Ezoic Services

Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.
A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you're visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here.
The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP address
  • Operating system type and version
  • Device type
  • Language preferences
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)
Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic’s partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps. You can find more information about interest-based advertising and how to manage them here.
You can view Ezoic’s privacy policy here, or for additional information about Ezoic’s advertising and other partners, you can view Ezoic’s advertising partners here.

Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: WhiskFiles.com.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract this data from images.

Cookies

  • If you leave a comment, you can opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for convenience so you don’t have to enter the details again for future comments. These cookies last one year.
  • When visiting our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
  • When you log in, we set cookies to store your login details and screen display preferences:
    • Login cookies last two days (or two weeks if you select “Remember Me”).
    • Screen preference cookies last one year.
    • If you log out, login cookies are removed.
  • If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is stored in your browser to indicate the post ID of the edited article. It expires after one day.

How We Use Cookies

A cookie is a small data file stored on your computer that helps websites function properly.

  • We use cookies to maintain session information, but we do not use permanent cookies.
  • You may need to re-login after a certain time to ensure account security.
  • Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to display ads based on your past visits to DessertsAndSweets.com and other websites.

For more information on how Google uses cookies for advertising, visit Google’s ad policies.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). This content behaves as if you were visiting the original website it is sourced from.
These third-party websites may:

  • Collect data about you,
  • Use cookies,
  • Embed additional third-party tracking,
  • Monitor your interaction with embedded content (including tracking if you’re logged into their website).

Analytics

We may use third-party analytics tools to monitor website performance and visitor interactions.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data. However, visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely to help approve follow-up comments automatically instead of moderating each one.
  • Registered users (if applicable) have their personal data stored in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request:

  1. An exported file of the personal data we hold about you (including any data you have provided).
  2. To have your personal data erased (excluding any data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes).

Where Your Data Is Sent

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