Privacy Policy
Protecting your personal data is of utmost importance to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, Prehistoric Treasures.
Who We Are
We are Amarox, a family-owned business established in 1995, based in Cyprus. We specialize in prehistoric fossils, minerals, jewelry, and sculptures made from semi-precious stones. For more details, please visit our About Us page.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
We collect personal data to improve our services and enhance your user experience.
- Comments:
When visitors leave comments, 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 (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly visible with your comment. - Media:
If you upload images to the website, ensure they don’t contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as other visitors can extract this information. - Contact Forms:
We collect the data you provide when filling out contact forms to respond to your inquiries and requests. - Cookies:
- If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
- If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
- When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies last two days, and display preference cookies last one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
- Editing or publishing an article creates an additional cookie in your browser, indicating the post ID of the edited article. This cookie expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content.
Analytics
We use analytics tools to understand user behavior and improve our services. These tools may collect information such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not share your data with third parties except as required by law or to provide services (e.g., payment processing).
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-ups automatically.
- Registered Users: For users registering on our site, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account or left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you provided. You can also request that we erase your personal data, excluding data retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How We Protect Your Data
We implement appropriate security measures to safeguard your data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Data Breach Procedures
In case of a data breach, we will notify affected users and relevant authorities within 72 hours, as required by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Please revisit this page to stay informed about any changes.
Let me know if you need any adjustments or additions!