Privacy Policy
Our website address is: http://www.iowacustoms.com
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with 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 here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Information submitted through contact forms is collected and stored for customer service purposes, but it is not used for marketing purposes without explicit consent.
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies are set to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days; screen options cookies last a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
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.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you are logged into that website.
We may use analytics tools to collect anonymized traffic data to understand how users interact with our website and improve functionality. No personally identifiable data is used without your explicit consent.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to allow automatic approval of follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold, including any data you have provided. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This excludes data retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
If you provide your phone number and consent to receive SMS messages from us, please note that your SMS consent is not shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing purposes. This information is only used to communicate directly with you and is treated with the same level of confidentiality as all other personal information.