When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

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

Forms

We have multiple kinds of forms on our website. When visitors or users submit a form, we capture the IP Address for spam protection. We also capture the email address and might capture other personal data included in the Form fields if applicable. When visitors or users submit a contact form, we retain the data for 30 days to provide customer service. All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to the appropriate team members to perform necessary actions based on the form submission.

We use Google reCAPTCHA for spam protection. Their privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

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 in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Children

We do not knowingly collect data or personal information from children under the age of 13 or those under the minimum age for data collection as defined by the laws in their country. By registering an account, you declare that you are at least the minimum age for data collection as defined by the laws in your country. If your country does not have a minimum age, then you declare that you are at least 13 years old. Our team members reserve the right to verify a user’s age to ensure we comply with legal requirements (e.g. COPPA and GDPR). We also use your age to better understand our audience and improve your experience. If we find or are notified of data collected for someone under 13 or the minimum age for data collection in their country, the data will be wiped, including the account of the individual.

Commission Invoicing 

 When you commission us, we’ll collect some billing details from you such as your name/email address, payment method used, billing address, etc, to help prevent fraud and verify your purchase. We conduct our invoicing via PayPal and Stripe and their respective privacy policies can be viewed on their sites: PayPal & Stripe.

All data collected is strictly confidential and protected as explained in the “How We Protect Your Data” section.

Purchases & Other Things We Collect

When you purchase one of our pre-made plugins, we won’t collect any payment details such as your real name or billing address as per BuiltByBit’s Enhanced Privacy system. To learn more about this, please see BuiltByBit’s Enhanced Privacy article.

We may collect anonymous data for web traffic such as the country your visit is from. Surveys may also be sent to users, which are optional, and users can elect to answer anonymously.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. However, data stored on our site can be exported and deleted upon the user’s request.

How We Protect Your Data

We use encryption, security measures, and train our team members to not release any personal data of users unless it’s necessary to comply with law enforcement, enforce our site policies, or protect the rights, property, and safety of us or others.

Where Your Data Is Sent

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