Privacy Policy
Who We Are
Our website can be accessed at: homehouse.com.au
Data Collection and Privacy Practices
Comment Submission
When visitors submit a comment on our site, we gather the information provided in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This data is essential for identifying and filtering out spam.
Gravatar Integration
If you utilize Gravatar, an anonymized version of your email address (typically a hash) may be sent to their service to verify your profile. For more details, you can check their privacy policy here: Gravatar Privacy Policy. Once your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile picture will be displayed publicly alongside your comment.
Media Uploads
If you upload images to our site, we recommend that you remove any embedded location data (such as EXIF GPS information). Other visitors may be able to extract this location information from the images you upload.
Cookie Usage
Comment Cookies
When you leave a comment, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. This allows you to avoid re-entering these details the next time you comment. These cookies will remain active for one year.
Temporary Cookies
A temporary cookie will be created when you visit the login page to check if your browser supports cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal information and is deleted when you close the browser.
Login Cookies
After logging in, additional cookies are created to remember your login credentials and display preferences. These login cookies will last for two days, while preference cookies remain active for one year. If you select the “Remember Me” option, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out will clear these cookies.
Post Edit Cookies
If you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser containing the post ID of the article you’ve modified. This cookie expires after one day.
Embedded Content from External Sites
Some of our articles may contain embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from other websites. When interacting with this embedded content, it behaves as if you are visiting those external sites directly. These external platforms may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interactions with their content, especially if you are logged into those services.
Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the email sent for verification purposes.
Data Retention
Comment Retention
When you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically approve follow-up comments without needing moderation.
User Profile Retention
For users who register on our site, we retain the personal information provided in their profiles. You can access, modify, or delete your personal information at any time (except for your username). Website administrators also have access to this data for management purposes.
Your Rights Regarding Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments on our site, you can request a copy of all personal data we hold about you. You also have the right to request the deletion of your personal data, although we may need to retain certain information for legal or administrative reasons.
Data Processing
Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service to help protect our site.