Last Updated: 11th October 2024

At Northpick, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you visit our website, engage with our services, or interact with us.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://northpick.com.

Information We Collect

1. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, including the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam.

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’s privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if applicable) will be visible to the public within your comment.

2. Media

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

3. Cookies

We use cookies to improve your browsing experience on our site, analyze traffic, and remember your preferences. Below is a summary of the cookies we use:

Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for future comments. These cookies last for one year.
Login Cookies: When you log in, we use cookies to remember your login status and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen preference cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends login status for two weeks.
Editing/Publishing Cookies: When editing or publishing an article, a cookie will store the post ID of the edited content. This cookie lasts for one day.

You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings.

4. Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as though you visited the other website directly. These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and embed additional third-party tracking.

How We Use Your Information

Northpick may use the data we collect from you for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our services.
To communicate with you about inquiries or services you request.
To analyze website traffic and improve our website’s user experience.
To detect and prevent fraudulent activity or security issues.

Who We Share Your Data With

We only share your data when necessary and in the following instances:

Service Providers: We may share data with third-party service providers who assist with website hosting, analytics, payment processing, and other business operations.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or if we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or comply with legal obligations.

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

How Long We Retain Your Data

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for moderation and approval purposes.
User Accounts: For users who register on our website, we store personal information provided in their profile indefinitely. Registered users can edit or delete their personal information at any time (except for changing their username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Access: You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
Erasure: You can request that we erase any personal data we hold, except for data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

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

Third-Party Tools and Services

1. WPML

WPML uses cookies to identify the visitor’s current language and stores details about the last visited language. No personal data is shared with WPML from user interactions on the site.

2. Analytics

We use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, to help analyze how users use the website. These tools may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, and device identifiers. You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices by visiting https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Security of Your Data

We are committed to protecting your personal data and take reasonable precautions to safeguard it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.