Privacy Policy

At News4palmbeach.com, we take your privacy seriously. We understand that your personal information is valuable, and we want you to feel safe and secure when browsing our site.

When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the details you provide in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us detect and prevent spam. Your email address may be used to generate an anonymized string (hash) for the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.

When you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies last for a year.

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

Upon login, we set up cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.

Editing or publishing an article triggers a cookie saved in your browser, indicating the post ID of the edited article. It expires after one day.

Articles may include embedded content (videos, images, articles, etc.) that behaves similarly to a visitor having visited the other website.

These external websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. If you have an account and are logged in, your interaction is tracked.

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

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This enables the automatic recognition and approval of follow-up comments.

For registered users, personal information provided in user profiles is stored. Users can view, edit, or delete their information. Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

If you have an account or leave comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data or request its erasure. This excludes data retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Visitor comments may undergo automated spam detection.