Effective Date: April 9, 2025
Last Updated: April 9, 2025
Website: https://admiralpub.ca
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://admiralpub.ca. Admiral Pub is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner.
1. What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our 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 with spam detection.
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 at: 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 can download and extract location data from these images.
Contact Forms
When you submit information through our contact forms, we collect the data you provide for customer service and communication purposes. We do not use this information for marketing without your explicit consent.
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 and last for one year.
We also use cookies:
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To determine if your browser accepts cookies (temporary, discarded when you close your browser).
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To save login information and screen preferences (login cookies last 2 days; screen option cookies last 1 year).
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To manage “Remember Me” preferences (lasts for 2 weeks).
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To track post-editing activity (post ID cookie lasts 1 day).
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from third-party websites behaves as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
These websites may:
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Collect data about you,
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Use cookies,
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Embed additional third-party tracking, and
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Monitor your interaction with the embedded content.
2. Analytics
We may use analytics tools to understand visitor behavior and improve our website. This data is anonymized and not linked to personally identifiable information.
3. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. However, your data may be shared with third-party services (e.g. spam detection tools, analytics providers) as required to operate the site effectively.
4. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate automatic approval of follow-up comments.
For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
5. Your Data Rights
If you have an account or have left comments on this site, you can request:
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An exported file of your personal data, and
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That we erase any personal data we hold about you.
This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
6. Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
7. How We Protect Your Data
We use security measures such as encryption, access control, and routine monitoring to protect your data. While no system is 100% secure, we are committed to safeguarding your information.
8. Data Breach Procedures
In the event of a data breach, we will notify affected users within 72 hours and take all necessary steps to mitigate the breach in accordance with legal requirements.
9. Third-Party Data Sources
We may receive data from third-party services such as analytics providers, spam detection services, or embedded platforms.
10. Automated Decision Making and Profiling
We do not use automated decision-making or profiling that significantly affects users.
11. Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements
We comply with all applicable privacy regulations and will disclose user information if required to do so by law.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Admiral Pub
Email: [info@admiralpub.ca]
Website: https://admiralpub.ca