Who We Are: Our website address is: http://visitkilgore.com.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

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. This information helps us detect and prevent spam.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to verify if you are using it. You can review the Gravatar service’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.

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

Contact Forms We collect data submitted via contact forms to respond to inquiries or provide requested services. The data you provide is not used for marketing purposes unless explicitly stated.

Cookies

• If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies last for one year and are for your convenience to avoid re-entering your information.
• When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
• Upon logging in, we set cookies to save your login details and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends your login session to two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
• Editing or publishing an article will save an additional cookie in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as though you visited the originating website. These external websites may collect data, use cookies, and employ third-party tracking. They may also monitor your interaction with the embedded content if you are logged into their site.

Analytics We may use analytics services to understand user behavior and improve our website. Any data collected is anonymized wherever possible.

Who We Share Your Data With We do not share your data with third parties, except where required for functionality (e.g., spam detection or analytics) or by legal obligation.

How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow for automatic approval of follow-up comments.
• For registered users, personal information in user profiles is stored indefinitely. Users can view, edit, or delete their information (excluding usernames). Website administrators can also view and edit user information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data. You may also request that we delete any personal data we hold, except for data retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service.

Your Contact Information Contact information submitted through the website is used solely to respond to your inquiries or requests.

Additional Information

How We Protect Your Data We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.

What Data Breach Procedures We Have in Place In the event of a data breach, we will notify affected users and take steps to mitigate further risks.

What Third Parties We Receive Data From We may receive anonymized data from third-party services used for analytics or spam detection.

What Automated Decision Making and/or Profiling We Do with User Data We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling beyond spam detection and basic analytics.

Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements We comply with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements regarding data privacy and protection.