Privacy Policy

Clover and Thyme

Last Updated: August, 2025

Your privacy is important to me. This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected on my personal website, how it’s used, and your rights regarding that information.

This website is hosted on WordPress.com, which is owned and operated by Automattic Inc. (Automattic). Automattic’s privacy policy (automattic.com/privacy) applies to the services they provide, including the collection of certain data by them.

Who I Am

My website address is: http://www.cloverandthyme.com

You can contact me at: www.cloverandthyme.com/contact

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, I 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.

Website Statistics (Jetpack)

This website utilizes Jetpack, a WordPress plugin and service provided by Automattic, to collect anonymous statistics about website usage. Jetpack collects information such as:

  • Page views
  • Referrers
  • Popular posts and pages
  • Country of visitor
  • Browser information

This information is collected in an aggregated and anonymized form and is used to understand how visitors interact with the site, helping me to improve content and user experience. No personally identifiable information is collected by Jetpack Stats. For more details on Jetpack’s data collection and privacy practices, please refer to Automattic’s privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Media

If you upload images to the website (e.g., as part of a comment if enabled), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

This site uses cookies. When you visit the site, certain information is stored in small text files on your device to enhance your experience.

  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on my 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 have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
  • WordPress.com Cookies: As this site is hosted on WordPress.com, Automattic may use cookies for various purposes, including security, analytics, and advertising. For more details, please refer to Automattic’s Cookie Policy: https://automattic.com/cookies/.
  • WordAds Cookies: As detailed below, WordAds (Automattic’s advertising program) uses cookies to serve personalized ads.

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

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 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 embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

WordAds

This website uses WordAds, Automattic’s advertising program, to serve advertisements. WordAds uses cookies and other technologies to collect data about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you.

The data collected by WordAds may include:

  • Your IP address
  • Browser type
  • Operating system
  • Referring pages
  • Your activity on this and other websites (such as the content you view)

This information is used to display relevant advertisements to you. For more information on WordAds and how you can opt out of personalized advertising, please review Automattic’s Wordads privacy information: https://wordads.co/privacy-info/

Who We Share Your Data With

I do not directly share your personal data with third parties beyond what is necessary for the functionality of WordPress.com and its integrated services like WordAds and Jetpack. However, as this site is hosted on WordPress.com, Automattic (and its partners) may share data as outlined in their respective privacy policies for purposes such as analytics, security, and advertising.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have left comments on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data I hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To exercise these rights, please contact me at www.cloverandthyme.com/contact.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service provided by Automattic (Akismet).

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact me at www.cloverandthyme.com/contact.