detect and prevent fraudulent activities

Where Your Data Is Sent

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