Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://tampapaintersdirectory.com.
Tampa Painters Directory is a local directory platform designed to help residents discover and connect with painting companies and related services in the Tampa area.

Comments

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

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it.
The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may download and extract location data from images on the site.

Cookies

Comment Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.

Login Cookies

If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie is set to check whether your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, several cookies are set to store:

your login information (2 days)
your screen display preferences (1 year)

If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.

Editor Cookies

If you edit or publish a listing or article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. It contains the post ID of the item you edited and expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles and listings on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, maps, or articles).
Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the external website directly.

Third-party websites may:

collect data about you
use cookies
embed additional tracking
monitor your interaction with embedded content (e.g., if you are logged into their platform)

Who We Share Your Data With

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

Other than this, we do not share personal data with third parties except for:

spam detection tools
analytics tools
payment processors
email/CRM systems used to follow up with listings or inquiries

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
For users who register an account or claim a listing, we store any personal information provided in their profile.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you provided.

You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold.
This does not include data required for:

administrative purposes
legal purposes
security purposes

Where Your Data Is Sent

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