Who we are
We are BoxTheLunch, a food blogging platform. Our website is: https://boxthelunch.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data presented in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection.
An anonymised string, or hash, created from your email address may be supplied to the Gravatar service to check if you are a user. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Following approval of your comment, your profile picture is publicly visible within the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website, consider avoiding the inclusion of embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to our website can download and extract any location data included in images on our website.
Cookies
Our site uses cookies to enhance your experience. When you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you don’t need to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.
When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Several cookies are also set up when you log in to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks. Upon logging out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply notes the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Google Analytics and Google AdSense
We use Google Analytics to understand how our website is used. Google Analytics collects information about website use via cookies. This information is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Additionally, we feature ads from Google AdSense on our website, which also use cookies to tailor the ads to your preferences and to ensure the ads are relevant to you.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). This embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has directly visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged into that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We also share data with Google Analytics for the purposes of understanding our website’s usage.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve 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.
For Users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK):
In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), EEA and UK users have the right to access personal data we hold about you and to ask that your personal data be corrected, updated, or erased. You also have the right to object to, or restrict, BoxTheLunch’s processing of your personal data. In addition, you have the right to data portability. You can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact information provided on our site.
For Users in California, USA:
In compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), users who reside in California have the right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared or sold, both as to the categories and specific pieces of personal information; the right to delete personal information held by businesses and by extension, a business’s service provider; the right to non-discrimination in terms of price or service when a consumer exercises a privacy right under CCPA. California users may make a request regarding their rights under CCPA by contacting us using the contact information provided on our site.
Please note that we do not sell personal information for monetary consideration. However, under some circumstances, a transfer of personal information to a third party, or within our family of companies, without monetary consideration may be considered a “sale” under California law. If you are a California resident, you have the right to request to opt out of sales, and to request the disclosure of the categories of personal information that we collected and the categories of third parties to whom the information was sold or disclosed during the preceding 12 months. You may contact us to make these requests.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.