Privacy Policy

Website Address: https://uschronicle.us

At USChronicle, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal information you may share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our website.

Table of Contents

Comments

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

An anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/

After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if any) becomes visible to the public along with your comment.

Media

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

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you do not need to re-enter details again. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is removed when you close your browser.

When you log in, we set cookies to save login information and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will stay active for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only stores the post ID. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles). Embedded content behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the original website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with embedded content, especially if you are logged in to those websites.

Who We Share Your Data With

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

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely so we can automatically approve follow-up comments.

For registered users (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time (except username). Website administrators can also access and manage this information.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data. You can also request deletion of your personal data, except data we are required to keep for legal, administrative, or security reasons.