Effective Date: 23/07/2025
Who we are
Our website address is: https://why-whys.com.
WHYs is a personal blog dedicated to exploring everyday questions and emotions.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site.
Cookies
- If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t need to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.
- If 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.
- When you log in, several cookies will save your login details and screen display preferences.
- Login cookies last for two days
- Screen option cookies last for one year
- If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks
- If you log out, login cookies are removed.
- If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same as if you visited the original 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 if you are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
- If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us approve follow-up comments automatically.
- For registered users (if any), we store personal information provided in their profile.
- Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except the username).
- Website administrators can also view and edit that 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 your personal data we hold
- Erasure of any personal data we hold about you (excluding data required for legal, administrative, or security purposes)
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.