Who we are
Our website address is: https://ev-tips.com
We are a small group of unpaid volunteers running a blog site about electric vehicles.
Comments
We reserve the right to monitor, moderate and/or delete any and all comments. Comments that are defamatory, offensive, illegal or in any way in breach of human rights or discrimination law will be removed by the moderators. This is done at the sole discretion of the moderators. Links promoting or selling anything will be removed unless previously authorised by the site owners. Political and hate speech will be removed. Be nice, be respectful and there won’t be a problem. We extend these principles to include our social media pages about electric vehicles.
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Who we share your data with
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We do not share your data with third parties or other websites.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that 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 you have over your data
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
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Affiliate Marketing Disclosure
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