Who we are

Our website address is: https://masteringielts.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the secure handling of your personal data when you interact with our site.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam.

Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be publicly visible in the context of your comment.

An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. Their privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading files with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can potentially download and extract this data from the images.

Cookies

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

When visiting our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie is discarded when you close your browser.

After logging in, we save cookies to store your login details and display preferences:

• Login cookies last two days.
• Screen option cookies last for one year.
• Selecting “Remember Me” extends your login for two weeks.
• Logging out removes the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. It contains no personal data and 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 as if you are visiting the other website, which may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions with embedded content, especially if you’re logged into that website.

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 users who register, we store personal data provided in their user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information anytime, except their username. Website administrators can also access and update this data.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data or ask us to erase it. This excludes data retained for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

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