Privacy Policy

Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.violin-strings.com/

We are an e-commerce site committed to protecting your privacy. Any personal or credit information provided to us is strictly confidential and never shared or sold to third parties.

Information We Collect
When visitors leave comments on our 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 created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly visible alongside your comment.

Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience. Here’s how:

• Comments: If you leave a comment, you can opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for future convenience. These cookies last for one year.
• Login Page: A temporary cookie will determine if your browser accepts cookies, which is discarded when you close your browser.
• User Login: Login cookies are stored for two days, or two weeks if “Remember Me” is selected. Screen display option cookies last one year.
• Content Editing: Editing or publishing an article saves a cookie in your browser, which expires after one day.

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous data about how users interact with our website. This helps us improve site performance and user experience. Google Analytics uses cookies to gather this information. You can learn more about how Google uses this data here.

How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically approve follow-ups without moderation.
• Registered Users: If you register on our website, we store your personal information in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete this information at any time, except for your username.

Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request:

• An exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
• The deletion of any personal data we hold, except for data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact Us
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us at: info@violin-strings.com.