Who We Are
Discover LBC is your go-to guide for everything in and around Long Beach City. Our website address is: http://discoverlbc.com.
Comments
When you leave comments on Discover LBC, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help detect spam. An anonymized string (hash) from your email may be provided to Gravatar to see if you’re using it. Upon approval, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on our website.
Cookies
Leaving a comment on our site? You may opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter details when commenting again. These cookies last for one year.
Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies, discarded when you close your browser. Login cookies last two days, screen options cookies for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
Editing or publishing an article? We set an additional cookie in your browser, which doesn’t include personal data. It indicates the post ID of the article you edited, expiring after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on Discover LBC may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). This content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited those sites, potentially collecting data, using cookies, and tracking your interactions, especially if logged into that website.
Data Sharing
Requesting a password reset? Your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for automatic follow-up comment recognition. For registered users (if any), we also store personal information they provide in their profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (username cannot be changed). Administrators can also view and edit that information.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account on Discover LBC, or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data we hold, including data you’ve provided. You can also request erasure of your personal data. This doesn’t include data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Transfer
Your comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.