Who We Are
Rare Plant Care is a non-profit initiative dedicated to the conservation, care, and promotion of rare and endangered plant species. Our mission is to share knowledge, raise awareness, and encourage global action for plant biodiversity.
Our website address is: https://rareplantcare.com.
Comments
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 to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images.
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 you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep you logged in for two weeks. Logging out will remove the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser containing no personal data, only the post ID of the article you edited, expiring after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if the visitor has visited that website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, including tracking interactions if you have an account and are logged into that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
For registered users (if any), we store personal information provided in their profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Administrators can also view and edit that information.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data, including any data you have provided to us. You may also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we must keep 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 this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
📧 info@rareplantcare.com