Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how GCC Drive, accessible from https://gccdrive.com/, collects, stores, and uses your personal information when you visit or interact with our website. By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the information shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string generated from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can read the Gravatar service privacy policy at automattic.com/privacy. After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website, avoid uploading photos that contain embedded location data such as EXIF GPS. Visitors can download and extract location data from images posted on the website.
Contact Forms
When you contact us through our website’s contact form, we collect the information you provide, including your IP address. If your message relates to requesting our services or asking for details about our services, we will process your information to respond, provide quotations, or take steps necessary to deliver our services.
Cookies
Comment Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again. These cookies remain active for one year.
Login Cookies
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is removed when the browser is closed.
When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days and screen settings cookies last for one year. If you select Remember Me, your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
Publishing Cookies
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved. This cookie contains no personal data and simply stores the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our website may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor has opened that external site.
These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking interactions if you are logged into those websites.
Analytics
We may use analytics tools to understand visitor behavior and improve our website performance. These tools may collect anonymized data relating to pages visited, time spent, device and browser information, and general interaction patterns.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties except where required for website operations, analytics services, spam detection, or when required by law.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This helps us automatically recognize and approve future comments instead of holding them for moderation.
For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their data anytime except for their username. Website administrators can also view and modify that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on our website or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase personal data we hold. This excludes data retained for legal, administrative, or security requirements.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service to protect our platform from unwanted activity.
