Effective Date: June 1, 2025
Website: https://webuyhousenewyork.com
🔐 Who We Are
WeBuyHouseNewYork.com is a property solutions company that respects your privacy. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our site or interact with us.
💬 Comments
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the information shown in the comment form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent to help with spam detection.
If you use Gravatar, an anonymized version of your email (a hash) may be sent to their service. You can read their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public.
🖼️ Media
If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can extract that data from any images posted publicly.
🍪 Cookies
We use cookies to improve your experience. Here’s how:
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Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you can opt to save your name, email, and site in cookies so you don’t need to re-type them next time. These last 1 year.
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Login Cookies: Temporary cookies are set at login to remember your session and screen preferences. These range from 1 day to 2 weeks depending on your selection.
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Editor Cookies: If you edit or publish a post, a cookie stores the post ID temporarily for 1 day.
You can control or clear cookies anytime through your browser settings.
🔗 Embedded Content from Other Sites
Our articles may include embedded videos, images, or links from other websites. These third-party sites may collect data, use cookies, and monitor your interactions — just as if you visited them directly. Their behavior is not governed by our policy.
📤 Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security verification.
🗄️ How Long We Keep Your Data
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Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely to allow automatic follow-up approvals.
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Registered users (if applicable) can view, edit, or delete their data anytime (except usernames).
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Admins can also manage user data.
⚖️ Your Data Rights
You may request:
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A copy of the personal data we store about you
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That we delete your data, unless we’re required to retain it for legal or security reasons
To request data access or removal, contact us here.
🌍 Where Your Data Goes
Visitor comments may be filtered through an automated spam detection service to keep our site secure.
📞 Need Help?
If you have questions about your data or this policy, contact us directly.
