Privacy Policy

At Smile Bubble, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled securely and responsibly. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and manage your data when you visit our website.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://smilebubble.com.au

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the data entered into the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps us with spam detection and site security.

An anonymized string (or hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can review their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if applicable) becomes publicly visible next to your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the site, we recommend avoiding images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may be able to download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter your details when posting future comments. These cookies will persist for one year.

When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is created to check if your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

Upon logging in, additional cookies are set to store your login credentials and display preferences:

• Login cookies last for two days.

• Display preference cookies last for one year.

• If you select “Remember Me”, your login remains active for two weeks.

• Logging out removes the login cookies.

When editing or publishing an article, a cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply records the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited the original site directly.

These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content—especially if you are logged in to their platform.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email to enhance security and fraud prevention.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and automatically approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For registered users (if applicable), we retain the personal information provided in your user profile. You may view, edit, or delete your information at any time—except for your username, which cannot be changed. Website administrators also have access to this data and may manage it as necessary.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request an exported copy of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we delete any personal data we have stored. This excludes any information we are legally required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be scanned using an automated spam detection service to protect our website and its users from malicious or spammy content.