At LeaseExplained.com, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you interact with our website.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://leaseexplained.com. LeaseExplained.com is an independent, educational resource offering unbiased information about leasing. We are not affiliated with any leasing or financial institutions.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information is used to help detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string (hash) generated from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you have a profile image associated with it. You can read the Gravatar privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile image (if any) will be publicly visible alongside your comment.
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 that you do not have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days; screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out will remove these cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. It contains no personal data and simply records the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the source website directly.
These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you are logged in to that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset (if user accounts are enabled), your IP address will be included in the reset email for security verification purposes.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is to allow us to automatically approve future comments from you instead of holding them for moderation.
For registered users (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we have, excluding any data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service such as Akismet or reCAPTCHA.