Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 30 April 2025
RouteSharer (“we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website (https://routesharer.com) and use our services.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://routesharer.com.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy can be found here.
Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
4. Cookies
- Commenting: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. This allows you to not fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
- Login: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Login Info: When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, these cookies will be removed.
- Article Editing: 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 expires after 1 day.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content. If you are logged in to those websites, they may track your interactions with the content.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We do not share your data with third parties for marketing purposes. We may share data with service providers as necessary to help us run the website (e.g., hosting services, email services) or when required by law.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
- If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
- For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or if you’ve left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To make such a request, please contact us at: [your-email@routesharer.com]
9. Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (e.g., Akismet).
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated policy on this page and update the effective date at the top of the page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.
Contact Us: If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the data we hold, please contact us at hello@routesharer.com
Key Highlights:
Third-Party Services: Embedded content may interact with third-party services (e.g., social media, videos).
Data Collection: Personal data is collected when you interact with our site (e.g., comments, profile).
Cookies: We use cookies for account logins, comments, and content customization.
User Rights: You have the right to request access to or deletion of your data.