Effective Date: January 12, 2026
Last Updated: January 12, 2026

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://nesteal.com. Nesteal (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency in how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data.​

For questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: support@nesteal.com

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, including your name, email address, website URL (if provided), and the comment content. We also collect your IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection and security purposes.​

An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to display your profile picture if you use that service. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your approved comment.​

Legal Basis: Legitimate interest in managing site content and preventing spam.​

Media

If you upload images or other media to our website, you should avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS coordinates). Visitors can download these images and extract any embedded location data.​

Recommendation: Remove location metadata from images before uploading to protect your privacy.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us provide functionality and improve your experience.​

Comment Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to save your name, email address, and website URL in cookies for your convenience. These cookies expire after one year.​

Authentication Cookies

When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to verify your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

Upon logging in, we set several cookies to save your login credentials and display preferences:​

  • Login cookies: Last for two days

  • Screen options cookies: Last for one year

  • “Remember Me” option: Extends login persistence to two weeks

When you log out, login cookies are removed.

Editing Cookies

If you edit or publish content, an additional cookie is saved in your browser containing the post ID of the item you edited. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.​

Your Cookie Choices: You can control cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may limit website functionality.​

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content from third-party sources (videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the originating website directly.​

These third-party websites may:

  • Collect data about you

  • Use cookies and tracking technologies

  • Monitor your interaction with embedded content, especially if you have an account with them and are logged in

We do not control these third-party practices. Please review their privacy policies for more information.​

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties.​

We may share your data only in the following limited circumstances:

Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.​

Service Providers: We may share data with trusted service providers who assist in operating our website, provided they agree to keep information confidential.​

Legal Requirements: We may disclose information when required by law or to protect our rights, safety, or property.​

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate automatic approval of follow-up comments and avoid moderation delays.​

User Accounts

For registered users, we store the personal information provided in your user profile indefinitely or until you request deletion. You can view, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except your username). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.​

Data Retention Period

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.​

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

Under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR), you have the following rights:​

Right of Access: You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you’ve provided to us.

Right to Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate personal data.

Right to Erasure: You can request deletion of your personal data, except for data we’re legally obliged to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.​

Right to Restriction: You can request limitation of how we process your data in certain circumstances.

Right to Data Portability: You can request your data in a structured, commonly used format.

Right to Object: You can object to certain types of data processing.

Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [your contact email].​

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service (such as Akismet). These services may process your data on servers located outside your country of residence.​

We take appropriate measures to ensure your data receives adequate protection regardless of where it’s processed.​

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.​

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed to individuals under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we’ve inadvertently collected such data, please contact us immediately.​

International Data Transfers

If you access our website from outside [your country], your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in [your country] where our servers are located. By using our website, you consent to such transfers.​

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. Continued use of our website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.​

Contact Information

For questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at:

Email: [your contact email]
Address: [your physical address if applicable]
Data Protection Officer: [if applicable under GDPR]

Legal Compliance

This Privacy Policy complies with:

  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)​

  • ePrivacy Directive​

  • [Other applicable laws based on your jurisdiction]

Supervisory Authority: If you’re located in the EU, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.