Privacy Policy – BirdieBox.com

Effective Date: December 3, 2025

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://birdieboxsimulators.com.

2. 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 to help detect spam.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.

3. Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

4. Cookies

• If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies last for one year.

• Visiting our login page will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

• When you log in, several cookies are set to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, screen options cookies last for one year, and if “Remember Me” is selected, your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.

• Editing or publishing an article saves an additional cookie in your browser, which contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article edited. It expires after one day.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the other website directly.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including if you have an account and are logged in.

6. Who We Share Your Data With

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

7. How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

• Registered users’ personal information is stored in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal data at any time (except username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

8. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request the deletion of any personal data we hold. This does not include data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

9. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.