Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 2024
At Blackline Rituals, your privacy and trust are very important to us. This policy outlines what data we collect, how it's used, and how your information is protected when you interact with our website or book services online.
Who We Are
We are a custom tattoo concept design service offering online consultations, design delivery, and customer service tools to enhance your experience. We create designs digitally for you to take to your tattoo artist; we do not perform tattoos.
Comments & Reviews
When visitors leave comments or reviews on the site, we collect:
- The information entered in the comment form.
- The visitor's IP address and browser user agent to help prevent spam.
Media Uploads
If you upload images (e.g. inspiration tattoos or reference art), please remove any location data (EXIF GPS) before uploading. Other site visitors could potentially extract this data.
Cookies
We use cookies to improve your browsing and booking experience.
- If you leave a comment, you can opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for 1 year.
- When visiting the login page, a temporary cookie checks if your browser supports cookies. This is deleted when you close your browser.
- Logging in sets cookies for login status and screen preferences. These last 2 days (or 2 weeks with "Remember Me" selected).
- Editing or publishing a post sets a cookie with the post ID, which expires after 1 day.
Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the email for verification and security purposes.
Where Your Data Goes
Comments and form submissions may be checked using automated spam detection tools to ensure quality and safety across the platform.
Embedded Content
Pages or blog posts on this site may include content like videos or social media posts from other platforms. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited that external site directly. These external websites may:
- Collect your data
- Use cookies
- Track your interaction if you are logged in to their platform
Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely for moderation and response continuity.
If you register on our site (where applicable), your personal profile data is stored. You can view, edit, or delete your data at any time (username cannot be changed). Admins can also manage this data.
Your Rights
If you have an account or have submitted comments:
- You can request a copy of your personal data we store.
- You can request that we delete your personal data, unless required to retain it for legal, security, or administrative reasons.
To make a request, please contact us at info@blacklinerituals.com.