Privacy Policy for WeAreWayua Inc.

At WeAreWayua Inc., accessible from https://wearewayua.org, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit or interact with our website.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://wearewayua.org. WeAreWayua Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy and respecting your data.

2. Comments

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 detect and prevent spam.

An anonymized string (hash) from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you’re using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.

3. Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from these images.

4. Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience:

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
  • When you visit the login page, a temporary cookie checks if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded upon closing your browser.
  • Login and display cookies are used when you log in:
    • Login cookies last for two days (or two weeks if “Remember Me” is selected).
    • Display settings cookies last for one year.
    • A post-editing cookie (expires after 1 day) is stored when you edit or publish an article.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the external website directly.

These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you’re logged into their platform.

6. Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for verification purposes.

7. How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow automatic approval of follow-up comments.
  • Registered users’ profile information is stored and can be edited or deleted by the user (except the username). Site administrators can also view and edit this information.

8. Your Data Rights

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you may request:

  • An exported file of your personal data we hold, including data you’ve provided.
  • Erasure of your personal data (excluding data required for administrative, legal, or security reasons).

9. Where Your Data Is Sent

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

Contact Us

For any privacy-specific concerns or data access requests, please contact us at:
📧 Email: info@wearewayua.org