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What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When users leave comments or inquiries on ads on campusswapgh.com, we collect the data shown in the comment or contact form, and also the user’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection and maintain a safe marketplace.

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 or interaction on ads.

Media

If you upload images to campusswapgh.com (for example, items for sale, hostel spaces, or services), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Users of the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, send a message, or interact with ads on campusswapgh.com, 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 contacting another buyer or seller or posting another ad.

These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, 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 create, edit, or publish an ad, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the ad you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Ads and posts on campusswapgh.com may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, maps, or external links). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the user 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

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

For users that register on campusswapgh.com (students, buyers, sellers, and nearby traders), 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 campusswapgh.com or have interacted with ads, 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, security, or transaction-related purposes.

Where we send your data

User comments, messages, and interactions on ads may be checked through an automated spam detection service to help keep campusswapgh.com safe and trusted for students and traders.