Who we are

K-Botanica is an online store dedicated to promoting African medicinal plants and natural spices sourced from traditional phytotherapy.
Our website address is: https://k-botanica.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help detect spam and maintain a safe environment.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After approval, your profile picture may be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can 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 address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, several cookies will be set up to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out will remove login cookies.

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 edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves in the same way as if the visitor had 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Use and transmission of your personal data

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.

Data retention

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

For users who register on our website (if applicable), we also store the personal information they provide in their profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

Your rights over your data

If you have an account or have left comments on the site, you can request to receive a file containing all personal data we hold about you.
You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, excluding data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to ensure platform security and content quality.