Privacy-policy

Who We Are

Recommended Text: Our site address is: https://www.pokemonguide.org.

Comments

Recommended Text: When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser’s user agent string to help detect spam comments.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to confirm whether you are using that service. The privacy policy for the Gravatar service can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly displayed next to your comment.

Media

Recommended Text: If you upload images to this site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract any location information from images on the site.

Cookies

Recommended Text: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt to have cookies save your name, email address, and website. This is to provide convenience by allowing you to not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

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 will be discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set several cookies to save your login information and screen display options. Login cookies will last for two days, while screen display option cookies will last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login status will be maintained for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the cookies used for logging in will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, we will save an additional cookie in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only records the ID of the article you just edited. This cookie will last for one day.

Embedded Content from Other Sites

Recommended Text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, etc.). Interactions with embedded content from other sites are the same as if you visited those other sites directly.

These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with that embedded content, including tracking your interactions if you have an account and are logged into those sites.

Who We Share Your Information With

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

How Long We Retain Your Information

Recommended Text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata will be retained indefinitely. This is to recognize and automatically approve any subsequent comments without having to hold them in a moderation queue.

For registered users of the site, we also store the personal information provided in their profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for changing their username), and site administrators can also view and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

Recommended Text: If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.