This Privacy Policy describes how S&S Innovations LLC collects, uses, and protects your information when you visit our website.
WHO WE ARE
Our website address is https://sandsinnovationsllc.com.
This website is operated by S&S Innovations LLC.
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 created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at 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). 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 cookies are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies will be set to save your login information and your screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account removes the login cookies.
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 edited. It expires after one day.
We use cookies and similar technologies for site functionality, analytics, and advertising purposes.
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example, videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited the other website directly.
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.
ANALYTICS, ADVERTISING, AND TRACKING
We use third-party services such as Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors interact with our website and to improve site performance and user experience. Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, referring websites, device and browser information, and general location data. This information is aggregated and does not directly identify individual users.
We may also use Google Ads and related tracking technologies, including the Google Pixel, to measure the effectiveness of advertising and understand how users interact with our site after viewing or clicking an advertisement. These services may use cookies and similar technologies to collect and process data.
We use Microsoft Clarity to analyze how users interact with our website through session recordings and heatmaps. This helps us improve website usability and user experience. Clarity may collect usage data such as clicks, scroll behavior, and device information in an aggregated and anonymized form.
We may also use the Meta (Facebook) Pixel to measure the effectiveness of advertising and understand how visitors interact with our website after viewing or clicking an advertisement. The Meta Pixel may use cookies or similar technologies to collect data about user activity on this site.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads or measure interactions based on a user’s visit to this website. Users can learn more about how Google uses data from sites that use its services at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Users may opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Users may manage or opt out of personalized advertising by visiting https://adssettings.google.com.
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 allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username. Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You may also request that we erase your personal data. This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
WHERE YOUR DATA IS SENT
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.