At Spades Up Advocacy, we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors. This policy outlines how we protect your information when you interact with our Site.

1. Information We Collect

We collect data to improve your experience and ensure security:

• Comments: Data from form fields, IP addresses, and browser user agent strings for spam detection.
• Gravatar: An anonymized hash may be provided to the Gravatar service to display your profile picture upon comment approval.
• Media: Please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS).

2. Use of Cookies

We use cookies for user convenience (saving comment details for 1 year), authentication (login sessions), and site management. You can manage these via your browser settings.

3. Embedded Content

Articles may include embedded content (videos, images). This content behaves as if you visited the third-party website directly, and they may collect data or monitor your interaction.

4. Data Sharing & Rights

Visitor comments are retained indefinitely. You have the right to request an exported file of your data or request erasure, except for data we are legally obligated to keep.