Privacy Policy

Welcome to our website. This privacy policy outlines how we, as a responsible organization, collect, use, and protect your personal information. Please read this privacy policy carefully before using our website or submitting any personal information.

Who we are

Shiname.com belongs to SHINAME LLC, California in USA.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Use of Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

a. Improving our website and services: We may use your information to analyze user behavior and improve the website and services we offer.

b. Responding to your inquiries: If you submit an inquiry or request through our website, we may use your contact information to respond to your inquiry or request.

c. Marketing and promotional purposes: We may use your information to send you marketing and promotional offers, such as newsletters, special offers, or other relevant information.

d. Compliance with legal requirements: We may disclose your information to comply with legal requirements or to protect our rights and property.

Protection of Personal Information

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include using secure server software (SSL) to encrypt sensitive information and implementing password-protected access controls on our systems.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

Our website may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your visit to our website. We use this information to personalize your experience, improve our website, and provide you with relevant content and advertising. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, some features of our website may not function properly without cookies.

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.

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 discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will 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, 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 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site 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.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. These links are provided for your convenience only and do not signify an endorsement or recommendation of the content or privacy practices of those websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites and encourage you to review their privacy policies before using them.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Third-party Disclosure

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties without your explicit consent. However, we may disclose your information to third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website or performing other services on our behalf. These service providers are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using it for any purpose other than as specified by us.

By using our site, you agree to accept Stripe Privacy Policy, PayPal Privacy Policy, WooCommerce Privacy Policy.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, 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 we 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 your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. Please check this privacy policy periodically for any updates or changes. Your continued use of our website following any modifications to this privacy policy indicates your acceptance of the changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us. We will respond to your inquiry promptly and in a timely manner.