Privacy Policy

Who are we?

EcoChurch is a program co-managed by A Rocha Lebanon, which provides technical and administrative operation, and the Middle East Council of Churches, which handles its promotion. Our website address is: https://ecochurch.me.

Comments

When you leave a comment on our site, the data entered in the comment form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent, are collected to help us detect spam comments.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to verify if you use it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is validated, your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the site, we advise you to avoid uploading images containing EXIF GPS coordinates. People visiting your site can download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you will be4 offered the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is purely for your convenience so that you do not have to re-enter this information if you leave another comment later. These cookies expire after one year.

If you6 visit the login page, a temporary cookie will be created to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain any personal data and will be automatically deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set up a number of cookies to save your login information and screen preferences. The lifespan of a login cookie9 is two days, and that of a screen option cookie is one year. If you check “Remember Me,” your login cookie will be kept for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookie will be deleted.

By editing or publishing a post, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not include any personal data. It simply indicates the ID of the post you have just edited. It expires after one day.

Content embedded from other sites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles…). Content embedded from other sites behaves in the same way as if the visitor were visiting that other site.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking tools, and track your interactions with this embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to their website.

Use and transmission of your personal data

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the16 reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve subsequent comments instead of holding them in the moderation queue.

For accounts that register on our site (if any), we also store the personal data indicated in their profile. All accounts can view, modify, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Site administrators can also view and modify this information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account or have left comments on the site, you can request to receive a file containing all the personal data we hold about you, including the data you have provided to us. You can also request the deletion of your personal data. This does not include data stored for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Transmission of your personal data

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