Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for SmeltFish

Effective Date: November 7, 2025

At SmeltFish (https://smeltfish.com/), your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect the information you provide when visiting our website.

1. Information We Collect

When you visit or interact with our site, we may collect:

  • Personal information you provide voluntarily, such as your name, email address, or comments.
  • Technical data including IP addresses, browser type, operating system, and pages visited.
  • Cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, maintain, and improve our website.
  • Respond to comments or inquiries.
  • Understand how visitors use our site to improve content and services.
  • Comply with legal obligations if necessary.

3. Cookies

SmeltFish uses cookies to:

  • Track user sessions for website functionality.
  • Analyze traffic and usage patterns using tools like Google Analytics.
  • Improve your experience by remembering your preferences.

You can choose to disable cookies in your browser settings, but some features of the website may not function properly.

4. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services such as:

  • Google Analytics – to analyze website traffic.
  • Email marketing tools – to send newsletters if you subscribe.
  • Plugins or ads – for site functionality and monetization.

These third-party services may collect data independently. Please refer to their privacy policies for details.

5. Data Sharing and Security

  • We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
  • We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information.
  • However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you.
  • Request corrections to your information.
  • Request the deletion of your personal data.
  • Opt out of marketing communications.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information below.

7. Children’s Privacy

SmeltFish does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal data, please contact us so we can remove it.

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date at the top will indicate the latest version. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:

Email: contact@smeltfish.com

Who we are

Suggested text: Our website address is: http://smeltfish.com.

Comments

Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see 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

Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.