Effective Date: 1/17/2025
Bold Media (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website (https://pickbold.com/) and interact with our services.
Our website address is: https://pickbold.com.
Comments: When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Contact Forms: When you submit a contact form, the information is sent via email and stored in our email system. We do not share this information with third parties.
Cookies: Cookies are used to enhance your user experience. Examples include:
Comment Cookies: Save your name, email address, and website for future comments. These cookies last for one year.
Login Cookies: Temporary cookies determine if your browser accepts cookies when logging in. Additional cookies save your login information and display preferences.
Editing and Publishing Cookies: Cookies used when editing or publishing content, expiring after one day.
Analytics: We collect anonymized behavioral data for marketing and improvement purposes. Information may be shared with advertising partners to track user behavior and optimize services.
If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract this data from uploaded images.
Our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, articles). This content behaves as if you visited the originating site, which may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions if you have an account and are logged in to that site.
We use the information we collect to:
Facilitate communication via contact forms and comments.
Improve website functionality and user experience.
Monitor and analyze user behavior for marketing purposes.
We do not intentionally share your personal data with any third-party businesses. However, comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for moderation purposes.
Registered users’ information is stored in their user profiles, which they can view, edit, or delete (except for usernames).
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request:
An exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
Deletion of your personal data, excluding information required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To make such requests, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email].
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Updates will be posted on this page with the effective date.
For questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at (248) 477-5994.