At Spice Lantern, your privacy matters. This policy explains what information we collect, how it’s used, and the choices you have regarding your data.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://spicelantern.com
Spice Lantern is a recipe and cooking content website designed to share food inspiration, tips, and techniques.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser details. This information helps us prevent spam and maintain a safe, respectful community.
If you use the Gravatar service, an anonymized version of your email address (a hash) may be shared with Gravatar to display your profile image. You can review Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile image (if available) may appear publicly alongside your comment.
Media Uploads
If you upload images to Spice Lantern, we recommend removing any embedded location data (such as EXIF GPS information). Images on the site can be downloaded by visitors, and embedded location data may be accessible.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter this information when leaving future comments. These cookies remain for up to one year.
When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie may be set to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal information and is deleted when you close your browser.
If you log in, cookies are used to remember your login details and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while display preference cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep you logged in for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
If you edit or publish content, a cookie may be saved that stores the post ID of the edited content. This cookie does not contain personal data and expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Some articles on Spice Lantern may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from third-party websites. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the external website directly.
These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with their content, especially if you have an account with them and are logged in.
Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for security purposes. We do not sell or trade your personal information.
Data Retention
Comments and their associated metadata are stored indefinitely to help us recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
If you create an account on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in your user profile. You can view, update, or delete your personal information at any time, except for your username. Website administrators may also access and manage this information as needed.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account or have left comments on Spice Lantern, you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we delete your personal data. This does not include information we are required to keep for legal, administrative, or security reasons.
Where Your Data Goes
Visitor comments may be processed through automated spam detection services to protect the site from unwanted or harmful content.