Privacy Policy for Rusty Brains Bike

## Introduction

Welcome to Rusty Brains Bike! Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website, RustyBrains.Bike, and when you make purchases in our online store. By accessing and using our website, you consent to the terms outlined in this policy.

## Information We Collect

### Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps us detect and prevent spam.

### Media

If you upload images to our website, please be mindful of embedded location data (EXIF GPS) in the images. Other visitors can potentially extract location data from these images.

### Cookies

When you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies will last for one year.

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

Upon logging in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. 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, the login cookies will be removed. Additionally, when you edit or publish an article, a cookie indicating the post ID of the edited article will be saved for 1 day.

## Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. Embedded content functions in the same way as if you visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

## How We Use Your Information

We use the information collected for various purposes, including:

– Providing, operating, and maintaining our website.
– Improving, personalizing, and expanding our website.
– Understanding and analyzing how you use our website.
– Developing new products, services, features, and functionality.
– Communicating with you, including for customer service and marketing.
– Sending you emails.
– Finding and preventing fraud.

## Who We Share Your Data With

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

## Data Retention

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for the username). Website administrators also have access to this information and can modify it.

## Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we have about you, including all the data you provided to us. You can also request the deletion of your personal data, with some exceptions required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

## Where Your Data is Sent

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

## Online Store

### Information We Collect

When you make purchases in our online store, we collect the following information:

– Name
– Shipping address
– Billing address
– Email address
– Phone number
– Information about the items purchased

### How We Use Store Information

We use the information collected in our online store for the following purposes:

– Processing orders and shipping products.
– Communicating with you about orders, including shipping updates and billing information.
– Resolving order-related issues.
– Detecting and preventing fraud.
– Improving our service and your shopping experience.

## Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We recommend reviewing this page for any changes, as they are effective immediately upon posting. We will notify you of changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

## Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Your privacy is important to us, and we are here to address any concerns you may have.

[Our website address is: https://rustybrains.bike.](https://rustybrains.bike/)

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