At Saintel Daily, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency about the information we collect, how it is used, and your rights in relation to that data. This Privacy Policy outlines our data handling practices across all services, including advertisements, analytics, user interaction features, and third-party integrations.
1. Advertising
Eligibility: Advertising services are available exclusively to sites on our Premium and Professional plans.
Data Collected:
We collect and transmit the following information, as available from the user’s browser, to our advertising partners (including Automattic’s Demand Partners):
- IP address
- Geolocation (derived from IP)
- User agent
- Operating system
- Device type
- Unique user ID (stored in cookies for 1 year)
- Current URL
- IAB interest categories
Retention:
Log data is retained for 30 days. Unique user IDs are retained for up to 1 year.
Tracking Includes:
- Ad impressions
- Click events
- Video ad interactions (pause, play, mute, completion)
- Delivery of targeted advertisements and anonymized performance statistics
2. User Engagement Features
Comment Likes
Eligibility: Available to logged-in WordPress.com users.
Data Collected:
- WordPress.com user ID and username
- Site-specific user ID
- IP address, browser info, timestamp, blog ID, device details (for mobile users)
Tracked Activity: - Likes on individual comments
Post Likes
Eligibility: Logged-in WordPress.com users only.
Data Collected:
- IP address
- WordPress.com user ID and username
- Site and post IDs
- Browser and device information
Tracked Activity: - Post likes
Comments and Jetpack Comments
Data Collected:
- Name, email, site URL (if submitted)
- IP address, timestamp, comment content
- Metadata including Gravatar hash and comment status
- Jetpack IFrame: site, post, user, and comment-specific identifiers
- If Akismet is enabled, data is processed for spam detection
Cookie Usage:
Cookies store the commenter’s details for convenience (1-year duration).
Data Synced:
Comment data, spam classification (if applicable)
3. Analytics
Google Analytics
Eligibility: Available on Premium and Professional plans.
Data Collected:
- Page views, video plays
- For WooCommerce-enabled sites: order numbers, product data, costs, and quantities (if enabled)
User Control: - Site owners may enable IP anonymization
4. Search Functionality
Eligibility: Professional plan only
Data Collected:
- Search queries and filters used by the visitor
5. Sharing Tools
Data Collected When Sharing via Email:
- Name and email (from logged-in account if available)
- IP address, user agent, message content
- Submitted data may be processed through Akismet and/or Google reCAPTCHA for spam detection
6. Subscriptions
Data Collected:
- Subscriber email
- Post or comment ID
- Server and HTTP request data
- IP address, request URI
Tracked Activity:
- Subscription preferences via cookies (retained for 347 days)
7. Cookies and Session Tracking
We use cookies to:
- Maintain login sessions
- Store user preferences
- Track user interactions with site features
Cookie Duration:
- Login cookies: 2 days to 2 weeks
- Display preferences: 1 year
- Comment cookies: 1 year
- Editing cookies: 1 day
8. Embedded Content and Third-Party Services
Articles may include embedded media (e.g., YouTube videos, external images) which behave as though the user visited the originating site directly. These third-party services may collect data, use cookies, and perform their own tracking.
9. Data Retention
- Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely
- Registered users can view, edit, or delete their profile information at any time
- Website administrators also have access to this data
10. Your Data Rights
You may request:
- A copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Deletion of your personal data, excluding data retained for legal or security reasons
Submit requests through our contact form.
11. Data Sharing and Security
Visitor data, including comments, may be screened through automated spam detection services. We do not sell your personal data.
12. Copyright and DMCA Policy
Fair Use Disclaimer:
Content on this site may include copyrighted material used under the “Fair Use” provisions of the Copyright Act (Section 107). Usage is limited to commentary, criticism, education, and research.
Ownership and Attribution:
- All images, videos, and articles remain the property of their original copyright holders
- We embed YouTube videos using legally allowed methods
- We do not host copyrighted video content on our servers
If you believe any content on Saintel Daily infringes your intellectual property rights, please contact us through the site’s contact form. We will address valid removal requests promptly.
For additional inquiries, permissions, or to report a data issue, please contact us at:
📧 privacy@sainteldaily.com