Who we are

Welcome to The Slow Living Way. Our website address is: https://www.theslowlivingway.com.
We are a content-based blog dedicated to promoting a slower, more intentional lifestyle through curated resources, articles, and recommendations. This privacy policy outlines how we handle your data to ensure transparency and trust.

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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website (e.g., in comments or contact forms), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can potentially download and extract location data from images on the site.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. These small data files help us understand how visitors use the site and allow us to personalize content and ads. You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings, although doing so may affect the functionality of certain parts of the website.

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 you had 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 — including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell or rent your personal data. However, some third-party services integrated into this site (such as analytics providers or affiliate networks) may collect certain data for their own purposes. These services are governed by their own privacy policies.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment or fill out a form, the data and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

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. Additionally, data may be stored on third-party hosting servers or processed by external services such as Google Analytics or affiliate platforms. We take appropriate measures to ensure your data is handled securely.