Effective Date: 13/07/25
Website: https://aquariumeco.com
At AquariumEco, accessible from https://aquariumeco.com, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect, how we use and protect it, and your rights related to that information. AquariumEco provides educational content about aquariums, aquascaping, and fishkeeping. We may also promote and recommend aquarium-related products through affiliate links, including those from Amazon.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://aquariumeco.com. We are an aquarium-focused informational site that offers content, guides, and affiliate product recommendations to support hobbyists and professionals in building and maintaining aquariums.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the site, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images if it is included.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter your details the next time you comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we’ll set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when your browser is closed.
When you log in, we’ll also set up cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies are removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content behaves as if you have visited the source website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking tools, and monitor your interaction with their content—especially if you’re logged into that external website.
Affiliate Disclosure
AquariumEco participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and other affiliate programs. This means we may earn a small commission if you purchase products through links on our site, at no additional cost to you. These affiliate links may involve tracking cookies from Amazon or other affiliate partners to attribute purchases correctly.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, it and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically rather than holding them for moderation.
For users who register on our site (if applicable), we store the personal data 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 access and modify that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments on this site, you can request an exported file of your personal data. You can also ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you. This excludes any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://aquariumeco.com.
Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s 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
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
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 just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
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 with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long do we retain your data
Suggested text: 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 instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights do you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.