Last Updated: April 2026
We are Potholder Powerhouse™ and our website address is: https://potholderpowerhouse.com.
What data is collected when you leave a comment?
When visitors leave comments on Potholder Powerhouse, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in site security and spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify if you are a user.
The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Once your comment is approved by the Potholder Powerhouse team, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.
How do we handle images and media uploads?
Visitors to Potholder Powerhouse generally do not have the ability to upload media to the site.
However, in any instance where an image is uploaded to Potholder Powerhouse, we advise that it should not include embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
This is to prevent third parties from being able to download the image and extract private location information.
How does Potholder Powerhouse use cookies and tracking?
When you interact with Potholder Powerhouse, we use cookies to enhance your experience and ensure the site functions correctly.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies.
These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment; these cookies will last for one year.
Furthermore, Potholder Powerhouse uses cookies to provide a seamless user experience, to track affiliate referrals, and to understand site traffic through Google Analytics.
This allows us to receive credit for products purchased through our links (including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program) at no additional cost to you.
To provide visitors with more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics, you may use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
For administrative purposes, if you visit our login page, Potholder Powerhouse will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies.
This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.
Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.
If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article on Potholder Powerhouse, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser.
This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited; it expires after one day.
How do third-party websites handle your data?
Articles on Potholder Powerhouse may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.).
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
This includes tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that specific website (such as YouTube or Instagram).
Potholder Powerhouse does not control the data collection practices of these external sites.
Who else has access to your personal information?
Your privacy is a priority at Potholder Powerhouse. We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties.
We only share information with trusted service providers essential for site security (such as spam detection), analytics, and functionality.
Please be aware that third-party affiliate partners, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, may use cookies to track clicks from our site to theirs to ensure we receive credit for referrals.
How do we protect the privacy of children?
Potholder Powerhouse does not knowingly collect any personal identifiable information from children under the age of 13.
If a parent or guardian believes that Potholder Powerhouse has in its database the personal-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately at info@potholderpowerhouse.com.
We will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
How long is your information stored on our site?
If you leave a comment on Potholder Powerhouse, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically, ensuring a smooth conversation for our community instead of holding comments in a moderation queue.
For any users that register on Potholder Powerhouse (such as site contributors or administrators), we also store the personal information provided in their user profile.
All registered users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of their username, which cannot be changed).
Potholder Powerhouse website administrators can also view and edit that information to maintain site integrity.
What control do you have over your personal data?
If you have an account on Potholder Powerhouse (as an administrator or contributor) or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
You can also request that Potholder Powerhouse erase any personal data we hold about you.
This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where is your information sent and how is it verified?
Visitor comments on Potholder Powerhouse may be checked through an automated spam detection service to ensure the safety and quality of our community discussions.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled at Potholder Powerhouse™, please contact us directly at info@potholderpowerhouse.com.