🔒 ExploreEVs Privacy Policy

At ExploreEVs.com, your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

Who we are

ExploreEVs.com is an informational website providing news, reviews, and resources related to electric vehicles.

Comments

If you leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

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.

Media

If you upload images to the website (e.g., in comments), avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience and last for one year.

We also use cookies to understand how visitors interact with our site using analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics).

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. YouTube videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content behaves the same as if you visited that site directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, or track your interaction.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. YouTube videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content behaves the same as if you visited that site directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, or track your interaction.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties, except to provide services like analytics or affiliate links.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.

What rights you have over your data

If you have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of your data, or request deletion. This does not include data we’re obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on ExploreEVs may be affiliate links. If you click and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.