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This privacy policy explains how PNW Daily (pnwdaily.com) collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit or interact with our website. We are committed to handling your data responsibly and transparently.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address — also called a hash — may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available on their website. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

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 published on the site.

Cookies

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 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 set several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, 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 one day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, and articles from other websites. Embedded content behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content — including if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Your Data — What We Do and Don’t Do
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not sell or share your personal data with advertisers or third-party marketing services.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, personal information is stored in your user profile and can be seen, edited, or deleted at any time — except usernames cannot be changed. Website collection of data is only used for user experience and is never reviewed, copied, or used for any other purposes other than website functionality.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, all metadata is collected using the automated website services and strictly for functional backend use. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold. This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. No other data is sent to external parties without your knowledge.

Contact Us About Privacy

If you have questions about this privacy policy or want to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, contact us at contact@pnwdaily.com.

Frequently Asked Questions
Does PNW Daily sell my personal data?
No. PNW Daily does not sell personal data to advertisers or third parties. Data collected on this site is used solely to operate the website and detect spam.
How do I request deletion of my data from PNW Daily?
Contact PNW Daily at contact@pnwdaily.com to request an export or deletion of your personal data. Requests will be fulfilled except where data must be retained for legal or security purposes.
What cookies does PNW Daily use?
PNW Daily uses cookies for comment convenience, login sessions, and screen display preferences. No advertising or tracking cookies are set by PNW Daily itself. Embedded third-party content may set its own cookies.
Why does PNW Daily collect my IP address?
IP addresses are collected solely for spam detection when comments are submitted. They are not used for advertising, tracking, or shared with third parties except as part of automated spam filtering services.