Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 10, 2025
Website: www.thetrombolcommunity.com

Who We Are
Our website address is: http://trombolebeach.com (to be updated to your live domain). This site is dedicated to sharing community updates, homestay listings, and cultural highlights from the Trombol area in Kuching, Sarawak.

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us detect and prevent spam.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if any) becomes visible publicly with your comment.
Gravatar’s privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/

Media
If you upload images to our website, please avoid uploading photos with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location information from such images.

Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience. This includes:

Saving your name, email, and website if you leave a comment. These cookies last for one year.

A temporary cookie on the login page to check if your browser accepts cookies (deleted when you close your browser).

Login cookies lasting two days, or two weeks if you select “Remember Me.”

A screen options cookie lasting one year.

A post-editing cookie (for logged-in users) that expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). These behave just as if the visitor had visited the original website. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction—especially if you’re logged in to their services.

Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the email.

How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to auto-approve future comments instead of moderating them manually.

For registered users, we store the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your information at any time (except your username). Website administrators can also see and edit user information.

Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this website, or have left comments, you can request: An exported file of your personal data.

That we erase any personal data we hold about you

This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to ensure the safety and quality of community interactions.