Who We Are

Our website address is https://butchsautoparts.com. We are Butch’s Auto Parts & Towing. If you have any questions about this policy or your personal data, please use our “Contact Us” page to get in touch.

Comments

When you leave a comment, we collect:

• The information you enter (name, email, website, comment text)

• Your IP address and browser user‑agent string (to help detect and block spam)

We may also send an anonymized hash of your email to the Gravatar service to determine if you use a Gravatar account. Gravatar’s privacy policy is at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if any) will be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our site, please be aware that embedded location data (EXIF GPS) may be included. Any visitor can download and extract that metadata from images posted here.

Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience and to support certain features:

• Comment‑saving cookies (optional): when you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in a cookie so you don’t have to re‑enter them next time. These expire after one year.

• Login cookies (optional): if you register or log in, we set cookies to remember your session. These last for two days (or up to two weeks if you check “Remember Me”).

• Screen‑options cookies: if you change how our dashboard looks, we remember those choices for one year.

• Mailing‑list cookies (optional): if you subscribe to our mailing list, we store your name and email to deliver newsletters and promotions. You can unsubscribe at any time.

• Essential cookies: we set a temporary cookie when you visit the login page to check whether your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

Accounts & Mailing Lists

You may choose to register for an account or subscribe to our mailing list. In either case, we collect the personal information you provide (e.g. name, email). Registered users can view, edit, or delete their profile information at any time; administrators can also manage user data as needed to run the site.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the source website directly: those sites may collect data about you, set cookies, embed additional third‑party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content—especially if you’re logged in to the third‑party service.

Who We Share Your Data With

• Spam‑detection services (e.g. Akismet) to screen comments

• Gravatar (to display your avatar, if you use the service)

• Mailing‑list provider (if you subscribe to our newsletter)

• Reset‑email service (when you request a password reset, we include your IP address in that email)

We will never sell your personal data to third‑party marketers.

How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments and metadata are kept indefinitely so we can recognize and approve any follow‑up comments automatically.

• Registered user data is stored as long as the account exists. You can delete your account (or request erasure) at any time.

• Mailing‑list subscriptions remain active until you unsubscribe.

Your Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you may request:

• A copy of all personal data we hold about you

• Deletion of any personal data (excluding data we must retain for legal or security purposes)

To make any of these requests, please visit our “Contact Us” page.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments are checked through an automated spam‑detection service before being published.