Last Updated: 01/10/20
Introduction
Welcome to Riyadh.world. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, protect, and share information gathered about our visitors and users. As we use Google AdSense to display ads, some of your data may be used by Google in the ad serving process.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://riyadh.world.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on Riyadh.world, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to verify if you are using it. Gravatar’s privacy policy. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible publicly in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Riyadh.world uses cookies to enhance user experience:
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last one year.
A temporary cookie is set on the login page to check if your browser accepts cookies, containing no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Cookies to save login information and screen display choices are set when you log in. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks. Login cookies are removed when you log out.
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie indicating the post ID of the article you edited is saved. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Such content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content.
Data Sharing
Your IP address may be included in a password reset email if you request one.
Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for follow-up comments. For registered users, personal information in their user profile is stored. Users can see, edit, or delete their information at any time (username cannot be changed). Administrators can see and edit that information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except for data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display ads. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.