At Forward Loans, your privacy is important to us. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you interact with our website
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us with spam detection. We may generate an anonymized string (hash) from your email address to check if you are using the Gravatar service. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our site, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) in your files. Visitors can download and extract location data from images posted on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you can opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year. When you visit our login page, we use a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we set cookies to save your login details and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen preference cookies last for a year. If you choose “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies. If you edit or publish a post, a cookie will be saved in your browser, containing the post ID. This cookie expires after one day.
Embedded Content
Our website may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited those websites directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and include third-party tracking, especially if you are logged in to those sites.
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
Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments without manual moderation. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information (except usernames). Administrators can also access and modify user information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments on our site, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also ask us to delete your personal data, excluding any data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
By submitting your phone number to Forward Loans, you are authorizing a representative of our company to send you text messages and notifications. Message frequency may vary. Message/data rates apply. Reply STOP to unsubscribe to a message sent from us, and HELP to receive help.
Third-party sharing for marketing and promotional purposes exclude text messaging opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties; text messaging opt-in data is not being shared with third parties.
If you have questions or concerns about our privacy practices, feel free to contact us.