Effective Date: June 25, 2025
Last Updated: June 25, 2025
At Evolving Eras, accessible from https://evolvingeras.com, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights related to your data.
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Who We Are
Evolving Eras is a personal lifestyle blog focused on self-growth, wellness, and success. We collect only the minimal personal information necessary for user interactions, such as commenting or submitting a contact form. We do not sell or share your data with third parties.
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Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (a hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. You can view their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
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Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract this data from images on the website.
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Cookies
We may use cookies to:
Remember your name, email, and website when leaving comments (optional).
Manage login sessions for site administrators.
Save screen display preferences (e.g., dark/light mode).
Cookies set for comments last one year. Login-related cookies may last up to two weeks depending on user choices. No personal data is stored in cookies used for article editing or previewing.
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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 exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content if you are logged in to their platform (such as YouTube, Instagram, or Pinterest).
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Contact Forms
When you submit a message through our contact form, we collect your name, email, and any message content you provide. This information is used solely for communication purposes and will not be used for marketing unless otherwise stated.
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Analytics
We use Google Analytics via Site Kit (by Google) to help us understand website traffic and user behavior. This service may collect anonymized data such as browser type, device, referral source, and time spent on pages. It does not collect personally identifiable information.
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Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset (site admin only), your IP address will be included in the reset email. Otherwise, we do not share personal data with third parties unless legally required.
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How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
If you contact us through a form, the content may be stored for internal reference only and is not used for marketing unless you consent.
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What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have left comments or submitted a form on this site, you can request to receive a copy of the data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase any data we hold, excluding data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
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Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (like Akismet or Wordfence).