Effective Date: 01 October 2025

🏢 Who We Are

Our website address is: https://sublimationcreations.co.za. Sublimation Creations is a Pretoria-based business specializing in custom sublimation projects, including apparel, gifts, and promotional items. We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).

💬 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) from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible publicly in the context of your comment.

🖼️ Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may download and extract location data from images on the site.

🍪 Cookies

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

• • Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

• • Logging in sets cookies to save your login and display preferences. Login cookies last two days; screen options cookies last one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends login to two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.

• • Editing or publishing an article sets an additional cookie indicating the post ID. It expires after one day and contains no personal data.

🌐 Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the other website directly. These sites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content—especially if you’re logged in to that site.

🔄 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 retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-ups automatically.

• • For registered users, we store personal information in their profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal data (except usernames). Site administrators can also access and edit this information.

🛡️ Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data. You may also request that we erase your personal data, excluding any data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

🌍 Where Your Data Is Sent

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

📞 Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at: 📧 info@sublimationcreations.co.za 📍 Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

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