Our website address is: https://swettasnanda.com/
We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled safely and responsibly when you interact with our website.
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it.
The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here:
https://swettasnanda.com/privacy-policy
After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if available) is visible to the public next to your comment.
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may download and extract location data from publicly available images on the site.
If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will determine if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, cookies will store your login information and screen preferences.
Login cookies last two days
Screen options cookies last one year
“Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks
When you log out, login cookies are removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional non-personal cookie will be saved to indicate the post ID. It expires after one day.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the external website directly.
These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, including if you are logged in to those websites.
We use this to show you recently viewed items.
Collected to estimate taxes and shipping.
Requested so we can calculate shipping costs before placing an order.
When you purchase from our store, we collect:
Name
Billing address
Shipping address
Phone number
Payment details (processed securely by third-party gateways)
Order notes
Purchased items
We use this information to:
Process orders
Send order updates
Prevent fraud
Comply with legal obligations
Improve our store offerings
If you create an account, we store:
Your name
Billing and shipping addresses
Order history
This information helps speed up future checkout processes.
We use third-party payment processors (like Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, etc.).
Your payment details are handled securely and never stored on our servers.
Each payment gateway has its own privacy policy.
We may use tools like Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website and improve performance and user experience.
If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.
Order-related data may be shared with:
Payment gateways
Shipping providers
Fraud prevention tools
These partners only receive the information required to perform their services.
Comments: Retained indefinitely.
Customer Accounts: Stored as long as your account exists.
Orders: Retained for 7 years for tax, accounting, and legal compliance.
Analytics Data: Retained according to third-party policies (e.g., Google Analytics).
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request:
An exported file of your personal data
Erasure of your personal data
This excludes information we must keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Order information may be processed by payment and shipping partners.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or the data we hold about you, please contact us through our website’s contact form.