Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 03-06-2025

At Best Cake Ideas (https://bestcakeideas.com), your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines what personal information we collect, how it’s used, and your rights in relation to that data.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://bestcakeideas.com

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection.

An anonymized string (also called a hash) may be created from your email address and provided to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. You can review Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from any images posted.

Cookies

  • If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for future convenience. These cookies last one year.
  • When you visit our login page, we use a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
  • After logging in, we set cookies to save your login info and screen preferences:
    • Login cookies last for 2 days.
    • “Remember Me” selection extends login for 2 weeks.
    • Screen options cookies last for 1 year.
  • If you log out, login cookies are removed.
  • When editing or publishing an article, an additional cookie is saved to indicate the post ID of the article edited. This expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, or articles). This content behaves exactly as if you visited the originating website. These sites may:

  • Collect data about you,
  • Use cookies,
  • Embed third-party tracking,
  • Monitor your interaction with embedded content, including tracking if you have an account and are logged in to those sites.

Who We Share Your Data With

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

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments and related metadata are stored indefinitely. This helps us automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.
  • For registered users (if any), we store the personal data provided in user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also access and modify this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided. You can also request the deletion of your personal data. This excludes data we are required to keep for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.