Privacy Policy for IndexYard
Effective Date: January 1, 2025
Thank you for visiting IndexYard. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you interact with our website, indexyard.com.
1. Who We Are
IndexYard is a content and data platform designed to help users understand and compare local cost-of-living data across the United States. Our website address is: https://indexyard.com.
2. 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 help detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public alongside your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the site.
4. Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience and last for one year.
When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
If you log in, we will set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last two days; screen options cookies last one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish a post, a cookie will be saved in your browser containing the post ID. This cookie expires after one day.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the source site directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, including if you are logged in to that site.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Otherwise, we do not sell or share your data with third parties except as required to operate this site and fulfill legal obligations.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for moderation and context.
If you register on our site (if applicable), we store the personal information you provide in your user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their information at any time (except usernames). Site administrators can also view and edit that data.
8. Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an export of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold, excluding data we are obligated to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
10. Contact
If you have questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, you may contact us at: [email protected]