Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 28, 2025

At Elemental Artisan Coatings, we take your privacy seriously. This page explains what information we collect, how it’s used, and what rights you have when visiting elementalartisancoatings.com.

 

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by Elemental Artisan Coatings. You can contact us any time through our Contact Page with questions about your data or this policy.

 

2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why

 

Comments

If you leave a comment on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, your IP address, and browser user agent to help with spam detection.

We may send an anonymized string (a “hash”) of your email to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. If approved, your profile picture is publicly visible next to your comment. Gravatar’s policy is here.

Media

If you upload images to the site, please avoid including location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract that data from your image.

Contact Forms

When you reach out through our contact form, we collect only the info you provide (like your name, email, and message) so we can respond. We don’t share it.

 

3. Cookies

If you:

  • Leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience — these last one year.

  • Visit the login page (if applicable), we’ll set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies.

  • Log in, we’ll set cookies to save your login and display preferences. Login cookies last 2 days (or 2 weeks with “Remember Me”), and screen options last 1 year.

  • Edit or publish a post, a cookie with the post ID is saved (expires after 1 day).

 

4. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, etc.). Embedded content behaves as if you visited that external site directly. They may collect data, use cookies, or track your interaction — especially if you’re logged into those services.

 

5. Analytics & Tracking

We may use tools like Google Analytics to understand how people use our site. This includes anonymous data like pages visited, device type, and time spent on the site.

 

6. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell or share your personal data for marketing purposes. If you request a password reset (for user accounts, if enabled), your IP address will be included in the reset email.

 

7. How Long We Keep Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely.
If you create an account (if enabled), we store the personal info in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete it anytime (except your username). Admins can also see and edit that information.

 

8. Your Rights

You can request:

  • An exported file of your personal data

  • That we erase any data we hold about you

This doesn’t include data we’re required to keep for legal, administrative, or security purposes. Just contact us to make a request.

 

 

9. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.

 

10. Policy Updates

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted here with the updated date.

 

 

11. Contact Us

Questions about this policy or your data? You can reach us through our Contact Page.