Who We Are
Welcome to SharlowFamily.com—a site dedicated to staying connected with family, providing the history of our name, and sharing memories. Our website address is: https://sharlowfamily.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information entered in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help prevent spam.
Additionally, an anonymized string generated from your email (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you have a profile. You can review Gravatar’s privacy policy here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website, we strongly recommend avoiding images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract that information.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our site:
Temporary Login Cookie: If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie checks if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
- Login Cookies: When you log in, we set cookies to save login details and display preferences.
- Login cookies last two days.
- Screen options cookies last one year.
- If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks.
- Logging out removes login cookies.
- Article Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an extra cookie will be stored in your browser (contains no personal data, expires after one day).
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Some articles on SharlowFamily.com may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the external website directly. These external websites may:
- Collect data about you.
- Use cookies.
- Employ third-party tracking.
- Monitor interactions with embedded content (especially if you’re logged into their site).
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes
Data Retention
- Comments: If you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- Registered Users: If you create an account, we store your personal data within your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your information anytime (except your username). Website administrators also have access to edit user information.
Your Rights Over Your Data What rights you have over your data
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold, including any information you’ve provided. You may also request the deletion of your personal data, excluding data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service.