Privacy Policy
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://gobookmart.com
GoBookMart is a digital media platform publishing news, articles, and features related to books, entertainment, and popular culture.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This data is collected for the legitimate purpose of spam detection, site security, and moderation.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. After approval, your profile picture (if linked via Gravatar) may be publicly visible alongside your comment.
Gravatar’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/
Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR)
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract metadata from images published on the site.
Legal basis: Legitimate interest / user-initiated action
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies to ensure the proper functioning of the website and to improve user experience.
- Comment cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
- Login cookies: Temporary cookies are used to check browser compatibility. Login cookies last up to two days, and screen preference cookies last up to one year.
- Remember Me: If selected, login persistence lasts for two weeks.
- Post editing cookies: When editing or publishing content, a cookie storing the post ID is saved for one day.
Non-essential cookies (including analytics or advertising cookies, if enabled) should only be set after user consent, where required by applicable law.
Legal basis:
- Essential cookies: Legitimate interest
- Non-essential cookies: Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles). Embedded content behaves in the same way as if you visited the external website directly.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, especially if you are logged in to those services.
We encourage users to review the privacy policies of these third-party websites.
Legal basis: Consent / legitimate interest (depending on provider)
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or trade personal data.
Your data may be shared only when necessary, such as:
- With spam-detection and security services
- During password reset requests (IP address included for security purposes)
- When legally required by law or regulatory authorities
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow automatic approval of follow-up comments.
- Registered users: Personal data stored in user profiles is retained for as long as the account remains active.
You may request deletion of your data at any time, subject to legal or security obligations.
Your Rights Under GDPR
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights:
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to rectification of inaccurate data
- Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
- Right to restrict or object to processing
- Right to data portability
- Right to withdraw consent at any time
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services. Data may be processed outside the EU, but appropriate safeguards are applied where required.
Contact Information
For privacy-related questions, data requests, or GDPR inquiries, please contact us at:
Email: contact@gobookmart.com
Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect legal, technical, or operational changes. The latest version will always be available on this page.