Who We Are

Our primary online presence is anchored at: https://st-holdings.ca.

Comments

When you leave comments on our platform, we gather the information presented within the comment form, along with your IP address and browser details to facilitate spam detection.

Your email might undergo a hash process, specifically for the Gravatar service. To understand more about Gravatar’s policy, explore here: Gravatar Privacy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.

Media

For security and privacy, if you’re uploading images to our site, we advise excluding embedded location data (like EXIF GPS). Other site visitors can access and extract such data from any images you share.

Cookies

Opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies when you comment — this ensures convenience for future engagements. This choice has a one-year duration.

Should you navigate to our login section, a temporary cookie checks browser cookie compatibility. This cookie doesn’t store personal details and is discarded once the browser is closed.

Upon login, we initiate several cookies that save your login data and display preferences. While login cookies are set for two days, display choices last a year. Opting for “Remember Me” extends the login duration to two weeks. Logging out deletes these cookies.

Editing or publishing an article prompts an extra cookie in your browser, indicating the article’s post ID. It has a 24-hour lifespan.

Embedded Content

Some of our articles might contain embedded content (like videos, images, articles). This content behaves similarly to the user directly visiting the originating site, and may collect data, use cookies, or embed third-party trackers. If logged into these sites, they might track your interactions with the embedded content.

Data Sharing

In scenarios like password resets, your IP address will be embedded in the reset email.

Data Retention

Comments and associated metadata are stored indefinitely. This helps us promptly identify and approve subsequent comments.

Registered users have their personal details saved on our site. Although users can view, modify, or delete their information (username changes are restricted), website administrators retain that privilege as well.

Your Data Rights

If you’ve commented on or registered with our site, you can request an export of your stored personal data. You’re also free to request data deletion, excluding data maintained for administrative, legal, or security necessities.

Data Transit

To ensure comment authenticity, they might undergo an automated spam detection service scan.