Who We Are
Our website address is: https://solarcoat.com.au
This site is owned and operated by Solar Shield — a solar panel cleaning and protection company based in Australia.
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 with spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be publicly visible next to your comment.
Media Uploads
If you upload images to our site, do not include location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from publicly visible images.
Cookies
We use cookies for user convenience and functionality.
- Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These last for 1 year.
- Login Cookies: When you log in, we set cookies to remember your login and screen preferences.
- Login cookies: 2 days (or 2 weeks with “Remember Me”)
- Screen options: 1 year
- Post-edit cookie: expires in 1 day
- Session Cookies: A temporary cookie is set when you visit our login page — it’s deleted when your browser closes.
Embedded Content
Articles and pages may include embedded content (videos, images, links, etc.) from third-party sites. These sites may:
- Track your interaction with their content
- Use cookies
- Collect personal data
- Monitor your behavior if you’re logged in to their services
We do not control what third-party content does, so please review their privacy policies.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or share your personal information for marketing.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Data Retention
- Comments and metadata are kept indefinitely.
- If you register on our site, your user profile data is stored until you delete it.
- Admins can view and manage user data.
Your Rights
If you have an account or have left comments:
- You can request a copy of the data we have about you.
- You can request we delete your personal data (except data we must keep for legal, security, or administrative reasons).
To do this, please contact us directly.
Where Your Data Goes
Visitor comments may be scanned through automated spam detection services (like Akismet or similar tools).
Questions?
If you have any questions about how we handle data, contact us: