Our website address is: https://thehappythoughts.com
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 help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/
. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images on the site.
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 need to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set 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 set up cookies to save your login information and your screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies are 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 edited. It expires after one day.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the 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 content, including tracking if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
When you purchase from our store, we collect information necessary to process your order, including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, and payment details.
We use this information to:
Process and deliver your orders.
Communicate with you about your purchase.
Provide customer support.
Detect and prevent fraud.
Your payment information is processed securely by our payment provider(s). We do not store or have access to your full credit card details.
We may also use order-related information for basic analytics (such as sales reporting) and to improve our services.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We may also share limited information with third-party services (such as payment processors, shipping carriers, or security tools) only as necessary to fulfill your order or comply with legal obligations.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
For users who register on our site (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
Order information is retained as long as necessary for accounting, legal, and tax purposes.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments or placed an order, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except for data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Orders may be securely processed through third-party payment providers and may be shared with shipping carriers in order to fulfill delivery.
Our website and services are not directed toward children under the age of 13 (or the age of digital consent in your country). We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal information on our site, please contact us immediately. We will take steps to delete such information from our records.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child without verified parental consent, we will promptly delete it.
