Privacy Policy | NYC Renovation Guide

Effective Date: 05/01/2025

Who we are

Our website address is: https://nycrenovationguide.com.

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, 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

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 have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie 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 will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be 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 just edited. It expires after 1 day.

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.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

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

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

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.

Analytics (Beehive Pro)

This website uses Google Analytics to track website traffic. Collected data is processed in such a way that visitors cannot be identified.

We use Beehive Pro to integrate Google Analytics on our website. This tool does not collect personal data directly. It helps us understand website performance, page views, and traffic sources while respecting user privacy.

Analytics (Google Analytics via Beehive Pro)

We use Google Analytics to monitor and analyze web traffic and user behavior. This data helps us improve our website and content.

Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, browser and device type, and referral source. The data is aggregated and anonymized; no personally identifiable information is stored.

Google Analytics may use cookies and IP addresses. You can learn more about how Google handles data here:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

If you prefer not to be tracked, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Hustle Plugin (Lead Capture and Forms)

Which modules collect personal data?
Hustle modules that include forms and popups may collect personal data upon submission or view.

What personal data do we collect and why?
When visitors or users submit a form or view a module, we capture the IP Address for analysis purposes. We also capture the email address and might capture other personal data included in the form fields.

How long we retain your data
When visitors or users submit a form or view a module, we retain the data for 30 days.

Where we send your data
All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on the form submission.

Third Parties
We may use third-party services to manage our subscriber lists. These include:
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Smush Plugin (Image Optimization)

Smush sends images to the WPMU DEV servers to optimize them for web use. This includes the transfer of EXIF data. The EXIF data will either be stripped or returned as it is. It is not stored on the WPMU DEV servers.

Smush uses the Stackpath Content Delivery Network (CDN). Stackpath may store web log information of site visitors, including IPs, UA, referrer, Location and ISP info of site visitors for 7 days. Files and images served by the CDN may be stored and served from countries other than your own. Stackpath’s privacy policy can be found here: https://www.stackpath.com/legal/privacy-statement/

Forminator Plugin (Forms and Data Collection)

When visitors or users submit a form, we capture the IP Address for spam protection. We also capture the email address and might capture other personal data included in the form fields.

We retain the data for 30 days.

We may use the following third-party services: Google reCAPTCHA, Akismet Spam, Mailchimp, and others as listed in full policy.

Forminator Plugin (Polls)

We collect IP addresses for spam protection and to set voter limitations. Retained for 30 days then anonymized.

Forminator Plugin (Quizzes)

No personally identifiable information is collected. Answer data is retained for 30 days then removed.

Hummingbird Plugin (Performance Optimization)

Uses Stackpath CDN, which may store web log data for 7 days. Stackpath’s privacy policy: https://www.stackpath.com/legal/privacy-statement/

Email Communication and Unsubscribing

We collect your email address only when you opt in. You may unsubscribe at any time via link or contact.

We use third-party services like Mailchimp or ActiveCampaign to manage communication.