Privacy Policy
Welcome to Topline Statistics Privacy Policy page. At Topline Statistics, I am committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency about how I handle your personal information. This privacy policy outlines how I collect, use, and safeguard your data when you interact with my website, toplinestatistics.com.
Who We Are
At Topline Statistics, my website address is https://www.toplinestatistics.com. For any inquiries about our privacy practices, please contact me directly through our site.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on my site, I collect the data displayed in the comments form. I also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information assists with spam detection.
I will give a version of your email address that doesn’t show who you are. This string, also known as a hash, is sent to the Gravatar service. This is done to check if you use it. You can review the Gravatar service privacy policy here: Gravatar Privacy Policy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible publicly alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to my site, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images available on the site.
Cookies and Privacy Policy
To enhance your experience, I use cookies in various ways:
Article Cookies: When you edit or publish an article, I save an additional cookie in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data. It simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This saves you from having to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies remain active for one year.
Login Cookies: When you visit my login page, I set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and gets discarded when you close your browser.
Session Cookies: Upon logging in, I set several cookies to save your login details and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies persist for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep your login active for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
My articles may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from other sites. This embedded content behaves as if you had visited the original website directly.
External sites may collect data about you. They use cookies and embed additional third-party tracking. They also monitor how you interact with the embedded content. This is especially true if you have an account and are logged in.
Who We Share Your Data With
When you request a password reset, I include your IP address in the reset email for verification purposes.
Data Retention
I retain comments and their metadata indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments without moderation.
User Profiles: For registered users, I store personal information in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (excluding username changes). Website administrators can also access and modify this information.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account on my site, you can request an exported file of your personal data. The same applies if you have left comments. You can also ask me to erase any personal data we hold. However, I need to retain some data for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Where Your Data is Sent
I may process visitor comments through an automated spam detection service. For any questions regarding my privacy policy or how I handle your data, please contact me via my website.