Welcome to codedbyte.com! We value your privacy almost as much as Homer values a giant, pink-frosted donut. This policy explains what happens with your data (or lack thereof) when you visit our site. Don’t worry—we’re not building a secret nuclear plant in your browser.

1. What Data We Collect (The Moe Szyslak Special)

We collect very little personal information. We’re interested in the idea of you visiting, not your actual social security number.

• Comments Data: When you leave a comment on a blog post (like a disgruntled customer leaving a review for the Kwik-E-Mart), we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and your browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
• Media: If you upload images to the website (like a blurry photo of Stampy the Elephant), please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS included). Other visitors could download and extract that location data.
• Contact Forms: If you contact us, we keep the message, your name, and email address so we can reply. We won’t share this with Mr. Burns unless he offers us a promotion.

2. Cookies (Mmm… Cookies.)

We use cookies, which are small text files stored on your device. Unlike Homer’s brain, which deletes memories to make room for beer slogans, your browser uses cookies to remember things.

• Functionality Cookies: These are necessary for the site to work (like keeping track of your session if you log in).
• Analytics Cookies (Optional): We use basic analytics (like a tiny version of Professor Frink’s supercomputer) to see what pages are popular and where our readers come from. This helps us write more content that doesn’t put people to sleep (like a town meeting run by Mayor Quimby). You can turn these off in your browser settings.

“If you don’t like the cookies, you can turn off your oven!” — An old Springfield saying. (You can disable cookies in your browser settings.)

3. Embedded Content (Milhouse’s Stuff)

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, tweets). 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. We have no control over it. If Milhouse leaves his jacket here, we are not responsible for what happens to it when we ship it back to him.

4. Who We Share Your Data With (The Mr. Burns Policy)

Short answer: Nobody. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data.

• Exception: Data may be shared if required by law (e.g., if Chief Wiggum shows up with a warrant) or if necessary to detect or prevent technical issues.
• Data Processors: We use third-party services (like Cloudflare for security and WordPress plugins for comments). These parties handle your data only to the extent necessary to perform their services for us. They are held to a higher standard than Lenny and Carl’s safety checks at the plant.

5. How Long We Retain Your Data (The Marge Simpson Archive)

We don’t hold onto your data forever.

• Comments: We keep comments and their metadata indefinitely so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically, sparing our moderator the headache.
• Non-Registered Users: Basic analytics data is kept for a limited time, then it’s sent to the great Springfield tire fire in the sky.

6. What Rights You Have Over Your Data (The Lisa Simpson Clause)

You have the right to inspect our records!

• Right to Access and Erasure: If you have left comments or have an account, you can request 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.
• Exception: This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes (like Homer’s employee ID).

7. Where Your Data is Sent (The Global Moe’s Tavern)

Your data is processed and stored on our servers (hosted by Proxmox in a secure location). Comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service outside of our immediate control.

If you have any questions or complaints, please do not call Moe’s Tavern. Contact our IT department directly. D’oh!